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Tag Archives: chemotherapy
Two Kidneys, Two Clots, and a Tumor Called Floyd
Cancer sucks on so many levels. Indeed, many liken the Stage IV experience to a roller coaster because of the ridiculous numbers of peaks and valleys with little time in between to catch your breath. And so it was for … Continue reading
Posted in My Stage IV Life
Tagged #bcsm, breast cancer, chemotherapy, chronic disease, chronic pain, Coumadin, creatinine potassium, dry heaves, Floyd, fragile, isolation, IV hydration, kidney failure, loneliness, Mount Sinai Medical Center, roller coaster, severe dehydration, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, vulnerability, vulnerable, Xeloda
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Let’s Make a Deal
In what has become an early spring event, I am looking at my second bone tumor crisis. Just at the moment that I felt fabulous and had an energy level that I had not felt since before I was diagnosed … Continue reading
Posted in My Stage IV Life, Stage IV Musings
Tagged advocacy, awareness, breast cancer, breasts, Cancer Culture, chemotherapy, Diagnosis, estrogen, Exemestane, Faslodex, Fulvestrant, Information resources, L4, Lupron, mischief, MRI, pain. chronic pain, PET/CT, progesterone, Radiation, sacrum, side-effects, spring, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, Treatment, Xgeva
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Survivor
I am an H1N1 survivor. I am a pneumonia survivor. In the cancer culture, “survivor” is an established part of the lexicon. It is part of every fundraiser, every article, found on every discussion board, and definitely part of tributes … Continue reading
Posted in Discovery and Stage II
Tagged advocacy, Attitude, battle, breast, breast cancer, breasts, chemotherapy, Death Star, Diagnosis, Dune, Frank Herbert, orthodoxy, Philosophy, pink ribbon, Politics, Research, survivor, Treatment, tumor, zeitgeist
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There, but for
How many times in our respective lives has a parent hugged their healthy child when seeing another with severe handicaps and said, “There, but for the grace of God, go I”? We’ve all said it at one time or another. … Continue reading
