Meh, Just One More, Pshhhh
Funny when one more brain tumor isn’t a big deal, but in some circumstances, it certainly could be worse. My oncologist moved up my brain MRI because I am fussing about the fact that we aren’t treating my brain right now. This stresses the tar out of me, but I also know that we have options on keeping my brain stable outside of chemo (radiation is the preferred treatment). I also know I don’t have a lot of options...
Adventures in Vlogging
I am pretty fired at remembering to take my camera places, so my first week of vlogging is me, at home, with the dogs. This is the week that I shaved my head, I went back and forth and the really weird lack of hair on both sides of my head was the final decision maker. Of course I realized later that I could totally have kept a mohawk – but I think of these things when it is too late! I grabbed a clip when Mike was shaving my...
Taxotere Yoga
I haven’t been feeling super great the last few days. I feel like I should be feeling AMAZING, since I have done yoga for 14 of the last 15 days. Which does help with energy and mood a lot. Pain too, strangely. I have to be careful not to aggravate my back and adjust some moves. I have been doing a lot of restorative, gentle and beginner yoga stuff to help me through breast cancer treatment. Several ladies have joined me in...
Let’s Talk About Pain Baby
Pain for me is a topic I am embarrassed about. Sad right? Well… There is a stigma related to chronic pain and taking pain meds. The meds that people abuse and are addicted to. The ones that people would possibly want to break into my house to steal (we have cameras everywhere and they are in a safe, so don’t bother, please. Also, if you steal pain meds from a cancer patient, you have hit a new low). I have had pain...
Chemo Sads
There is a sadness in my heart. It showed up the day before I trudged in to my appointment for chemo. Knowing I was in fact, going to start yet another chemo. We haven’t found my stable place, Xeloda and Tykerb rocked my world (all eyes on you Tykerb). It is funny, I always hear about how the targeted therapies are the newest, the latest, the greatest – with the least amount of side effects. Failing a therapy and having...
Ouch, That’s my Spine!
Holy heck. This month just needs a do-over. I avoided the hospital in December, but the payoff was an explosive month. A hospital stay. Massive progression in my body. Being told my brain had improved and finding out I have progression there. Spinal taps and blood patches… My spinal tap was a pretty uneventful procedure. They even showed me my lovely cerebral spinal fluid which was clear and looks like water. They had sent me...