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Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Yesterday, I met with my oncologist at the Tri-Cities Cancer Center and I have a general treatment plan to share. I will start with chemotherapy once every two weeks for the first four treatments, followed by twelve weeks of weekly chemotherapy. After this,…

Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Today I had a meeting with a genetic counselor. I will be tested for 47 different cancer causing genes including BCRA1 and 2, which so happen to run in my family. I also had an impromptu meeting with a fertility preservation clinic in…

Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): I had an MRI today with and without contrast, I have genetic counseling tomorrow to test my DNA for lots of genes, and I have an official diagnosis: invasive lobular carcinoma stage 2 or stage 3a if they are using the new standards…

Tuesday, February 22 at 5:45 pm: “What is the one question you wish someone was asking you right now that they aren’t?” my friend asked me over the phone as I waited in line at Rite Aid to pick up a prescription. I still don’t know the question to that but it is a question…

I don’t watch a lot of movies. I hate sitting for long periods of time. I joke that I am terrible at relaxing, which is less of a joke and more of my truth. I would just rather be doing something productive. Of course productivity is tied with capitalism and social pressures as a woman…