Chemo went well but slow yesterday – I ended up being in the chemo suite for 4-1/2 hours. It was extremely busy when I got there, and one of the nurses was filling in for the phone triage nurse, so they only had two nurses.
My white blood count was quite low, 1.2, when the minimum [...]
Archive for January, 2009
January 24, 2008
Posted in breast cancer, cancer, chemo, recurrence, tagged breast cancer, cancer, chemo, julie martin, pain, recurrence on January 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
January 20, 2009
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged julie martin on January 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Today, my pride in being an American has been restored.
January 18, 2009
Posted in breast cancer, cancer, chemo, recurrence, tagged cancer, chemo, driving, fatigue, insomnia, julie martin, recurrence on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This was an easier chemo cycle – I don’t know if it’s because of only having the Taxol instead of Taxol and Avastin or some other cause.
I was, however, completely unable to sleep Friday night – at a guess, the vaunted “steroid high” finally hit me – I never had one last year, and definitely [...]
Overwhelmed. . .
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged friends, photo on January 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Oh, Kevin – thank you!
January 13, 2009
Posted in breast cancer, cancer, recurrence, tagged breast cancer, cancer, chemo, chemo brain, driving, fatigue, julie martin, recovery on January 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today is a much better day, but no, I haven’t allowed myself to go mess around with the sewing machine again. I did stop at the Sewing Room, and have decided what machine I want, if I actually decide to buy one.
I went shopping, so I don’t have to worry about that for a while [...]
Don’t Let This Happen to You (for the chemo-impaired)
Posted in breast cancer, cancer, chemo, quilting, recurrence, tagged cancer, chemo, chemo brain, julie martin, quilting, radiation, sewing machine on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
1. I did *not* try to fix my sewing machine in order to have to buy a new one.
2. What? Quit looking at me like that!
I really was just trying to rethread it, make sure that it was properly threaded, ’cause I was sure that was the problem.
Then all I did was review the stitch [...]
January 11, 2009
Posted in breast cancer, cancer, ovary removal, quilting, recurrence, tagged breast cancer, cancer, chemo, fatigue, julie martin, oncologist, quilting, recovery, recurrence on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
All’s quiet on the chemo front – it’s gone both easier and harder than what I was expecting, but nothing dramatic.
My blood pressure was high when they took me back for my visit with the doctor, as I’ve been stressing about if I was going to have an allergic reaction to the Taxol solution – [...]
January 6, 2009
Posted in breast cancer, cancer, chemo, recurrence, tagged breast cancer, cancer, chemo, insomnia, julie martin, recurrence on January 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
OK, I’m really starting to stress about starting chemo again. Bleah.
January 4, 2009
Posted in breast cancer, cancer, chemo, dog, recurrence, tagged breast cancer, cancer, chemo, hair, julie martin, menopause, recovery on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As one might come to expect of taking a vacation after a stress-filled few months, I have been sick all week.
We got together with some friends for dinner and cards last Saturday evening, and I went to the bead store and for a late lunch with another friend on Sunday, then Monday morning it came [...]
