I swear, good things do happen in my life, but this year is something else.

I have 4 younger sisters. The middle one, Valerie, passed away on Wednesday morning, which was her 37th birthday.

Like, seriously, 2020. What. The Actual. Fuck.

We are, for the most part, unsurprised, though it was not currently expected. She struggled with pain, massive ( Read more... )

It's like every introvert's dream. We all should just stay home? Fuck, yes. I've been signed up for that since time immemorial ( Read more... )

Had the day off work today, but as per usual, it was due to some doctor appointments ( Read more... )

Seriously, though ( Read more... )

Oh man, do I owe y'all an update ( Read more... )

Checking in ( Read more... )

A few days out from chemo now.

This is what the port looks like. It's maybe a little bigger than a Rolo chocolate, and inserted under the skin. In my case (and possibly most cases), it's in the upper right chest, with a tube snaking into my central jugular vein. Local anesthesia, conscious sedation.


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Port placed. Took them a little longer than an hour; there was some difficulty wedging it into place. I'm already seeing some bruising underneath the bandages and tape, but that's expected after the amount of pressure exerted to get it there ( Read more... )

Leaving in about an hour to head to the hospital. Today is the day I get the port placed. From everything we've been told, it'll be inserted under the skin just on the right of my chest, a few inches above the breast ( Read more... )

Surgery follow-up is done. Doc says incisions and internal stuff all looks perfect. Discussed everything re: chemo, etc. today as well. This cancer (uterine/endometrial) is pretty uncommon, even rare, in women my age, much more common in women past menopause, typical age 62 or more. No hereditary factors for me. Tumor in the uterus was just over 8 ( Read more... )