Category: The Doctor’s Office
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Superwoman Complex
Yesterday was my fourth treatment this month, and I am so ready for a two week break! Walking into the cancer center yesterday, I found myself vigorously swallowing lumps in my throat. I didn’t want to be there. I didn’t want to talk about how miserable I felt over the past week. I didn’t want…
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A Day in the Life of Chemo
She gave me a great suggestion for a Christmas gift for my children and shared stories of her neighborhood kids gathering around to play with that toy. When she left the room, she wished me a Merry Christmas and hugged me–not one of those quick hugs, but a bear hug telling me she cares. What…
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And So It Begins
Today my upper body feels like a punching bag. My head is killing me this afternoon, and my neck and chest ache. From what I’ve read, this is not uncommon for the first few doses of the chemo I’m on. It’s the drugs attacking the cancer and putting up a fight. I’m thankful for that,…
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What Now?
Many of you have been waiting and wondering. I know, because many have asked me, “What now?” We’ve been waiting and wondering, too. Yesterday we finally saw our oncologist, and may I just say again, “She. Is. Wonderful.” She made it clear that she is with us in this battle, that this isn’t her dictating…
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The Post I Didn’t Want to Write
This is the update I didn’t want to write…the one I don’t even know how to write. Remember how last post I said, if the pathology comes back different, we bag the whole thing and start over? We’re bagging it. The pathology came back, and oh, my friends, I am so broken. This is breast…
A Spring of Joy 