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Tag Archives: Tamoxifen
Remission
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
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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
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40 Comments
Emergency Room
It has been awhile since I have posted. I apologize for my silence; you can probably reason that it takes quite a bit to shut me up. And you would be right. But this paincation has been particularly brutal. And … Continue reading →
Posted in Advocacy, My Stage IV Life, Stage IV Musings
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Tagged advocacy, alone, breast cancer, Cigna, constipation, emergency contact, friends, impacted bowel, invisibility, invisible, invisible patient, Letrozole, Lupron, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, Methadone, nerve ablation, nerve block, nuclear constipation, Oxycodone, pain, pain management, pain scale, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, support, Tamoxifen, Treatment, Twitter, Valium, vulnerability
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72 Comments
Seeing Stars
There’s a popular saying among knitters: “I knit so I don’t kill people.” Over the past two months I’ve been saying “I knit so I don’t kill myself.” This paincation has been brutal–thus my prolonged absence from the blogosphere. When … Continue reading →
Posted in My Stage IV Life, Stage IV Musings
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Tagged bone metastasis, breast cancer, knitting, Letrozole, lytic lesion, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, MRI, nerve ablation, Oxycodone, pain, pain management, Paincation, PET/CT, Radiation, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, Tamoxifen, Treatment, vulnerability
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67 Comments
Progression
When I ended the call I stared at the screen looking for an app that I could consult for answers. But the reality? There was no app. I had just spoken with my oncologist and learned that Tamoxifen, the drug … Continue reading →
Posted in My Stage IV Life, Stage IV Musings
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Tagged advocacy, breast cancer, breasts, Diagnosis, disease progression, Femara, Letrozole, lumbar spondylosis, Lupron, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, pain, pain management, PET/CT, Philosophy, progression, spondylosis, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, support, Tamoxifen, Treatment, tumor, Xgeva
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94 Comments
Cancer is Hard When You’re Alone
I sure do love historical analysis–as you have no doubt observed if you’ve read The Sarcastic Boob with any regularity. Breast cancer is a fascinating subject and fits right into my love of knowledgeable discourse. The implications of gender and … Continue reading →
Posted in My Stage IV Life, Stage IV Musings
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Tagged alone, breast, breast cancer, depression, frustration, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, pain, pain management, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, stigma, support, Tamoxifen, Treatment, vulnerability
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93 Comments
Me and My Shadow
I have to be honest: it’s been a conscious effort to think about cancer recently. Not that I’m complaining, who the heck wants to think about cancer all the time? Who knew it could be so easy? I love being … Continue reading →
Posted in Career Conundrums, My Stage IV Life, Physicians, Stage IV Musings
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Tagged "Alright Tit", Attitude, bone metastasis, bone mets, breast cancer, captain picard meme, career, denial, Diagnosis, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, Tamoxifen, Treatment, vulnerability
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48 Comments
Two Weeks In
“We’re ya been, Scorchy?” I saw that subject line in my Inbox and realized that I have not been writing. And there’s a reason: I’M WORKING AGAIN! I’M WORKING AGAIN! Ah, what a wonderful thing. This tumor flare/spondylosis crisis that … Continue reading →
Posted in Career Conundrums, My Stage IV Life
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Tagged career, frustration, history, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, pain, pain management, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, Tamoxifen, Tamoxifuck, TFK, Treatment, vulnerability
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20 Comments
A Perfectly Unnatural State
Over the last week or so I’ve been struggling with something stuck in my craw. I’m not sure what it is, although I’ve been trying desperately to find out. The thoughts go something like this: Yeah, I know. All over … Continue reading →
Posted in Career Conundrums, My Stage IV Life, Stage IV Musings
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Tagged 2012 Sisters, Attitude, awareness, breast cancer, Death Star, Diagnosis, doomsday machine, friends, gratitude, marginalized, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, Start Trek, support, Tamoxifen, vulnerability, william windom
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24 Comments
Six Months
Today is the six month mark. I guess some would term it a “cancerversary,” but I wouldn’t call it that. First, because I hate the term “cancerversary.” And, second, I haven’t bought any commemorative jewelry for the occasion. (Note: … Continue reading →
Posted in Career Conundrums, My Stage IV Life
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Tagged Attitude, cancerversary, friends, frustration, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, office, pain, pain management, pill organizer, Pinktober, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, support, support network, Tamoxifen, Treatment, vulnerability
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40 Comments
The Meltdown
Change is never easy, but as a change agent in my professional life I’ve always been willing to suck it up. I don’t always like it, but I can usually find a opening that appeals to me and warms me … Continue reading →
Posted in My Stage IV Life, Physicians
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Tagged Attitude, bad customer service, breast cancer, condescension, customer service, Diagnosis, disrespect, emotional meltdown, frustration, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, oncologist, pain, panic, respect, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, support, Tamoxifen, Treatment, vulnerability
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53 Comments
