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  • 4/16 – Day 54: You have come such a long way, young peasant

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): We are two days post chemo and so far I am feeling alert and functional. I have a bit of chemo brain with small details, but nothing too major. I still believe that fluids are the secret to my success, but I am…

  • 4/15 – Day 53: Today was a good day

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Today I got my second to last growth factor shot in my stomach. One left! But don’t confuse that with my hormone blocker. Those are still monthly, with the potential of going every three months for the next five years. Boo. I also…

  • 4/13 & 14 – Day 51 & 52: #PortFlushAndChill

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Today was my third chemo in hell with the red devil and it was ~extra~ hellish mainly because Harry Porter and the Prisoner of Cancerban (aka my port) was being very uncooperative. I survived chemo, got a shit ton of fluids in, and…

  • 4/12 – Day 50: Welcome to naked mole rat season

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): I would say 85% of the hair on my body is gone. We are right on schedule. Chemo is 48 hours away and I am trying to enjoy these final days exercising and eating all my favorite foods. It also has been 50…

  • 4/10 & 11 – Day 48 & 49: I put Miralax in my milkshakes

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Welcome to chemo week! I have my third round of red devil chemo on Thursday morning at 10:15 am. I am officially over halfway done with the hardest part of chemotherapy! Yay me! But the sad part is that chemo compounds over time…

  • 4/9 – Day 47: The girl who couldn’t get pancakes

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Today I had my first encounter with mood swings, caused by the chemically induced menopause I am now experiencing thanks to my hormone blocker. It was horrible. That word alone cannot capture the day in emotional hell I had. Also fuck bone pain.…

  • 4/7 & 8 – Day 45 & 46: “You’re too young to have cancer!”

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): This week, April 5 – April 11, is Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Awareness Week. This week was created to raise awareness about the unique challenges that AYA cancer survivors face each day and to show how their community can help. This…

  • 4/4, 5, & 6 – Days 42-44: Hello, you bad bald bitch.

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): The last three days have been a ROLLER COASTER and I am sorry I ghosted you all. I had zero capacity to share any thoughts. But, I am back, and I am a bald bitch with dark stories to share! LET’S RAGE. Also…

  • 4/3 – Day 41: Madison, pity party of one, please.

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): We are on LAST CALL for “Fuck cancer! Enjoy rainbows!” glitter rainbow stickers! I am closing the pre-order form on Wednesday, April 6. We have sold over 275 stickers so far. Holy fuck, you delightful humans who hate cancer. You are all so…

  • 4/2 – Day 40: Guess who’s back? Back again. Parosmia is back. Tell a friend.

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Looks like my parosmia is not really gone. I celebrated one year with parosmia last week. How the fuck I have made it this long with this stupid issue is beyond me. Lots of things have changed for the better, but it is…