A Humorous Look at the Bright Side of Cancer... and There Is One
I haven’t had one… yay. Thank heavens for better nausea drugs. During my first chemotherapy treatment, I wanted to quit on Day 2 (too many visits to the toilet). This time, I’ve been able to eat food and it actually tastes like what it was intended. And, it stays where it belongs. I have, however, […]
Continue Reading »What is it with women and weight issues? I pulled out one of the light reading books that the oncologist had given me titled Chemotherapy Blah, Blah, Blah and happened upon the paragraph that began, “On average, women gain 7 pounds during their course of chemo treatment.” I always thought women lost weight due to […]
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I have another appointment tomorrow morning with the Red Devil. That is the nickname the nurses give to the drug, Adriamycin, which is part of the chemotherapy regimen I am being given. The drug is red when it goes in, red when it comes out, and truly is “the devil.” I could think of a […]
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I’m going to summarize the few e-mails that I previously sent out: Cancer Update #1: June 4, 2009 Thank you to everyone for the recent phone calls, e-mails, and cards… I had a port-a-cath put in this morning and will be starting chemo soon. The mastectomy has been put on hold for now. The surgical […]
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