The sky's the limit.
Monday, September 29, 2009 157 DAYS? Why is this count suddenly so seemingly ominous? I guess I’m thinking ahead to day 200 which will feel like a milestone number. To be preceded by the six-month hurdle, of course. Having a really hard time seeing, yesterday and Saturday too. I’m trying to go through the motions, but I can see why […]
Continue reading »6:30AM: Well, here we go, appointment at 11AM. Last round of chemo this afternoon, or no? I change my vote. Let’s get it over with. 150 days. How long is that? Five months. Exactly. How about that. 8:30PM: I had to decide whether to do the last chemo or not today. The new doctor (Agarwal, the lung specialist) wasn’t making […]
Continue reading »I finally felt up to giving Gary an update for Chain today, though there’s not much good news from me right now. But most of this blog is about stuff that has to do with getting back to Chain or what state I’m in for getting back to work in radiation or not. Things have gotten cumulatively more degenerative (which […]
Continue reading »What a singularly strange experience, to be able, in your thirties, to live in a body of limitations for double and triple your actual age. And to go thought it quickly, in a matter of weeks, not decades. Shocker. Hard to handle. Depressing. Nothing works. Can’t see. Can’t type. Can’t write. Can’t think. Bowels don’t work, either flush everything upon […]
Continue reading »I actually came across some good, brief definitions of some of the side effects I’ve been having, and I thought the brevity may be useful to other women trying to get their arms around this whole wide mess. It’s continually shocking to me that any of these side effects can manifest themselves as debilitatingly as they do. Chemo Brain: Difficulty […]
Continue reading »Aarrrrggggrrrrrrrrhhhhhhh! It is soooo frustrating to try to type when your numb clumsy fingertips don’t function and you can’t see the computer screen because of your failing eyesight!
Continue reading »I had been complaining to Mark for a while about my eyesight getting worse and worse, almost since the first chemo day, now that I think about it. I finally gave in and changed both my laptops (one of which is also connected to a 21” external monitor, which you would THINK makes the fonts large enough for even someone […]
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