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I forgot to hit post last night.! Grateful & Guilty are 2 feelings that are with me everyday. I walk into lab appointments and it’s a packed waiting room. I look around. Naturally I’m curious. What do cancer patients look like I wonder? Hey megan, check yourself, you are one too sweetie. But I don’tContinue reading “Day 8 late- grateful & guilty”

A full weekend. Made it through my kid’s basketball tourney on Saturday thanks to Imodium and banana/PB on a white bagel. Lots of hydration too. I was pretty tired Saturday. Not sleeping great because of radiation side effects getting worse. Sunday I woke up and was determined to manage symptoms. Started with a bath andContinue reading “Day 6 & 7”

Oh happy day- the pump infusion ran out today around 1pm. So far this week I have only felt ‘off’. Mild intestinal discomfort, mild nausea, and fatigue. I’m nervous to go too far from home, understandably. Started with radiation in the machine then a visit with the radiologist or radiology oncologist, I cannot remember herContinue reading “Day 5 (yes I skipped day 4)”

Some days I guess I won’t have much to report. Standard day. 6mins in the machine. There are lasers in the room, one on the left and one to my right and one directly above me. These lasers line up every day to stickers on my body. Stickers that don’t come off For awhile IContinue reading “Day 3”

Steroids make me not sleep. Boo. Relaxed with coffee this morning. Rolled into radiation like a boss in a good mood. Had my 6mins with the machine and off Krissy and I went to the cancer center pharmacy to stock up on cheap supplies. (Seriously though Froedtert hospital pharmacy is cheap y’all) Light on andContinue reading “Day 2”

What a long day. The day started with my post this morning about beating fate and becoming the storm. That was a hard post as a private person. But it was my day 1. I cried after that post. It was a release. We started at the lab to insert a needle/line into my port.Continue reading “Day 1”