Chemotherapy & Radiation

I used to read all the time, but for some reason, my chemo brain is still not wanting to cooperate fully with my eyeballs. In my last post about this subject, I mentioned attempting to read several books: And The Sea Will Tell by Vincent Bugliosi Never finished. The Guestbook by Andrea Hurst Took me […]

I’ve been having a heck of a time lately figuring out what to do with myself, looks wise. Should I grow my hair out? Should I dye it a different color? I don’t know what’s wrong with me. Maybe I’m having a mid-life crisis on top of going through menopause. I’ll bet Ken is excited […]

I mentioned several posts ago that after my cancer diagnosis, I quit playing the organ. Another activity that I seem unable to get back to is reading a book in its entirety. I don’t know what the problem is. I used to read all the time. I know that during chemotherapy, my brain couldn’t hold […]

  For three days now, I’ve tried to get the family to play Farkel with me. It all started with my gift card to Barnes & Noble that I received for my end-of-chemo party almost two years ago. I don’t remember who gave the card to me anymore but I thought I better use it […]

It is way past my bedtime; that’s because I’m going to see the oncologist in about nine hours for my checkup and rather than facing it bravely like a grown-up, 44-year-old woman, I just plain old want to wake up my mother and say, “Ma-ma” into the phone like a little kid.