Never in my life did I even imagine that I would be naked in a home photo studio in Berkeley California (well, maybe not actually Berkeley, rather Albany, which felt a lot like Berkeley) … anyways, it isn’t something I ever thought that I would do, and yet I did it. Cancer has certainly meant…
to say that we are home from Hawaii safe and sound. We had a great trip! I’m very glad that I spent the last week snorkeling and generally enjoying myself. I’m not sure how I would have coped if I was home thinking about surgery. I have a busy day tomorrow with pre-surgery stuff (blood…
We have fallen into a bit of a morning routine here on Maui. Get up and make a coffee & smoothies, watch the turtles playing in the surf from the lanai (patio) of our condo, then head out for a morning snorkel. The snorkeling itself hasn’t been as good as it was back in February…
I’m not sure there is actually such a thing as chemo recall. There such a thing as radiation recall – where something prompts your body to remember radiation burns and your skin turns red where it has been irradiated. I had hoped that with each day past my regular infusion day, my side effects would start…
This weeks theme in the breast cancer blogosphere is brought to you by Brittany Maynard – the 29-year old with incurable brain cancer that moved to Oregon so that she could choose when and where she would die. Interestingly, at about the same time a case went to the supreme court of Canada relating to…
What do you do? Such a simple question, and yet one that is crazy difficult to answer at the moment. The truthful answer, is that I consider exercise and writing (this blog and my other blogs) as my full time job. What I do at the moment is write, exercise, and try to gather strength…
When I was first diagnosed and I was in that awkward waiting period – the time when you know you have cancer but you haven’t received your pathology so you don’t know what kind of cancer – I recall telling Scott that I would feel like an impostor if I didn’t loose my hair. I…
This morning I found myself struggling to get moving – then it occurred to me, I’m feeling fatigued. I haven’t felt this type of fatigue since AC chemo. I’m encouraged by the fatigue. During AC chemo, I was able to combat the worst of the fatigue with exercise. The challenge I have now is exercising…
When I was first diagnosed with breast cancer I discovered that many people in cancer treatment participate in clinical trials. I wanted my experience to be meaningful, so wanted to participate in research in some way. Unfortunately, the bilateral nature of my disease meant that I didn’t qualify for a trial relating to chemotherapy (which…
Yesterday I attended my first breast cancer conference – hosted by Bay Area Cancer Connections. They had several really good speakers. I tweeted the sessions I attended (Storify embedded below). First I should begin by saying it was a good conference. I learned a few things, the venue was great, the food was great, and…
