Braaaaaiiiinnnsss
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on which side of the zombie obsession you are on) getting a brain MRI just makes me think of zombies. I am not sure why. I am not really a big zombie person… but I kept calling it braaaaiiiiinnnss (apparently I have them (brains), and luckily nothing else is hanging out around up there unusual after a weird series of month long migraine headaches). It did of course come with a bit of...
Angelina Jolie, a Deep Breath and Life as I Know It
A friend remarked on why I hadn’t responded on the Angelina Jolie “thing” on my blog. I explained that I had a lot of emotions and opinions on the matter and thought I should just keep my mouth shut. That friend disagreed and felt that reasonable people (apparently he thinks I am reasonable, hilarious…) should add their voice to the various crazed responses to a very personal choice of a very famous and...
Asking For Help and Buying Houses
I have spent the last two years making a serious point of avoiding reading about Tamoxifen side effects and complaints about Tamoxifen (trust me, there are many out there). You could almost call me a professional Tamoxifen-reader-avoider. While I was in treatment, I just didn’t want to know what I was in for for the next 5 years. Rumor has it possibly now 10 years based on a new study. Ugh… So my larger emotional ups and...
Tingling Spidey Senses
I don’t know why this stuff stresses me out so much (I lie, I actually know why, but I sometimes wish that this wasn’t a roller coaster I had to ride, but that is life after cancer treatment. Watching, waiting, worrying and being thankful for every moment). I didn’t sleep at all last night, I didn’t feel like I was actively worrying (I started to stress out a bit more the past few days while I was waiting to...
My Pessimist and My Optimist Are Fighting
I got a phone call this week reminding me about my appointment the next day with my surgical oncologist (Valentine’s Day appointment anyone?). Appointment!? I admit that I had not added the appointment to my Outlook calendar. If it isn’t in my calendar, it doesn’t exist (my calendar is kind of scary these days, I would kill for a day without any meetings). I didn’t realize it had been 3 months already! My mind...