Tag: chemo
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Triple C
Somewhere along the way, the universe must have decided that cancer and chemotherapy weren’t enough so it threw another ‘C’ into the mix. COVID. I’ve had it once before (in December 2022?). I remember it sucking then, too. I’ve had a cold for about two months now but I suddenly began to feel way worse…
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Everyday Privilege
If you know me personally, you are probably aware that I hate crying. That’s not to say I’m a person that hates feelings. Crying just seems like a waste of energy sometimes, at least when I do it. It leaves me drained. However, I’ve noticed that I get to close crying a lot more often…
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Go Out And LIVE
Have you ever thought about, really thought about, how a lot of what we do is to prevent dying? We teach our kids to be careful, to be safe. We want to prolong life and push death off as long as possible. Cancer treatment even falls into this way of thinking. Chemo and radiation and…
Spontaneous Sunshine 