So I'm totally celebrating today. Tomorrow will be my fourth chemo treatment, meaning I'm halfway through the eight I need to get rid of my cancer. Only a few more months left feeling tired and... just not like myself all the time. I can't wait to be healthy again... and to feel alive again, not just a sloth on a couch ( Read more... )

I got some great news last week, and I just haven't had time to post. Basically the huge (relatively speaking) tumor in my head is pretty much gone. My neurologist said because of the way my brain looks now (courtesy of an MRI), the tumor more than likely didn't penetrate my brain, it only compressed it. Because of this, my doctor also thinks I don ( Read more... )

So I spent a few hours in the ER yesterday to find out the problem I had is totally normal, something that can happen during chemo, and I'm completely healthy with normal blood counts. It wasn't fun, but it was worth it, and the expense, to find out there was nothing seriously wrong with me. It still wasn't very fun at all, and I spent a lot of the ( Read more... )

So here I am, just hanging out on the couch, being lazy, watching TV and debating whether to look at my manuscript for the first time in about three months or not. I actually finished it and felt like it was starting to be close to sending out on the same day I found out i might potentially have cancer (which I did), which totally killed all of my ( Read more... )

It's been quite a while since I've updated this thing. A lot has happened to me since the last time I wrote. I found myself writing for a newspaper, wondering if that's really what I wanted to do. I've written my first novel, but it's not ready for publication. And I've been diagnosed with cancer. I have Diffused Large B-Cell Lymphoma, and I'm ( Read more... )

so i totally helped my sister, ree, surprise my mom today. it was grand fun. other than that, my life is dull, meaningless, utter nonsense. except, also, for the fact that i AM GOING TO DECK THE HALL BALL B*TCHES!!!! i bought the tickets on wed., the first day of the presale that 1077 the end holds for their big yearly concert. ive never done ( Read more... )

happy halloween everyone!! i am not dressing up this year (im working too much...) but i am looking forward to having kids trick-or-treat my house. thats going to be so fun, having kids come to my very own house... k, that sounded creepy, but you know what i mean ( Read more... )

im at work, so this is going to be brief. this is also in response to ree's post about heros. i am totally hook on that show now. holy cow, thats nights episode was so awesome!! anyone who hasnt seen it, needs to go watch it. right now. im serious ( Read more... )

i hope all my old friends are still here. marie, meg, alex, lady m, aaron that means you guys. i hope you didnt give up on me!!! please respond to this to let me know you havent ( Read more... )

sheesh, its been a long time since ive updated my lj. part of that is because of the insane amount of work i do. another is that when i get home, i really am sick of being on a computer, so i avoid it. the third is i moved into my new house last week and i decided not to get internet or cable. if i want to watch tv, ill go to my folks house. if i ( Read more... )