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…
Tag: #chemo
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…
Doula-ing the Doula
I have been a birth doula for over 7 years. For those of you who are unfamiliar with what a doula does, allow me to give you the Cliff’s Notes version. A doula is a person who works side by side with a woman and her family as she navigates pregnancy, labor, delivery and the…
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…
On Cheese And Other Things
Here we are, folks. Today begins the ‘this sucks so bad’ phase of chemo. Yesterday, the day after infusion, was doable, though exhausting. We took our daughter to the American Girl Place for her 6th birthday and she had a blast while I felt increasingly shittier by the minute. Here is a helpful tip: don’t…
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…
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