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Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): It is the eve of my last red devil chemo. I cannot believe I made it! I still need to endure and survive the next two weeks until my first round of weekly Taxol. Yesterday, my mom’s golf friends held a fundraiser in…

Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Welcome to chemo week!!! IT IS MY LAST RED DEVIL CHEMO! We have MADE IT! Time flies when you are getting poisoned. We need to celebrate somehow. Red jello shots without alcohol? Maybe we can put a little whipped cream on top. Okay,…

Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): I’ve had a fucking weekend, friends. Two ER visits solved the mystery of my head: a bacterial infection that resulted in an abscess that was making my lymph nodes angry because they couldn’t help me fight the infection. I am now on the…

Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): This morning I had my consult for radiation! I am still many moons away from starting radiation, but it was great to learn what it will entail. I also had my first ER visit (ever) for my head lump. It has been a…

Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): I have my consultation with radiology tomorrow morning at 8:30 am at the cancer center. Can’t wait to report back about all the things I will learn! I also have a really achy hard lump on the back of my skull? Not sure…

Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Great news! “Fuck cancer! Enjoy rainbows!” stickers are on their way to my mailbox! All of you lovely humans will be receiving your orders soon. I am guessing my shipment will arrive either end of this week or early next week, depending how…

Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): We are four days post third round of red devil chemotherapy! I cannot believe I only have one round of the red devil left before I hit the weekly chemo treatments. I continue to be surprised at what my body can handle and…

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…

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…

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…