For most of 2010 I was on chemo, from February until just before Christmas. It was pretty powerful and about a year ago I asked my oncologist for a prescription so I could get a handicapped/disabled tag from the BMV. It was because I was so exhausted I just couldn’t make the distance from the [...]
Archive for May, 2011
Feeling “disabled”
Posted in Inspiration, Thoughts on c on May 26, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Mom and Dad
Posted in Family, Inspiration, Thoughts on c on May 23, 2011 | 5 Comments »
The last two months would have been impossible without my Mom and Dad. Heck, I’m not sure how I’d have gotten through the last two YEARS without them. Mom has been to just about every doctors appointment I’ve had since the first week and Dad had been at most of them. If he wasn’t at [...]
Tough week but we’re at two years!
Posted in Health Updates, Thoughts on c on May 17, 2011 | 3 Comments »
So I did nine consecutive days of radiation, including a weekend, then they decided that I’d wait and do the last one on Monday the 9th. Sunday the 8th was my sister’s birthday and the day I was diagnosed two years ago. And this year it was Mother’s Day. I have another close friend whose [...]
I get by with a little help…
Posted in Thoughts on c on May 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Ok, so I am REALLY good at telling other people to accept help from their friends and not so good at actually doing it, but I am getting better. When all this started I went through the motions of setting up calendars, and let a friend or two organize meals, and that got us through [...]
Sometimes you need a day ‘without it’
Posted in Health Updates, Thoughts on c on May 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Lately where I live it has been very rainy and remained chilly and generally depressing and kind of unpleasant. I’m generally cold from October to April anyway so when it extends into a frost warning in MAY, it tends to get to me and impact my attitude, approach and general overall well being. For me, [...]
I’ve been thinking about kids
Posted in Family, Thoughts on c on May 2, 2011 | 5 Comments »
mostly mine obviously but I’ve talked to another ibc survivor who has also recently finished rads for brain mets and another bc survivor who was just diagnosed with brain mets this week and a couple other survivors of other types. Many have small children. Some have slightly older, a few have high school and even [...]
