December 2008
17 posts
29 December 2008 - Moving on.
I’m done with chemo, and it’s time to move on with my life.
I’ve been fighting a nasty cold for two solid weeks. When I say fighting, I mean it. I’ve had a low-grade fever the entire time. I’ve taken three days off work. I’ve completely lost my voice. I’m doing everything I know to get better. Every day I think this must be the day I’ll get better. I think that today as well. I will get...
25 December 2008 - Happy
Leanna’s note about the labyrinth:
Early on after my diagnosis, a wise friend cautioned me with urgency to choose a positive image for what I am going through “right freakin’ now.” He said that the default mentality surrounding disease is negative and misunderstood. He said I should select an image to meditate on that would allow my subconscious to do the heavy lifting.
It took me almost no...
14 December 2008 – My Nose Cries
Chemo has made my eyes and nose express watery fluid at an unprecedented rate.
Usually there are tears flowing down my cheeks every time I walk outside. No, I’m not miserable, sad, or feeling sorry for myself. Those tears are just my eyes’ way of taking in the fresh air.
My nose also drips almost all of the time. Hopefully this doesn’t gross you out too much. The fluid is so thin and water,...
9 December 2008 - Hair dreams.
I haven’t given too much thought to my hair, except for the radically cool cut I got that lasted all of about 10 days!
Last night, however, I had a dream about my hair growing back. It was pretty cool. Most chemo veterans talk about it growing back different. I think red and curly would be funky.
8 December 2008 – Dare we say: Good news!
Out with it already.
Today Herb and I had a visit with Dr. Pamela Wright, my surgeon. It was a good visit. The original purpose of the visit was to have a couple of biopsies of the skin done. The reason we needed these biopsies were because, while my breast tissue had certainly started to show progress, the skin was still troubling to my doctors. The innocent looking redness was still...
5 December 2008 - Oops! Mistaken post about...
Hi all. Your messages about Susan’s news is very sweet. I’m afraid it may have come off like I had reached a diagnosis of No Evidence of Disease. Trust me, I will definitely let you know when that time has come!!!
No, I really wanted to share Susan’s news. She, like me, was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. That is very rare (less than 5% of breast cancers), so she...
3 December 2008 – Thankfulness
I know I’m a few days late in this post, but there is never a bad time to express your thankfulness in my opinion.
I’m thankful for consciousness.
I am thankful for friends. This statement, unfortunately is drastically understated. This week’s visit with Jana, April, Janaki, Andrea, Helene, and Nate and calls from my mom, Chad, Andrea, Andrea, Herb’s mom, and Herb’s sister and chats from...