Author Archives: April F

Day after chemo… managed to feel pretty ok. Had some breakfast and took my morning meds. Waited a while and then went to run some errands. That wiped me all the way out though lol Bummed around all afternoon mostly. Started feeling a little off around 5, so I took an anti-nausea pill and hadContinue reading “Post-chemo musings”

Chemo day one is in the books. I got there at 9:30,and almost immediately was taken back to the infusion area. Basically a 3-walled room (the walls were not floor to ceiling though), with a curtain that pulled closed. I had a reclining chair that also had a massage function. Heat, supposedly, but I don’tContinue reading “Day one”

Alright, obligatory catch up… After the bone scan, I went back to see my surgeon on Wednesday. She drained 320 ml (10 oz or so) of fluid from the surgical site. When I tell you the relief was almost immediate……. It was. A little bit has returned but it’s nowhere near as uncomfortable and painfulContinue reading “Is it time yet?”

Sometimes things just hit you the … right? wrong?… way. I had to have a bone scan today (spoiler alert: no cancer in my bones [hoo—fucking-ray]). I went in this morning to get injected with the contrast, and had to go back this afternoon for the scan. When I went back this afternoon, I couldContinue reading “Violins and Holidays”

As I get ready to head to bed on the first day of the week of Christmas , I really need to put put into the universe how incredible Travis is. Being my friend and my roommate isn’t always a bed of roses. And we’ve had our ups and downs. But he has been shoved intoContinue reading “Support”

Ok, not really, but it has been a terrible week. I very much reached both the anger and petulant child stages of coping. I spent the first few days of the week super mad about everything. Mad that I have cancer again. Mad that it’s worse than we thought. Mad that I have to haveContinue reading “And now it’s time for a breakdown….”

The only thing that’s guaranteed about cancer treatment is that things will change. First things first – COVID seems to be gone. I’m pretty much symptom free except for a very occasional cough. Score one for me. I’ve scheduled, rescheduled, and cancelled a bunch of appointments. Today was supposed to be chemo class with aContinue reading “Ch-ch-ch-changes……”

I’ve been getting this question a lot, and I don’t have many answers. Please know that I have no monetary needs. My medical bills, at least up through now, are manageable, and because I am incredibly blessed and lucky to work somewhere amazing, will continue to have income throughout my treatment. I am very wellContinue reading “What do you need? How can I help??”

I’ve been dreading this post. Somehow putting it all in writing makes it real and that’s the last thing that I want. But it is real and it is happening and it doesn’t matter whether I write it down or not, so here goes. First things first – I have COVID. Because there’s not enoughContinue reading “COVID and Chemo and Surgery and Bleh.”

I’ve been laying pretty low, post-surgery. One, because I have next to no energy. Two, because I’m still a little sore. Three, because I got a lot of new information to try to process. Let me preface this by saying that I know what my mom told me that the doctor told her, and whatContinue reading “That’s not what we were expecting….”