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Thanksgiving
So, tonight I am thinking about B's birthday. Mom was here that November too. She was in the delivery room and stayed until Christmas, when all the grandparents came out to celebrate the little guy's first Christmas. Of course, the actual delivery room ended up being a scary place. When there was no baby's cry after he was born and they had to ( Read more... ) -
THAT was rock night?
Yep, folks, it's not a cancer rant! Imagine that! No, tonight, I am questioning X Factor. Yes, I like singing shows. I love The Sing Off (go Pentatonix!!) and anyone who knows me knows my musical taste runs from the Beatles to Lady Gaga, but in my heart I am a rock fan. Sure, I haven't touched my guitar in a gazillion years, except to play Jingle ( Read more... ) -
On side effects, writing and birthdays
Yes, I've been gone for quite some time, but it took so long for the side effects to fade this time, and now tomorrow it's back down I go... NOT looking forward to that, to say the least.. But after tomorrow, I am HALFWAY DONE!!!!!! At least with chemo. And tonight, it appears I am on a mission to eat whatever I can get my hands on because I know ( Read more... ) -
ideas for #10 benefit of losing my hair
So as Round 3 is fast approaching, I find myself both dreading and anticipating it. Why the dreading? Because I know the side effects are going to hang around even longer, and I don't know what that means for my "good days" after I finish the immune boosting shots. I'm down to just about 5 this time. Anticipating because my current chemo countdown ( Read more... ) -
chemo #2 down
1/4 of the way there! woohoo ( Read more... ) -
Food fantasies and the hair countdown
I forgot to mention that I am having all kinds of food fantasies. Yes, my stomach kills me much of the time, but that doesn't stop me from wanting pizza, lasagna, hamburgers, peanut butter cups and beef stroganoff, which I don't even eat! Maybe I should just eat whatever and see what happens. Either my stomach will hurt or it won't. It's really ( Read more... ) -
It's been a while (but cancer still sucks)
It's been about 2 weeks since I posted, give or take a week. The big news was that my scans showed No Evidence of Disease!!!! That means the cancer did not set down roots anywhere. At least not in my chest, abdomen and pelvis. Of course since I was asymptomatic for anything that might be in my brain, the doctor didn't order a head (brain?) scan. Do ( Read more... ) -
Cancer sucks
It's simply cancer sucks today because it's not so easy being brave during the day right now. I had a CAT scan and a bone scan this week. The CAT scan drinks were horrible. I almost threw it back up because of my gag reflex when I was drinking the first bottle. It was so heavy in my stomach that night. Then I had to get up at 5 on Tuesday to finish ( Read more... ) -
it's been a while
I meant to post on 9/11 but I was too tired. My left arm is feeling better, but now the right is limited... ugh ( Read more... ) -
it's easy to be brave during the day (or, cancer sucks)
So it's been a few days, and a turbulent week for me emotionally. I finally saw the oncologist Wed. My first thought: He's young. My second:Wow, he's handsome. Too bad I'll probably hate him while going through chemo if everything (side effect) he laid out happens. No, seriously, he is nice looking, but more importantly, he's been working back East ( Read more... )