Tag: radiation
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Today was a lot.
“No suspicious mass, suspicious microcalcifications, or other sign of malignancy is identified.” Today was a lot. As you know I have attempted to mentally prepare myself for each step of this journey. For some reason, I thought today would be easy. No mental preparation needed. For self preservation, I have spent the last year ignoring…
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1 in 8. 1 year later.
1 in 8 women in the US will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. 1 year ago today, I had the mammogram and ultrasound that showed the lump in my breast had “irregular margins”, “skin thickening”, and a bi rad score of 5… indicating that a biopsy was needed as all signs pointed…
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Childless Mother
Trigger Warning Infertility/miscarriage/child or infant loss This one is really deep, devastatingly personal, and raw… but I wanted to share it because I know someone will read it and say me too, and I’ve scoured the internet to find something, someone who can say “me too” to me. Childless Mother. I have processed and accepted…
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World Cancer Day
A little Saturday morning pearl of wisdom from me on World Cancer Day. I’m a highly empathetic person. I understand a lot. I understand why a person behaves the way they do. I can trace a behavior back to the way their daycare situation was handled as a baby and give you a whole life…
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Active treatment is done!
Active treatment is done. It feels like yesterday I sat in the room at MRI and the doctor told me I needed a biopsy… I remember sobbing in my car for a good while before scheduling the biopsy… a week later, “it’s cancer”… another sobbing session… then in a flash I switched into survival mode.…
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Ring the bell!
RING THE BELL!!!!! Phase 1: Surgery ✅Phase 2: Egg Retrieval ✅Phase 3: 16 rounds of Chemotherapy ✅Phase 4: 33 rounds of Radiation ✅ It. Is. Done. I’ll be ugly crying on and off all day at Hudson’s Mill if you want to stop by and give me a squeeze! There’s a lot of emotions and…
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Radiation
Phase 4: how it’s going… I started radiation last Monday. I only did 3 treatments because of the holiday so today was number 5. Radiation is mostly fine, besides having to be there at 8:30am every day. I don’t feel anything while it’s happening and I’m in and out in 20-25 mins. So far I…
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Phase 4 start date postponed.
Phase 4 Start Date Postponed: I was supposed to begin radiation tomorrow which would have brought my finish date on treatment close to the end of the year which I was really aiming for- to leave cancer in 2022. However, as much as I strive to be the overachiever that I am… my body had…
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