Cancer You’re a cancer survivor – a bullet list 22 Oct 2017 One day you feel a lump in your boob. Machines create images, doctors test a chunk. It’s cancer. People say you’re a survivor the moment you announce your diagnosis. You…
Cancer… Breast Cancer: The End. 30 Dec 201530 Dec 2015 It is done. What began with a lump almost one year ago is finally over. From the diagnosis Through six rounds of chemotherapy Surgery on my breast and lymphnodes and…
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 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 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 Chemotherapy 5 of 6 – The Darkness Before Dawn 7 Aug 2015 Five rounds of chemo down, just one left. It's a triumph, yes? But, wow....this is a bad one. Here's the thing: actually getting the infusion of drugs isn't bad at…
Cancer 10 Good Things About Having Breast Cancer 16 Jul 201516 Jul 2015 Well, I feel sort of like an asshole for my last couple of posts. I absolutely do want to give you the straight dope, but I don't want to freak…
Cancer Why does getting better feel like dying? 15 Jul 201515 Jul 2015 First I'm going to tell you the good stuff. In the waning days of Round 3 (and I mean the very last couple of days) I was able to eat…
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