Yeah, I know, it’s been a while. The last few weeks have been a blur. I started to feel better during the fifth and final week of radiation. Not sure why that is, except that my body possibly started getting used to the daily nuking. Most of the side effects (aside from tiring easily) are […]
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How can it almost be June already? The days left in my 51st year are rapidly dwindling. So I didn’t post anything here last weekend and there are reasons for that. No, I was not out doing wonderful and exciting things. Not anything close to that. I was feeling crappy and grumpy and figured no […]
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So it’s been almost three months since I lost my hair. Since then, I have also lost my eyebrows and most of my eyelashes. You never realize how much of a difference it makes to have eyebrows until they are gone. Seriously. I blogged about the hair loss before and how traumatic it was for […]
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So the waiting is over, sort of. I got the call last Monday afternoon from the hospital that the radiation plan was approved and they could start Wednesday afternoon. Thank goodness. The first thing I did was count down the days on a calendar. The second thing I did was start looking for flights to […]
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It has been a week of waiting. I am beginning to hone my patience skills. Last Monday was actually the best day of the week. It was Chance’s “anniversary” at doggy daycare so I baked cupcakes and bought specially doggy cookies for him and his “best girl”. He and Kahlua have been an item for […]
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Funny story about this quote. I had just finished a journal entry where I made comments about being on an emotional roller coaster but feeling determined to enjoy the ride. Or something like that. And it HAS been – still IS – an emotional roller coaster. Some days I can go from happy to sad […]
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So….it’s been a while. It was a crazy but mostly good week. I have now declared myself one third of the way through the Treatment Plan. I happen to be pretty proud of getting this far relatively unscathed. My sister in law arrived last Monday, just in time for Chemo Round Three on Tuesday. That […]
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Well, shoot, that is awfully small print. 😉 So where were we? Oh yeah, chemo last week. SIL arrived Saturday early afternoon and we actually had a rather enjoyable weekend including a shopping trip on Sunday and an afternoon at a local garden place on Monday. And then there was Tuesday morning. The […]
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