Life on da Island
We have been laying back and living island style for a week now (luckily we still have a half a week before we go home! Woohoo!). Usually we have less than a week when we go to beautiful places like this and then aren’t ready to go home when it is time to get on the plane. I am much less bummed! Hehe. Maybe I will be when it is time to leave. We miss our puppies though, we have a puppy-cam, so when our puppy sitter isn’t...
Mets Matters in Utah
It matters everywhere else too, but I live in Utah. I have been working on an event that was funded by a grant from Pfizer through Heal Courageously. Pfizer has been working on being more involved with metastatic breast cancer awareness, which I appreciate. A (now) friend at Pfizer had mentioned she would really like to see an event in Utah for bloggers (of all shapes and sizes) where we had a really fun activity and also spread the...
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...
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...