Chemosabe 

Chemo #2 is in the books. My oldest son wasn’t feeling well so instead of sending him to camp, we brought him to a place filled with germs and immunosuppressed people. Obvs. He is also old enough to be interested in what mom does at chemo so we figured why the heck not.   We also…

This Girl is Poison

Best news ever guys! I am thrilled to announce that I get poisoned tomorrow!  My drain came out to very minimal fanfare (which is good in this case) and my surgeon cleared me for chemotherapy tomorrow. Joy of joys! There is a handful of sarcasm above, but mostly I am stone cold serious. I am…

This is Not Porn

See that under my dress? That is my drain bag and tubing. When I took that picture I thought to myself, this seems risqué to put on a public blog, which got me thinking. We put on bathing suits all summer long and go out in public. The outline of my body is not what…

Slim Drainy

Guess whose back? Back again. Drainy’s back. Tell a friend. That’s right folks, I woke up the morning with the normal amount of holes in my body and now I have an extra. Bonus!!! I’ll back up. Remember the seroma I’ve been talking about? It’s the buildup of fluid under my armpit where they removed…

Hi, How Are You?

My dad had an incredible sense of humor. It wasn’t something he wore on the outside, it was more like a lil gift you received if you were able to crack the code of his language and delivery. He had the type of clever, dry wit that zings you when you least expect it. One…

License To Chill

What a wild 24 hours it has been. One of my nearest, dearest, oldest, friends, Miranda, flew into town yesterday morning to see me for a few days before chemo and then accompany me there tomorrow (Tuesday the 26th). We decided to use some connections and stay the night downtown at the Waldorf Astoria. We…

Bibbity Bloggity Boobs

Cinderella. We all know the story. She was relegated to the life of a handmaiden after her father died and her evil stepmother took over the house, making her two wretched daughters the ‘fair maidens’ of the household. Cindy had a serendipitous encounter with Prince Charming and some mice. A Fairy Godmother got involved, and poof!…

House Arrest

So I just wanted to take a minute to say how nice it has been meeting and knowing all of you. I will be hibernating in my house for the next 6 months so, BYEEEE! I gotta say, I am shocked by how intensely baldness has hit me. At the risk of sounding horribly vain,…

BALD

I’m not ready to talk about it, but it had to happen. I really looked like a dying blue macaw. And in the vein of Grancer full disclosure, I had to share with you all. My thoughts will follow after I process this super craptastic part of the odyssey. I’m gonna need a minute. Thank…

Molting

It started yesterday. I noticed a certain unnamed subsection of my body hair was making a mass exodus. Since it wasn’t on my head, it was amusing. Many Brazilian bikini wax jokes ensued. This morning I ran my hands through my hair and there it was, a clump. I have been waiting for this day…

Mic Drop Minivan

I know what you are thinking. Could this chick get any sexier? Yes, yes I can. I have a minivan. BOOM. Normally when I emerge from the van-of-mini, I look just like every other suburban mom. But now that I look like Krusty the Clown, I am receiving quite a few sideways glances. I wrote…

Dear Mr. Hemsley UPDATE

BEHOLD THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA————— So I won. Why isn’t there an exclamation point after that, you wonder? Because I won. I get a fancy, human hair wig. Don’t get me wrong. I am excited and very, very proud that my persistence and communication worked.  I have built myself a platform from which I wield…