Entries Tagged as ‘breast cancer’

June 16, 2008

Taking the summer off…

…from medical stuff if I can! First the good news, no, make that great news: we know that there’s no cancer recurrence in my brain, bones, liver or above the knees. Bad news for my readers: chemo-flashbacks are giving me a severe aversion to being online. This is the time last year [...]

April 25, 2008

tamoxifen and I are NOT the best of friends

Okay, minor suckage for the day - tamoxifen and I are just NOT the best of friends. I’ve bailed on it again, and now, 5 days later, I’m beginning to feel SOOO much better!

April 21, 2008

Benign is a marvelous word

It really really is.  Feel like I got my life handed back to me.  Love that.

April 19, 2008

Chocolate helps

…but waiting for test results is just no fun.

April 14, 2008

update

Looks like I have to go for a liver biopsy. Ouch.
On the upside, after being on the waitlist for 2.5 years, I finally got a community garden plot!

April 10, 2008

A teensy bit scared

There’s this wonderful thread on breastcancer.org where you can do a “cancer sucks in this specific way” sort of post. A place to vent and rant. And rant people do, and you know what happens with rants after you really get into them? Funny, funny stories. Nothing like some dark humor [...]

April 6, 2008

Happy Birthday Blog!

I almost missed it, April 3rd a year ago this blog was born.
Three tidbits of news:
Remember that retreat in the Caribbean that I applied for? Looks like it might be a go,

April 2, 2008

The Craig’s List Cancer Rant

She’s got it down to the t - what to say, what not to say: http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/pdx/465030621.html
Of course, she would be from Portland.

March 30, 2008

Daffodils in Amity, one year post-diagnosis

This is the story of how I ended up in stranger’s yard in the middle of a hail shower, happy

March 26, 2008

reason to celebrate :)

Did you know that last week was the first week in 54 that I haven’t had a doctor’s appointment?! Hallelujah.