In the life of a cancer patient there are so many dismal things you could focus on. Ugh these drains, ouch I’m so sore, Blargh I cannot get comfortable. But not this cancer patient! Here is a glimpse into my life at this moment: Sweet Mandy B’s sugar cookies cut into perfect bite sized pieces,…
Author: mygrancerblog
I am a 35 year old woman with a husband, 3 kids, 2 dogs, a part-time job & breast cancer. It basically the worst.
A Last Time For Everything
They have started. It has been occurring to me for days that I am participating in my last _____. Some instances of this are, my last upward facing dog. The last time I’ll feel a chilly breeze bringing with it a systematic THO (look it up). The last time I will carry my (giant)…
Nitrous Oxide Is A Lying Bitch
Here is a fun fact about Cancer and surgeries to eradicate it; you have to go through a whole litany of other seemingly non-related appointments beforehand so you are in tip-top shape to be gut like a fish. One of those super-fun visits is to your dentist. Listen, I am never stoked to visit my…
YOU get an implant! & YOU get an implant! (insert Oprah voice here)
I think we have all envisioned that moment when your children are handed their first silicone implants. It’s the stuff parenting dreams are made of. We made the somewhat controversial decision to include our older children in as much of the process as we deem acceptable and as much as they show interest in. They…
Posterity
You may or may not have noticed that there are some revealing photos attached to this blog post. These are not intended to titillate, but to capture this exact moment in time while my body remains mine, whole. I read a story somewhere about a woman who had a bilateral mastectomy who longed to remember…
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