Over the weekend, I was cleaning up the photos stored in my phone and came across the picture below. This was a picture I snapped on July 16, 2014, which captured the growing “balls” in my neck that were becoming increasingly visible (they are just to the left of my […]
Since I officially finished chemotherapy on May 10, 2015, I had been counting down to July 14 for my first scans. I have mentioned my affinity for numbers and schedules, so it made sense to me to define my life post treatment in terms of number of days […]
The week in April that I was hospitalized was the most challenging in terms of facing and understanding my own mortality. The past month since I lost my job has brought an entirely new set of challenges and realizations of my sense of self and strength. Working through the devastation […]
After being released from the hospital and receiving the good news regarding the clear PET scan on Friday, April 10, we spent the weekend reveling in the good news and smiling constantly. Although my neutrophil count (“ANC” = absolute neutrophil count) was too low at 0.6 to proceed with my […]
I felt great Tuesday and had a busy day at work followed by a really strong workout at the gym then took the girls out for a walk to let them enjoy the spring weather. After finally settling back into the house and eating dinner, I had to […]
The Monday before my last infusion was a difficult day; not because I was feeling particularly burdened with side effects of chemotherapy, but I couldn’t stop thinking, worrying, feeling. Going into my third infusion last Tuesday the 24th, I was anxious. I felt like there was more pressure on this […]
By last Saturday, my energy levels had returned to almost normal and have been great ever since, so I feel like I have a good week to recover before going in for my third infusion next Tuesday. We also had an awesome time last weekend hosting Alecia and Amit, and Abbey […]
When people think of what cancer patients look like, one of the first things that comes to mind is often baldness. It is a difficult thought not only for the cancer patient who has or will loose his/her hair, but also for the person who either associates baldness with cancer […]
On Friday, January 31st, my eggs were retrieved, fertilized, and started their journey to become blastocytes. Here are the final numbers: 20 eggs were retrieved. 19 eggs were mature and fertilized. On day 3, 18 “cleavage stage” embryos existed (the cells in the embryo are cleaving (aka dividing), but not […]
As you know, we doubled the dosage of Bravelle starting Tuesday night after seeing a less than 20 point bump in my estradiol level from Saturday the 17th (E2 = 49) to Tuesday the 20th (E2 = 65). From last Tuesday through Friday, I still had not really noticed any […]
