Feb 23,2018

My first chemo break

[Previous entry] I’m looking forward to my first chemo break. Three months straight of chemo every week has gotten more and more difficult. How is it the end of February already? Usually by the day before treatment, I’m back to feeling normal, so I expect that I’ll have an entire week to feel fabulous. And Read More

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Feb 08,2018

The results of my first CT scan after treatment

[Previous entry] Note as of 4/14/18: I have been feeling terrible for the past two months, so I haven’t had the energy to make any blog posts. First it was chemo building up in my system, so I was mostly lying in bed watching TV. When I finally got my two weeks on one week Read More

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Feb 07,2018

The follow-up head CT scans

[Previous entry] Sunday is the Worst Day After Chemo Day, but I don’t have a choice but to get out of bed on the 4th. I do what I have to, but I don’t feel good, and I’m angry at Nervous Technician for messing things up. I was supposed to have one scan, a full-body Read More

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Feb 02,2018

The Mad Hatter’s tea party: An appointment at the medical marijuana clinic

[Previous entry] When I got my cancer diagnosis in October, I felt like I fell down a rabbit hole. Friday, I went to the Mad Hatter’s tea party. (Please note: no tea was consumed.) I wrote the beginning of this as I suffered from a bout of insomnia early Saturday morning. I took a sleeping Read More

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Feb 01,2018

My second CT scan – We’re one third of the way through

[Previous entry] Thursday morning, I have my morning appointment with Dr. Lin because Dr. Freedman is out of town. She’s backed up, so it’s half an hour of waiting on top of the hour I already spent waiting after my weekly blood draw. I don’t mind because I read my book and get caught up Read More

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