Considering the last day of school is today, it's been one ridiculous busy week. That's why you haven't seen any blogs. First, I delivered a 45-minute speech on "Laughter is the Best Medicine" for 150 cancer survivors at PeaceHealth at Southwest Medical Center. That requires an all-points focus for me. The people were so nice …
Boobs with eyelashes?
It's not like my boobs need to see where they're going. I take care of that. I was walking my dog when it felt like a fishing line was tossed out with a hook, and my boob took the bait. When I got home, the incision lines on both were angry red and had a …
Kicked in the butt by perspective
Getting a swift perspective change is like stepping on a rake. Somehow, despite the fact that my "jour-ney" is almost over, we are still overwhelmed. Then, we went to two cancer-related events. Seeing tiny kids with bald heads like mine forces all of the air out of my chest at a frightening speed. Seeing other …
The day that got away
Some days, you write down a to do list for yourself and have an idea how things might go. Then, the shopping cart with the trick wheel careens out of control. Yeah, that was my day. Possible bleeding in one breast that's swollen horizontally like a loaf of bread. I waited for a couple of …
What fell away?
Yesterday, I wrote a whole blog about how our plans of being over Weird Cancer Guy fell away this week. Nothing but the headline showed up, making it seem a lot more dramatic than it was. We were ecstatic thinking we were done with Weird Cancer Guy. But then, I found out I need to …
Being a woman is a pain in the chest
Next to chemo, everything should be a cake walk. But getting syringes of fluid pumped behind your chest muscle is no sparkly cupcake. With boobs under construction, a drain dangling from one side and a throbbing back, I am not confection happy. Why does being a woman have to be so painful. I'm talking menstruation, …
Blogging while strongly medicated
Here's one piece of advice I can confidently give you: Don't drink and look for jobs on Craigslist. I did that once, scored an interview, then realized that I would have gone home with negative take-home pay. They laughed out loud when I called them to bow out of the interview. So here I am …
The doctor said it’s a little early to
The doctor said it's a little early to get off of pain killers. I tried to just take one pill at a time. The rest are antibiotics, muscle relaxers and other stuff. It's still beyond me how anyone gets addicted to oxy-whatever it is. One pill makes me semi-spacey. Two pills make me feel like …
Time warp again
Coming out of post-surgery fog is so weird. I'm just starting to remember the last few days. One day, I passed out after lunch, then woke up at 6:30 thinking it was morning and why was Livvie up so early? Steven was like, "But Mom, it's the same day." I couldn't get my mind to …
Weird Cancer Guy…Dead!
This just in: The cancer did not spread! They found a couple of "residual" cancer cells, but chemo killed them. It's the best possible news I could have gotten. Now the word "journey" can be used to describe big hair band, Journey, instead of cancer. "Don't stop believin,'" ya'll.
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