Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): June over? Julying! 24 days left on this chemo journey, which includes four chemo infusions, one Zoladex stomach injection, and I am sure other surprises. All of my finger nails are officially lifting, with five that have stopped leaking and are mostly lifted.…

Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Today was chemo number twelve! FOUR CHEMOS LEFT! I REPEAT FOUR CHEMOS LEFT! It is hard to believe I have endured 16 weeks of this shit. I cannot believe I made it this far, but the next four weeks will kick my ass.…

Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): THERE ARE ONLY FOUR CHEMO TREATMENTS LEFT! FOUR! One, I am very excited for this journey to end because chemo is kicking my ass. Two, I am depressed for this journey to end because it means not seeing my nurse friends once a…

I am 30 years old with stage 3a breast cancer, unverified stage 4. What I knew when I was diagnosed was that I would get treatment and had a great chance of entering remission, with “curative” marked as the goal of my treatment plan. I knew I would lose both of my breasts because I…

Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Today was an emotional chemo session, but chemo eleven is in the books. Five chemos to go! Harry Porter was a little bitch and didn’t give blood and it was a Zoladex day. I am drained. TO THE LONG VERSION! The first thing…

Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Tomorrow is chemo day! Woo…. Today I ended up in the ER for my finger. It just became too painful and we had to drain that bitch! Today is a short post, so if you are into semi gory details and you like…

Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): We are two days away from chemo number eleven! Six chemos left! My right middle finger is now officially infected, with what I can only guess is some sort of fungus or maybe corn found me like I feared? Just kidding. But I…

Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): We surpassed chemo number ten! We have six weeks of chemo left! Fuuuuuuuuuck. My nails are getting worse. It is harder and harder for me to type. However, no back pain as of yet which is a great sign because I would rather…

Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): I am in extreme pain. Like it is getting harder for me to mask the amount of pain I am in. These are side effects of my growth factor injections and my chemos. Like holy fuck. The red devil side effects weren’t nearly…

Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): I’ve been MIA all week from the blog. I apologize for my lack of writing. I’ve been in a lot of pain this week. The side effects have been kicking my ass! Whatever energy I have after work has been spent on me…