Finally some good news!
The good news from my oncologist- I'm in remission! There was one odd spot that he wants to keep an eye on, but he doubts it's a new tumor. In three months I have to have another scan. The only bad...
View ArticleRemission week two!
Post-chemo/remission update: So far I've gone to two choir rehearsals. My voice is a little thin, but it feels good to be singing again. My choir director is so happy to have me back! Last night was a...
View ArticleWhen will it be enough?
Just this week: A white man shot and killed two black people in Louisville (at the Kroger where my cousin Sarah shops). Spared a white shopper because "whites don't shoot whites". Throughout the week,...
View ArticleAs if the past week wasn't crappy enough.
Now there's been a major plane crash in Indonesia. Lion Air Flight 610, with 188 people on board. I just saw footage of the debris on CNN. The plane must have hit the water at a high speed, because it...
View ArticleIn happier news...
Thanksgiving plans are starting to take form. Charleston,SC, here I come! I'm going down with Katie a day early to take stuff to Sam. Mom and Dad will come a day later. Sam's house is much nicer than...
View ArticleTwo weeks, two mass shootings.
Less than two weeks after the murders at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, there's been another massacre. This time, it was a bar in Thousand Oaks, California. Twelve dead. Most of them young,...
View ArticleI'm a sad Marvel Girl today.
Stan Lee has died at the age of 95. I knew he wasn't going to be around much longer after it was announced he'd filmed his last MCU cameo, but it's still sad. For me this ranks up there with losing Jim...
View ArticleThanksgiving 2018.
Had a nice time in Charleston. I got home a couple of hours ago, and I'm too tired to write much else. I rode down with Katie, and that was fun. I have some photos to post later.
View ArticleDeath of a President.
President George H.W. Bush has died at the age of 94. Not surprising, as Barbara Bush passed away earlier in the year. I knew he probably wouldn't make it to 2019.I'm a Democrat, did not agree with...
View Article2018, GTFO.
X-posted to Tumblr and Facebook.Sick as a dog. Fitting end to 2018! This year definitely goes down as the worst in my lifetime. I never would have dreamed on New Year's Eve last year that I'd be...
View ArticleStarting 2019 on a fairly good note.
Got my CT scan results. Good news first- no sign of new tumors. The blip from my PET scan was just a blip. I can get my chemo port removed! The bad news- I have a hernia (actually a couple of small...
View ArticleSurgery delayed.
So I had a consultation with the hernia surgeon today. It's going to be more complicated than I thought. I have three hernias, and though they're small, they're in different spots and it will be tricky...
View ArticleOne week in...
I started the diet my surgeon suggested one week ago. So far,I've lost ten pounds. I'm surprised at how well I'm sticking to it. I've started exercising more, too. It helps to have a goal (in my case,...
View ArticleOops!
I never posted my Thanksgiving and Christmas photos. I need to do that. They're all on my Instagram and Facebook pages anyway.
View ArticleAchievement unlocked.
My chemo port has been removed!I had the surgery early on Friday. The prep took longer than the surgery itself! My oncologist did it. He's very happy with my progress and doesn't need to see me again...
View ArticleFeeling better post surgery.
It's been nine days since my chemo port was removed. The stitches have melted, but it still hurts a bit. It's not completely healed yet. I feel perfectly normal otherwise.
View ArticleSlow but steady.
I've lost seventeen and a half pounds in the past month.That's more than half of my minimum goal of thirty. I still hope to lose forty by my March 24th appointment, but thirty will be good enough for...
View ArticleAn unhappy Throwback Thursday.
One year ago, on 2/28/18, my cancer ordeal began. Of course, I didn’t know it was cancer until I had surgery two weeks later. It’s been a long year, first the ER visit, then a total hysterectomy and an...
View ArticleNow that my hair has grown back...
I'm putting in some color, something I've never done before. I'm just glad to have hair. I'm sitting in my hairdresser's chair as I post this, waiting for the dye to take.This is my big "fuck you" to...
View ArticleA bit of color!
It's hard to see, but there are swirls of pink and teal in my hair. https://instagram.com/p/BupFTWVgSP5
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