Radiation Therapy Journal – Day 27 – Thursday December 6, 2012
Treatment Notes: – Okay, today I got a real zotz when the treatment first started, straight through my nipple, then it went away and didn’t hurt anymore. [Right, sorry, “zotz.” Okay, so I tried to...
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Treatment Notes: – Today is my last day of “regular” radiation therapy, and next Monday begins my “boost” radiation therapy. Up until now the radiation has been spread over my whole boob, which actual...
View ArticleTo Schedule or Not To Schedule, That is the Question
I’m not sure I still feel the need to document my schedule as specifically as I have been lately. It felt important to me to share with those who (it’s been said to me numerous times) “had no idea” of...
View ArticleThis Must Be The Worse Before The Better
December 11, 2012: Breast Cancer Support Group Holiday Potluck Party – otherwise known as the once-a-year gathering where those who no longer need the group on an ongoing basis bring something to eat...
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I hate days where I spill my coffee and then cry over it. Today is that day.Filed under: Food, Thoughts
View ArticleLate for a Surprise Purpose: My Favorite Cigarette-Seller
First, let me say I’m still nicotine-free. In fact, today is 135 days CFT! Now, on to the point of the post: I’ve been wigged lately (do a search on the tag “Tamoxifen;” there will be more posts with...
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We all get to have our own relationship with our breasts.Filed under: Surgery, Thoughts
View Article100th Post: I Wore a Bra Today…
…all day, without padding my nipple with a nursing pad, and not once did my nipple harden and hurt for no discernible reason! Well, not until I thought that it hadn’t and then, of course, it gave me a...
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I think cancer is causing this awakening for me… There comes a time in your life when you finally get it … When in the midst of all your fears and insanity you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere...
View Article(Near – Hopefully)-Future Radiation Therapy
New Form of Radiation Therapy Has No Side EffectsFiled under: Radiation Therapy, Radiation Therapy Journal, Treatments
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