Tag Archives: cancer cell

Remission

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Scorchy

The Catch-22 of having metastatic breast cancer is this: when you’re caught in a period of crisis all you hope for is that your scans will improve, the pain will lessen or go away, your energy will return, and that … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stage IV Life | Tagged Attitude, awareness, breast cancer, breasts, cancer cell, Cancer Culture, career, Catch-22, Diagnosis, Exemestane, exhaustion, friends, frustration, Humor, knitting, Lupron, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, pain management, PET/CT, Philosophy, remission, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, support, Tamoxifen, Treatment, vulnerability, Xgeva | 40 Comments

Kobayashi Maru

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Scorchy

My latest paincation was intense and it was made more so by the experience of radiation. Now, like most things in this disease I was fortunate: only five consecutive days and maybe twenty minutes of my time each day. But … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stage IV Life, Stage IV Musings | Tagged advice for patient, anxiety, breast cancer, breasts, cancer cell, career, Diagnosis, fear, friends, frustration, health, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, pain management, psychiatrist, Radiation, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, support, the machine, Treatment, Varian, vulnerability, Xanax | 42 Comments

Chronic Illness

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Scorchy

When the Death Star was under construction and then, once completed, sent out Tai Fighters to establish satellite stations, I was busy moving on with my life. Very busy. Work swallowed me whole–and I welcomed it. I was no victim, … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Book and Article Reviews, My Stage IV Life, Social Commentary | Tagged advocacy, amputation, Attitude, awareness, Blaming the Victim, breast amputation, breast cancer, breasts, cancer cell, Cancer Culture, chronic, chronic disease, cultural commentary, Death Star, Diagnosis, empowered, empowerment, frustration, In the Kingdom of the Sick, Information resources, Komen, Laurie Edwards, Mammogram, mastectomy, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, Our Feel-Good War on Breast Cancer, Peggy Orenstein, Philosophy, pink ribbon, post-modern, Research, so, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, stigma, support, vulnerability | 20 Comments

An Open Letter to Tamoxifen

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Scorchy

Posted in My Stage IV Life | Tagged breast cancer, cancer cell, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, pain, pain management, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, Tamoxifuck, TFK, Treatment, tumor | 27 Comments

The Pity Party

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Scorchy

I can complain, all right. In fact, I’m probably one of the most accomplished bitchers in the business. But amid all of the bitching I’ve done since I learned that I have breast cancer, the one thing I haven’t done … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stage IV Life, Stage IV Musings | Tagged Ann Silberman, Attitude, blame the victim, Blaming the Victim, breast cancer, But Doctor . . . I Hate Pink, cancer cell, complain, Diagnosis, frustration, i don't deserve this, it's not fair, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, My life sucks, pity party, self pity, sniffle, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, support, vulnerability, wah, why me? | 19 Comments

Fear and Loathing in NYC

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Scorchy

Twitter is an odd universe. Every time I tweet and call some politician a tool I know that the National Archives has a record of it. Which is why I don’t use my real name on the interwebs (well, most … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stage IV Life, Stage IV Musings | Tagged #National Fear Day, breast cancer, cancer cell, Death Star, estrogen, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, Tamoxifen, Tamoxifuck, TFK, Treatment | 11 Comments

A Special Dedication

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Scorchy

It being a Saturday and all, I thought I would post one of my favorite songs. I dedicate this song to Death Stars and their associated Tie Fighters everywhere (except for the very last line, but I can only control … Continue reading →

Posted in Just for Laughs, My Stage IV Life | Tagged breast cancer, cancer cell, Death Star, Humor, Media, metastatic breast cancer, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, support, vulnerability | 2 Comments

Exhale

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Scorchy

Remember the oncology suite in a certain unnamed hospital in New York City? I still can’t get over how accurate that is. Well, since I fired my oncologist due to the uncomfortable fit and horrific public service in the unit, … Continue reading →