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Welcome to The Cancer Chronicles. Here I will share and maybe over share my experiences since being diagnosed with breast cancer. I’m writing it for many reasons: I can’t tell 20 people how my day was especially if it sucked but they love me and deserve to know. Also for my kids, who may look back and read it and gain insight...and finally to put a human side to something so many women go through alone. Their stories maybe didn’t get told, so here’s one. 

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#104 Covidentine's Day

Truth. I wrote a whole blog post about Valentine's Day. Blabbering on about expensive flowers and chocolates and when I was done it...

#103 Keep Busy Boozehound

So....confession.....after I tested negative in December for cancer from the scans I'd had; which, were limited scans. Chest, abdomen...

#102 Ma Momma

Well. I have a surgery scheduled in 10 days. It's the assurgery I described before. Whatever. Everyone has a butt and I bet you more...

#101 Daddy and Saturday Night Fever

What happens when you find out there's no cancer in your chest....where they removed a baseball sized lump filled with cancer that had...

#100 Dr. Calling.......

I spent yesterday just basically sitting in my chair after my IV. The Doctor told me no exercise. The Iv tends to affect electrolyte...

#99 Real Time

So as we've discussed, I had a CT scan on Tuesday. Usually the results take 2-3 days to come back. Doctors get the results first. It...

#98 Toasty Roasty Diggy - The CT Walkthrough

So yesterday I had my what feels like 100th CT scan. By now....the actual procedure itself is old hat, but the feelings and anxiety...

#97 Pre Scan Eve

Tomorrow I go for my CT Scan. They'll inject me with radioactive dye and scan my chest, abdomen and pelvis for any signs of...

#96 Wigging Out.

In the chemo days. I would've given anything just to feel human, to feel normal. My friends organized a little get together where they...

#95 Mitt Hit.

I've been sleeping late. Like 10am late. The kids are pretty good. They wake up, Jason feeds them breakfast and they go up to their...

#94 Iron Bras and Buttholes **caution graphic content**

Someone told me yesterday at the checkout at the grocery store that at least I got a "good cancer". Really? When I looked at him, eyes...

#92 Home

Does this word now have new meaning? Is it a punishment? Home was a refuge from the outside world. A place we come when the day is...

#91 New Year's Devolution

Since receiving the clear scan in mid-December I've been a bit unhinged. Doctors telling me, just try to forget (for the holidays) about...

#90 Eustress

It's a thing. Eustress. Here's the definition: eu·stress /yo͞oˈstres/ noun moderate or normal psychological stress interpreted as being...

#89 Grey Zoned

***I wrote this blog a few days ago and forgot to post it. Here it is. We knew it was coming. I'm no epidemiologist but I'm pretty sure...

#88 These days.....

Today I got a call from the Pain Management Doctor on staff at the Cancer centre. This is a Doctor to whom a patient is reffered when...

#87 Tacos and Tequilla

So here I sit. It's almost a year to the date. This is the place. Best tacos in town. And as luck would have it today a margarita...

#86 Results are IN

There are those among you who, when at Indigo selecting a new book to purchase, read the flap of the book and then skip ahead to the...

#85 Purgatory

Friday I woke up knowing that at 10am I would have my full body (chest, abdomen, pelvis) CT scan. This scan would detect any cancer in...

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