I didn't blog much last week. Things aren't exactly moving at lightning speed over here. After I had chemo last Friday I felt good...

Covid-19. The Cancer Centre has become a heavily protected and minimally accessible building, and for good reason. The people who work...

To be very honest, my life hasn't changed all that much since January. All I don't do now is go to the grocery store maybe once every...

I started this blog to give a voice to what having breast cancer is like. I write it because someday my kids may read it when they...

Thursday night I took 20mg of dexamethasone. A steroid 20x stronger than prednisone. I took it at 8pm because it had to be taken 12...

Monday I went to the Drs office. My Doctor is located in Clinic D of the Juravinski Cancer Centre. Today the news reported that an...

My doctor agreed at my last appointment that the tumor doesn't feel a whole lot smaller and it should, really. I've completed one entire...

The first few days after having chemo are unpredictable. You'd think that a person would feel terrible and be throwing up, in bed and...

I was hoping my experience at chemo this week would be better. It wasn't. I had another reaction to the drugs, I think just having so...

It's not that I haven't had time to post an entry. For the first few days I didn't have anything new to say. Some days really just are...

Today I got out of bed before noon. I forced myself to stay out of bed by tossing my favourite sheets in the wash so the bed was bare...

My hair was falling out in patches over the last few days and it really was a depressing thing, so I just decided to shave it completely...

I'm not promoting them, let's get that straight. PEDs definitely not. However, for the cancer patient they really mask the tiredness...

I woke up early on Valentine's Day to get my kids presents ready, their little trinkets and a new outfit for red white and pink day. I...

It's been almost 3 weeks since I've had chemo. I feel better than I have since the start. I know it's temporary but still....any little...

The week of waiting continues. Or rather, begins. Is it actually only Monday? I went to old lady yoga this morning. I can't sit bent...

Today I slept in until 10. My sore throat is gone, and besides my usual headache I really don't feel all that bad. I almost feel human....

Today I should be having chemo. I'm not. I still haven't accepted that I have to wait another week. My doctor's office called and it...

Today was a shit day. I won't sugar coat it. I showed up with my sore throat to the RESSCU unit at the Cancer centre at 9am. They had...

In the chemo "cycle" technically today and tomorrow are the best I'm going to feel until it all starts over again. I don't. I woke up...