“Chemo-brain, chemo-brain, chemo makes one say
Oh what fun it is to ride that brain-dead chemo sleigh!”
Poor Brian – he doesn’t really seem to understand that chemo makes me more funny. We were listening to a popular Christmas song, and I started singing the lyrics as they were meant to be written:
“You know Dasher, [...]
Archive for December, 2007
December 18, 2007
Posted in breast cancer, chemo, recovery, tagged breast cancer, cats, chemo, friends, henna tattoo, julie martin, mastectomy, recovery, Robin on December 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
December 8, 2007
Posted in breast cancer, chemo, pulmonary embolism, recovery, tagged anemia, breast cancer, cancer, chemo, cravings, friends, hair, hospital, julie martin, lung, mastectomy on December 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Cravings.
What’s up with that? I thought only pregnant women got cravings. Well, OK, pregnant women and emotional eaters like myself. But for the most part, my cravings aren’t based on emotional reactions, although a few times I’ve been craving comfort food (breakfast, tuna casserole, lasagna, Orange Milano cookies). And I’m quite sure I’m not pregnant!
For [...]
December 2, 2007
Posted in breast cancer, chemo, pulmonary embolism, recovery, tagged breast cancer, chemo, friends, julie martin, mastectomy, pulmonary embolism, recovery on December 2, 2007 | 2 Comments »
(Dancing around, pumping my fists in the air, shouting “Woo-hoo!)
I only have to have 4 chemo sessions after all! Obviously there was some confusion, but when I saw the oncologist on Friday before my chemo session, he said “And you’ll be done on December 28th.” I said “Except for the Taxol sessions,” and he looked [...]
