Low point of chemo today. Feeling lethargic, shaky and swollen. We made it to the cancer center this morning for our hydration date with my new cancer pal Jessica and her family. Jess is 25 and recently diagnosed with breast cancer. I saw her a few weeks ago at treatment and it was like a…
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I am a 35 year old woman with a husband, 3 kids, 2 dogs, a part-time job & breast cancer. It basically the worst.
Don’t Get Excited
Don’t have a lot to share with y’all tonight. My appetite is better this time around. I have taken the nutritionist’s advice and have eaten the following in the last 24 hours: Protein drink Baked sweet potatoes and cauliflower, twice! Chicken breast Scrambled eggs Here is what I didn’t eat: candy. And that is a…
Listen All Y’all It’s Nutrition Sabotage!!!!
The day after chemo I go back to the cancer center for a Neulasta shot. You’ve heard me speak of this before. It costs like $1000 per shot (take that, Epipen!) and is meant to hyper-generate white blood cells. It finds the largest bones in your body and basically causes your bone marrow to reproduce…
Back To School
Today was the kids’ first day back to school and my 3rd round of chemo. Far be it from me to give the kids all the glory. I am a giant thunder-stealer. Sorry kiddos! You’re going to school. That is normal. I am going to get poisoned back into health. That is extraordinary. I win….
Inner Monologue Of A Cancer Patient
When people see me out in public I would imagine they think something like this: ‘Look at that bald woman with three kids. I bet she has cancer. How sad for her, but she looks pretty high functioning and she’s handling three kids alright at the deli counter so she’s probably okay.’ For the most part…
Grape God Almighty
This post is about medicinal marijuana. A few disclaimers: I have a license from the State of Illinois to purchase and consume cannabis for medicinal purposes. I went to The University of Colorado at Boulder and was literally the only student out of 25,000 to not smoke weed. It just wasn’t my thing. I never…
Grace’s Ana-faux-my
Get it? Grey’s Anatomy? Graces’s Ana-faux-my? I am a wordsmith. A long time ago I alluded to telling you all, at some point, about the structural details of my mastectomy and reconstruction. That day has come, my friends. My right breast was so riddled with cancer and pre-cancer that I was not a candidate for…
Oddities
A lot of bizarre things come about when you are dealing with cancer. Here’s a lil list I’m compiling of said oddities: I had to switch sides of the bed. As a long time right-sider, switching to the left has been strange but needed to happen as my right arm remains compromised by cording and…
Treat Yo Self
A very wise friend of mine, who has also been through cancer, once told me that if possible I should try to do one special thing between each round of chemo. Four rounds, four special things. I enjoy special things. I will, in fact, heed this advice. Round 1’s special thing was staying downtown with…
Goldilocks & The Three Naps
Do you have a bed in your home? Do you ever leave your front door unlocked or perhaps a window ajar? If you have answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, then you are at risk for finding me taking a nap in your house. You can call me No-ldilocks. This round of chemo was…
Loser Soup
This last round of chemo was tougher than the first. Not sure why. Could be the additive nature of more chemo. Could be we putzed with the intended schedule by pushing it back a week due to infection. Could be my body was less able to handle the onslaught due to the 2 infections I…
Genie in a Bottle
The fact that I blogged about cheese yesterday is hysterical. Since around 8pm last night, I have been MISERABLE. Cheese…? Those were the days. Worst aspects: leg pain. Constant and debilitating. At times I can barely walk from the bed to the bathroom without feeling like my trunks are going to buckle. The sensation is…
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