madisonhatescancer

Tag: health

  • More Than a Slogan: Rethinking Breast Cancer Awareness Month

    Prologue – October is a hard month for me and for some reason I have really struggled this year more than the previous two. I am one of the estimated 200,000 women living in the US with stage IV breast cancer. Is this disease treatable? Yes, but sometimes the disease outruns currently available treatment options.…

  • July 1: Shit happens

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): I’ve been on my new nemesis of a drug Verzenio for one month and it has been a shitty time, both literally and figurately. Cancer is truly the gift that keeps on giving. My blood work showed today that I am not making…

  • May 6: A hero’s journey

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): I completed 3 of the prescribed 6 Zometa infusions today. I have one more later this year and two next year and then I am done with that infusion type! I met with my oncologist today and was blindsided with some news that…

  • February 21: Hard to kill

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Happy two year cancerversary to meeeee. On this day in 2022, I was diagnosed with stage IIIa breast cancer, later moving officially to stage IV. If I thought my first cancerversary was a big deal, this one feels even sweeter. Two years down!…