Living With Cancer
Giving Thanks
Wow! It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything. Don’t worry, nothing is wrong. I haven’t been in the hospital. No new health concerns. All is good actually. I’ve been feeling more like my old self. Enjoying life. Feeling grateful. I can’t pinpoint what has changed (if anything) but the cloak of depression is…
Read MoreTime to Pull Myself Out of Sadness
The last couple of months have been a real struggle for me. The surgery. The recovery. The changes to my everyday routines. The change of the seasons. Missing life in NYC. Not loving life in Ohio. The blood clot in my lung. More hospital stays. More medications & doctors visits. One highly emotional and unruly…
Read MoreBlood Clots, Hospital Stays & New Medications
It’s been one hell of a week. Last Thursday I was scheduled to fly to NYC to meet with my plastic surgeon to receive the second injection of fluid to expand my left breast tissue in preparation for my implant. Instead, I ended up in the hospital in Ohio with a blood clot to the…
Read MoreWelcome to Breast Cancer Awareness Month
As we enter into Breast Cancer Awareness Month I find myself conflicted about how breast cancer is portrayed. How commercialized and kitschy it’s all become. How the media and corporate America seem to be using breast cancer to boost profits. I feel like corporations play to our emotions and use our pain to their benefit. …
Read MoreThe Waiting Game
Tomorrow I find out the results of my most recent set of scans. The results determine a whole host of things – most importantly whether or not surgery is still an option. As long as the cancer has not grown or spread since my last scan in April I’m good to go for the mastectomy.…
Read MoreLet The Scans Begin!
Tomorrow commences the scanning ritual I must now endure every 4 months for the rest of my life. Except this time around I’ve got some extra scans thrown in for my surgery prep. It’s so freakin’ time consuming. My schedule tomorrow includes a 10am injection (for my afternoon bone scan), an 11am psychotherapy appointment (in…
Read MoreBeauty is Everywhere
What a week. Full of emotion and memory making. It’s been such a joy to reconnect with everyone here in the Pacific Northwest. To collect and give hugs. Catch up on life. Say thank you. Even in my short time living on Bowen Island, I managed to forge some pretty terrific friendships. And it feels…
Read MorePulling It Together
Miss M and I have arrived. After a hellish flight from Dayton to Vancouver (including a 6 hour layover at Chicago’s O’Hare airport and an arrival time of 2am into Vancouver – 5am Ohio time – thank God Auntie ‘Cole was there to pick us up) we are now happily settled at Grandpa’s house on…
Read MoreA Sigh Of Relief
After a bit of a rough week I am feeling a lot better today. Mostly because I found out the aches and pains i’ve been feeling are likely side effects from the Herceptin i’m taking. While I was killing time at Penn Station yesterday, waiting for the Long Island Railroad, I googled Herceptin side effects…
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