Spontaneous Sunshine

The unfiltered musings of a young woman fighting for her life

  • Give Thanks

    6 months. I can’t believe treatment ended six months ago. It feels strange to still measure my time in relation to cancer. Just over two years since the diagnosis that changed our whole world. Eighteen months since my first surgery. Two months since the second. Eight weeks until my next scan. I’d like to say…

  • New Haircut, Who Dis?

    New Haircut, Who Dis?

    Geez. It’s been almost two months since my last update. What a slacker I am. To be fair, it’s been two very busy months and I’ve napped a lot (with good reason). I’m all healed up from my knee surgery in August and physical therapy has been going well. It feels a little bit like…

  • They Call Me… Miss Gimps-A-Lot

    Knee surgery on Friday went very well and I am now on the mend. I’m not going to lie… it hurts A LOT. 1 out of 5 stars, would not recommend haha! Recovery isn’t going to be easy but I’m hoping to come out of it stronger than I was before the injury happened. I…

  • Summer Updates

    Summer Updates

    Phew, it’s been a while, huh? Sorry if it seemed like I disappeared on y’all. Let me start by saying… eight and a half weeks?! I cannot believe it has been two months since I last stepped foot in that infusion room. 61 days since I was last hooked up to that bag of toxins…

  • The Finish Line

    The Finish Line

    I know I’m late with an update, but I think you’ll forgive me when I tell you all that… I’M DONE! DONE! No more chemotherapy (hopefully ever again)! It feels so weird to say that I’m finished with treatment. I don’t think the full reality of it has hit me quite yet. But, for now,…

  • Hiccups Are Funny

    Chemo has resumed after a two week delay. 1 out of 5 complete. It wasn’t quite smooth sailing but it’s done. I needed a rescue inhaler after lugging my cooler into the infusion suite. Then, halfway through chemo, the tube connected to one of the booties that ices my feet snapped. I ended up with…

  • Weekend Update

    Well, y’all, it seems I may have spoken too soon. Chemo infusion #12 of 16 did not happen as scheduled this past week. Instead, I spent that day (as well as the next two) getting checked out for shortness of breath and tachycardia. The urgent care I visited for 6 hours on Wednesday, the emergency…

  • The Final Countdown

    He told me it was going to be a long, hard road. Dr. Ravi wasn’t wrong. But it wasn’t nearly as hard as I was expecting. Maybe that has something to do with my type of cancer. Maybe it has a lot to do with the way people see it in books and movies. Maybe…

  • The Journey I Didn’t Ask For

    Chemo #3, round 8 of 16: done. Halfway there. It’s unreal to think that in just a couple of months I will be done with treatment. That is both the most amazing and most terrifying thought ever. I obviously don’t want to continue treatment, especially if there’s nothing for it to fight. Making myself sick…

  • Another Day, Another Delay

    Another Day, Another Delay

    Does it ever sometimes feel like you can’t catch a break? Despite my best efforts, I’ve been feeling that way a lot lately and it’s made me grumpy. Well, grumpier than the steroids already have. As much as I don’t want to admit it, I’ve been struggling with this chemotherapy regimen. I was almost excited…

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