madisonhatescancer

Tag: stage IV breast cancer

  • August 30: WRONG HOLE

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): I wish my story had improved since the last time I wrote, but alas dear reader, I have been pushed deeper into the never ending medical narrative that has consumed every waking moment of my life. The fast facts seem pointless, as the long…

  • August 9: Theft in the fourth degree

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): I hate the gap in time since I’ve last written. I feel like I’ve lived so many different lives over the course of the last couple of months. What started off as a joyful trip to Japan and my body getting its act together…

  • April 5: Deadly inheritance

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Somehow, miraculously, I reached my four-year cancerversary on February 21, officially marking my third year of no evidence of active disease. A sentence that still feels a little unreal to type. It’s a milestone I don’t take lightly, and one that feels heavier…

  • January 12, 2026: Kinky bitch!

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): New year, same medical nightmares. Except I am now another year in and another year wiser. We started 2026 off strong with an MRI of my lower back due to a cry for help I made to my onco in December (hello horrific…

  • Living in the Paradox

    Prologue – This year has been heavy. The kind of heavy that seeps into your bones and sits there, unmovable. Too many women I’ve known through metastatic breast cancer are gone now, and their absence lingers like a shadow. I keep wondering when my story might start to sound more like theirs. I live with…

  • December 1: .06

    Fast facts (if you don’t have time to read the full post): Ooops it has been 5 months since my last update. Let’s see… in terms of fast facts I have been on Verzenio officially for six months, with a year and a half to go; I went to Europe in September and enjoyed my…