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  • 6/15-20 – Days 115-120: The party of the decade

    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…

  • 6/13 & 14 – Day 113 & 114: Murphy’s Law

    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…

  • 6/7-6/12 – Days 107 – 112: Surviving purely out of spite

    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…

  • 6/6 – Day 106: The only way out is to go through

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): We are approaching chemo number nine this week! I have a follow up appointment at the dermatologist office Wednesday to check up on my chemo rashes. They are doing a lot better, but I do not recommend putting steroid cream on without gloves.…

  • 6/3, 4, & 5 – Day 103, 104, & 105: Risky biscuit

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): I had my first breast reconstruction consultation in Spokane on Friday. The doctor took some very unattractive nudes of me in an awful black paper thong for my records. Looks like I will be able to maintain a similar breast size to my…

  • 6/1 & 2 – Day 101 and 102: Chemo, but make it rainbow

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Today is full of milestones! Today was chemo number eight. We have EIGHT chemos left! We are at the halfway point! Today was also the last chemo of my 20s. I brought in some cupcakes to celebrate my birthday early, to celebrate Pride…

  • 5/31 – Day 100: Learning to let others love you is hard

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Today marks 100 days since my diagnosis. A lot can happen in 100 days and a lot has happened. And a lot more is going to happen in 100 more days! I am shook I am still alive! Speaking of being alive, I…

  • 5/27, 28, 29, & 30 – Day 96, 97, 98, & 99: Pieces of me

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Whew! I took the whole weekend to just kind of… be. I spent large chunks of my time recovering from chemo which involved many naps, but also trying to find pieces of myself. I am only a short three days away from chemo…

  • 5/25 & 26 – Day 94 & 95: Nacho average chemo!

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Chemo number seven is in the books! We have nine chemo treatments left, assuming all goes to plan. I am not sure what factors could screw up this plan, but I just have to throw that information out there just in case something…

  • 5/23 & 24 – Day 92 & 93: What’s in a chemo bag?

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Chemo number seven is two days away! I am feeling pretty great today. It seems my new pattern might be a dip in energy Friday through Sunday and then I start to pickup. The dip is not nearly as dippy as the red…