Last week I saw my Radiation Oncologist and had a scan which is used to help map out where the "laser beams" will hit me. https://videopress.com/v/oyQYNiCH?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Fire the lasers! They take into account the fact that I currently have expanders in, which will eventually be swapped out with implants after I'm healed from radiation. I …
I've been waiting to type that title since I learned I had to have chemotherapy back on April 19, 2022. It's been a long road so far and my journey isn't done, but this phase is checked off with a big fat middle finger (thank you Savannah for the shirt, it was perfect)! Heading out …
This week I had what I hoped would be my last chemotherapy treatment, but sometimes you just aren't that lucky. This week was chemo #15. That's 4 chemo treatments of Doxorubicin + Cyclophosphamide (AKA Red Devil) and 11 of 12 treatments of Taxol. So I was always fully prepared to make it to #16, but …
I am in the final stretch! Chemo 11, 12 and lucky number 13 have been flushed down the drain, AKA my body. There are so many things I learn about what chemotherapy can do to your body that I just never realized. A couple weeks ago, just before #11, I woke up to a popped …
Trucking right along here. Still so very fortunate to have minimal side effects with this current round of chemo. #9 and #10 are IN THE BOOKS! That means only 6 more to go. 6 more Wednesdays. 6 more times I will ice my hands and feet while "plugged in" via my port. 6 more chemo …
Sometimes no news is good news. I'm still feeling well, even after chemo treatment 7 and 8. Number 8 was this morning and that marks the official half-way to the end of chemotherapy. I'm grateful that I'm still hanging in there with minimal side effects. Woo-hoo!!! Every once in a while I'll feel nausea, but …
My chemo vacation ended and I'm back at it, this time a new chemo. The Red Devil pissed off on June 29th. Good ridden M-Fer. My new chemo is called Taxol. It's a weekly regimen now for 12 weeks. My first treatment was July 20th and to say I went kicking and screaming is an …
To say my weekend was amazing would be an understatement. Saturday, July 16th, my husband and I set off to attend the 22nd annual Gavers BarnDance in Woodstock. The Gavers Community Cancer Foundation's mission is to: Raise cancer awareness through education and screeningsImprove cancer care for local residentsRaise funds for cancer research Since 2000 they …
I can't believe my "chemo vacation" is coming to an end. BOOOOOO! Chemo starts up again Wednesday the 20th. It won't be the Red Devil at least. Next I start a chemo drug called, Taxol. I will be cursing this weekly for 12 weeks. Get ready to hear about it. Had a wonderful time on …
Ding Dong the Devil is Done! Yesterday was my final Red Devil. I'm still only 1/4 way through my chemotherapy journey, but Red Devil was supposed to be the most dangerous chemo for my body. Meaning the side effects it can do to your organs are at greater risk, specifically the heart. I'm freaking done …
