Today I had my last radiation treatment. Which means I'm...done. Well, I mean, barring follow up appointments, which might mean another CT scan, hopefully means taking out my port sometime soon, and having to take Tamoxifen forever and ever amen...I'm done ( Read more... )

Hey there. It's been brought to my attention that's it's been a while since I updated. So here I am, updating ( Read more... )

After 4 A/C treatments, each two weeks apart (Nov 6 & 20, Dec 4 & 18), then three weeks off, then 12 weekly treatments of Taxol (postponing third treatment for low bloodwork and eighth treatment because I was just too sick, so ending two weeks later than originally thought), I'm done done done done DONE with chemo ( Read more... )

Droewors: A weird South African dried sausage type thing that really no American version comes even close to and it's THIS THIS THIS that I literally wake up in the middle of the night absolutely CRAVING.
Orange truffles: Um, pretty self-explanatory? They're so good. And dairy free!
Mint truffles: Equally good. And also dairy free ( Read more... )

My chemo regimen is 4 doses of A/C each two weeks apart, then 8 doses of Taxol each a week apart. I'm (obviously) done with the A/C (Nov 6, Nov 20, Dec 4, Dec 18). I've done four doses of Taxol (Jan 8, 15, skip a week, Jan 29, Feb 5). I skipped a week because my blood work was too low. It gets tacked onto the end, so instead of ending March 25, I'm ( Read more... )

People, you BROKE Factor75. I had the founder and owner CALL me today to make sure I was really a person, and to see what else he could do for me. He wanted to make sure I had his personal number and he'll be tracking things to make sure the food gets to me okay, and he's put me on a list for...I don't know, test food, or something? Just...just ( Read more... )

On Friday, I got my second Taxol treatment. I've got 10 more to go, one a week for the next 10 weeks. As promised, this IS less arduous than the A/C treatment, but it's EVERY week and it supposedly builds, so it's all a bit...ahhhhh for me right now ( Read more... )

Came on here to write a long-overdue update and found this as a draft: "If I'm my best self -- or trying to be -- and that best self is never enough...or sometimes it's too much...what's the fucking point of anything?" I have no idea when I first wrote that, but yeah, that about sums it up ( Read more... )

I'm okay. For now. *knock on wood*

I went in at 9:30 yesterday like a good little soldier.

( All the gory details and some pictures! )

So...lots of people say "fuck cancer." It even has its own hashtag. #fuckcancer after all. And "I hate cancer." I hear that a lot. With varying degrees of intensity ( Read more... )