Cancer Chemo Tips for Cancer Buddies 3 Nov 20153 Nov 2015 Since I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in March 2015, three women I know have joined the sisterhood. Two of them found it early enough to get by with surgery…
Cancer Cancer is full of SCIENCE…and Spiderman. 29 Oct 201529 Oct 2015 Now that chemo and surgery are in the "done" pile, it's time to move on to Phase 3 and plan for Phase 4 of this breast cancer "journey." That's so…
Cancer Pathology, surprises, and what’s next 20 Oct 201520 Oct 2015 Since my last post I have calmed down a bit and also found out more information. The first thing I did was go to Dr. Supe's office and pick up…
Cancer Bad news, confusion, and a giant WTF 15 Oct 201515 Oct 2015 I had nearly given up on getting my pathology report yesterday. I'd started second-guessing my memory about what Dr. Superman had told me. ("He said Monday or Tuesday...maybe he meant…
Cancer 10 things I got wrong about breast cancer 13 Oct 201513 Oct 2015 So here I am, a handful of days after my lumpectomy, still waiting for the pathology report which will presumably tell us either "We got it all" or "There's still…
Cancer Phase Two – Cut it out! 9 Oct 20159 Oct 2015 Wow it's been a long time since I've posted anything. I've composed many many posts in my head which I intend to get to before long. Posts about my existential…
Cancer Bad Blood – A Short Delay 16 Sep 201516 Sep 2015 This might be the only blog post on the Internet that's not about T Swizzle. By "bad blood" I mean that my actual blood in my actual body is bad.…
Cancer Breast cancer intermission: A Smoking Ruin 9 Sep 2015 Well, here I am almost three whole weeks after my sixth and final round of chemo. That day was extraordinary. I felt accomplished, and loved, and, well, triumphant. Since then?…
Cancer Chemo Round 6 – The Worst is Over! 21 Aug 2015 Yesterday I had my sixth and final round of chemotherapy!! I'm so excited and happy and relieved. I still have a couple weeks of side-effects to deal with, but the…
Cancer Mortality ‘n Stuff: A Letter From the Front 13 Aug 201513 Aug 2015 If Cancer is a battle, this is my letter home, written in a fetid trench with bullets whizzing above my head and a tang of mustard gas mixed in the air…