Tag: Life After Treatment
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Tamoxifen, pain, fear and Jesus
I don’t think it’s wrong to be proactive in trying to minimize the sometimes debilitating pain that comes on suddenly and with a vengeance. Having said that, today’s devotional rightly reminded me that He who is the source of my strength should come first.
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Actively dodging rabbit holes
After discovering the news yesterday (I’m late to knowing) that Shannen Doherty (who will forever be Brenda Walsh to me) is now dealing with brain metastasis from her Stage IV breast cancer, I went a huntin’ for allllll the rabbit holes (unhelpfully).
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Figuring out post Big C fitness (and asking for help)
Cancer (so far as I know) is squarely in the rearview mirror and I want to get back to feeling toned and trim and to enjoy the confidence that comes with knowing that I look as good as I feel. There is a bit of a reckoning that I’m working through though, and I don’t…
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How fast will my hair grow back after chemo?
If it helps you benchmark what to expect, understanding that everyone’s cancer is unique, our treatments were likely different, and that individual hair growth varies from person to person, here are pics and timeframes for my own hair regrowth, Year 1.
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I don’t want to have a colonoscopy (and I’m doing it anyway)
Thinking of skipping your colonoscopy? Don’t.
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Just because you’re bald doesn’t mean you can’t…
Rock a runway. In a wedding dress. With a fascinator attached to barely-there peach fuzz.
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It’s probably nothing (but still get it checked)
Jelly bean sized lump of nothing? *crosses fingers and toes*
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I declined this blood test. Here’s why.
If cancer cells are still circulating, I don’t want to know.
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Scar tissue pain two years later? Yep, it’s a thing.
Be neither afraid nor ignorant when breast pain presents.
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Ways to pass the waiting (for test results) time
You can fret or… you can find healthy ways to wait it out. I choose the latter.