Day 114 - 1/31/19
Routine follow-up with my breast surgeon today. She completed another ultrasound/sonogram to measure the lump in my breast. GREAT NEWS!!! She was unable to locate the cancer lump in my breast! Thank you, God!!! This means - the lump that contained the cancer in my breast is now gone! The chemotherapy treatments have dissolved the cancer! The plan is to continue with the lumpectomy, but it’s mainly to remove the “area” where the lump was previously. In order to do that, she’ll
Day 112 - 1/29/19
I woke this morning with achiness in my muscles. The achiness is not bad enough to take any acetaminophen yet. I’ll hold off as long as I can comfortably hold off. Yep, me still trying to avoid taking medications. I slept most of the day today—my nights and days are still kind of messed up, so I’m awake most of the night—which makes me sleep most of the day. I definitely won’t miss this side-effect once this is all over. My taste buds are still all over the place, so I don’t
Day 111 - 1/28/19
Chemo Treatment # 5!!! Only 1 more to go after this one! Another pre-chemo night without any sleep. I have been up since yesterday afternoon. :( There were a couple of times, last night, I thought sleep was coming on, and I braced for it and embraced it. After about 20 minutes, I realized I had been tricked by my own body. *_* .... Twice. Oh well…. I turned the television back on and continued to watch it for the duration of the night. At 6 am, it’s time to get up and start
Day 99 - 1/16/19
I woke up this morning with pain in my bones from the shot. This is a different kind of pain than what I experience from the chemo. The chemo pain is centered in my muscles, whereas the pain from the shot is centered in my bones. Since I’m always trying to avoid taking medications, as much as I possibly can, I wait until I feel the pain before taking anything for it. I do this in hopes that I can avoid it altogether. Well, this is definitely NOT one of those moments that I ca
Day 75 - 12/23/18
I’ve been blessed with not having to work throughout this treatment process. My employer has an amazing short-term disability benefit that has allowed me to take the time off needed to heal. And when this process began, I had strict instructions from our management staff to focus solely on getting better. And I am following those instructions to the best of my ability. Since I’ve been off from work though, I don’t have a “normal” schedule to follow. I’ve always struggled with
Day 73 - 12/21/18
I woke this morning having sharper pains than yesterday. This is at my threshold, so I will take something for it today. In an attempt to gauge how my body is feeling throughout the entire process, I’m comparing the levels of pain through the different chemo cycles. The pain is sharper than what I experienced in the last chemo cycle (Treatment #2), but it is still not as bad as what I felt in the first chemo cycle. As promised, I’ve continued to search for the right descripti