Monthly Archives: January 2008
Happiness after cancer
I came back from my mini-vacation with a light step and a clear eye, and happier than I’d been in eons. And I was happy all week, floating, bouncing happy, until I had to go into “cancer-land” again, for a … Continue reading
Filed under breast cancer
the $34,000 hair cut
It keeps happening: total strangers come up to me in public and say, “Your hair is so cute!” My response to date has been a sort 0f jaw-dropped, you’ve-got-to-be-kidding response: “Chemo…..I got this hair through chemo.” (Implying that in a … Continue reading
Filed under breast cancer, recovery
well-being
I spent yesterday and today filled with this incredible sense of well-being. Not quite sure how to explain it – like a spring rising up from within and bubbling over, or like the top of my head is open and … Continue reading
Filed under breast cancer, recovery
My support group women ROCK
Check out what one of the Portland Young Survivors Group women did. She writes, “My Little Waiting room was started by a conversation between two friends about how we could improve access to medical care for families in our community. … Continue reading
Filed under breast cancer, kids, quality of life, recovery
quote of the week
I’ve been admiring this one for a long time: “You have to give up the life you planned and find the life that is waiting for you.” (Joseph Campbell)
Filed under breast cancer, recovery
Missing Molly Ivins
Prarie Home Companion is rerunning a show with Molly Ivins, and boy was she a hoot. I miss her – it’s almost been a year. Political commentary just isn’t as entertaining without her. Part of cancer’s heavy toll.
Filed under breast cancer, in memoriam
recovery time
They say that the time that it takes to recover from chemo and rads is equal to the time that you were in treatment. So, I was in treatment for May, June, July, Aug; recovering in September; and in treatment … Continue reading
Filed under breast cancer, chemo, quality of life, radiation, recovery
Something normal
I had this strange, persistent pain in my right jaw, with shooting pains up into my ear and dull pain around my eye. I’d had a filling, the dentist insisted it wasn’t that. Until we actually checked: he put the … Continue reading
Filed under breast cancer, quality of life, recovery
