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  • July 12 & 13 – Day 142 & 143: Ain’t no thing but a chicken wing

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Twas the eve of chemo number fourteen… One chemo closer to the end. After tomorrow, we just have two chemos left. I am in a constant state of feeling like shit. Chemo has worn me down. I am tired. My body is tired.…

  • July 8 – 11, Day 138 – 141: Seriously….?

    I literally just spent the last hour and a half writing a blog post about self care that was SO good and it didn’t save. I am so fucking pissed right now. f u c k I will try again tomorrow. I have nothing left to give today.

  • July 5, 6, & 7 – Day 135, 136, & 137: Chemo #13

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Chemo number 13 is in the books! THREE CHEMOS LEFT! The countdown feels so good but fuck I am going to be practically crawling at chemo on the last day haha! I have a growth factor injection tomorrow. My white blood cell count…

  • July 1 – 4, Days 131-134: Sad potato

    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.…

  • 6/28, 29, & 30 – Day 128, 129, & 130: I am the cancer center celebrity???

    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.…

  • 6/25, 26, & 27 – Day 125, 126, & 127: Nailed it!

    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…

  • 6/24 – Day 124: The overturning of Roe v. Wade

    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…

  • 6/23 – Day 123: Emotional support dolphins

    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…

  • 6/22 – Day 122: I am not having fun

    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…

  • 6/21 – Day 121: The fuckening part two electric boogaloo

    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…