Posted in breast cancer, chemo, recovery, tagged julie martin, chemo, friends, mastectomy, breast cancer, recovery, henna tattoo, Robin, cats on December 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
“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, [...]
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Posted in breast cancer, chemo, pulmonary embolism, recovery, tagged julie martin, cancer, chemo, hair, friends, mastectomy, breast cancer, cravings, lung, hospital, anemia on December 8, 2007 | No Comments »
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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