Radioactive

Radioactive

Eek!  How has it already been a month since I wrote an update?  I guess I have been busy feeling better and having fewer appointments.  Oh, and busy growing hair! My trips to Seattle are down to once every three weeks and that is for my Keytruda – none of those nasty chemo chemicals.  I…

Post-Op

Post-Op

I didn’t realize it until after, but I thought things would be different after my surgery.  I saw it as a transition between before and after.  Before and after what? I’m not sure, but it was significant.  And surgery was a big deal, but now that it’s over I feel that post-Christmas letdown.  There was…

Surgery and Beyond

Surgery and Beyond

This is it. The big enchilada. On Wednesday, I have my surgery. If you will remember from my previous posts, all of this medical stuff is new for me. Until now, the biggest procedure I underwent was getting my port for treatment. That was a big, scary deal for me. This surgery is bigger. I…

One Month

One Month

One month from today, I will have my last chemo treatment *. This journey won’t be over in one month, but a big part of it will be. One more month until I stop going to Swedish weekly. One more month until my immune system starts to rebuild and my hair starts to come back….

Timing

Timing

It feels odd to be writing about timing while living through cancer and COVID.  While I do not believe that everything happens for a reason, I am a strong believer that things tend to work out.  While I didn’t always recognize it at the time, a lot of things have timed themselves well for me…

Hair and Other Things

Hair Again I have had more haircuts in the last three months than I had in all of 2019.  My hair is still growing, thinner but growing.  I am so thankful that I still have my eyebrows and eyelashes.   I am rocking my super short hair as best as I can.  Sometimes I wear a…

Haircut

I’m just a girl with a new haircut. I did it. I buzzed my hair this weekend. Technically, J buzzed it – he did his, too – but I initiated it. My hair was really, really long. I hate getting my hair cut. They often do it wrong and I hate making small talk. I…

Just the facts

Just the facts

A lot of people have asked about the specifics of my diagnosis and treatment. This post is for them.  For the rest of you, here’s a quick overview: TL;DR After many, many, many tests I was diagnosed with high grade invasive ductal carcinoma. It is either stage 2B or 3A. I am on week 3…