am half bald, lost most of my eyebrows, have no eyelashes left, am about 40 lbs overweight and paler than death but i did it, AM DONE WITH #CHEMO AND I GOT TO RING THAT FUCKING BELL!!!
next up: radiation and a year of immunotherapy. but for now am greatful. it could have been worse after landing in the emergency room TWICE, once for #COVID19, the other for a blood clot that also had me a week in the hospital.
i rang that bell with my sons, and i got to say with my whole chest, #fuckCancer.
IN OTHER NEWS
yesterday was the first thursday in months that i had no #chemo and i today feel like a ran a marathon. went to bed earlyish and have spent most of the day shlumpped. #radiation starts soon but am reckoning how traumatic my #cancer therapy has been so far. my body knows it and it’s like i can finally relax.
at some point we have to talk about how traumatic health care can be ―even if you have the some of the best doctors taking care of you.
also #fuckCancer
i miss eating eggs.
i had 3 anaphylactic reactions, at the beginning of #chemo (MD had to change the infusion) and they did a number on my stomach and on what i could eat: eggs, cow milk, wheat, unfermented soy (aka edamame, soy milk and flour; tofu and other fermented soy products are ok).
i think i have eaten shakshouka once and this one looks yummy; but am so afraid of eating anything that made me sick during chemo.
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https://mastodon.social/@GeologistsCat/112066925991305687
IN OTHER NEWS
washed what's left of my hair and no hairs ended up in my hands. i guess am on my way to recovering from #chemo. can't wait to have my eyebrows back. also, #fuckCancer
IN OTHER NEWS
i have been holding my breath all week waiting for #cancer related test results to come in and, whew! they're NEGATIVE 🥳
but that means, am going into the hospital tomorrow for minor surgery, to have this damn #chemo port removed 😥
go in the morning. by lunch should be back home. so am getting things ready here at home for the recovery.
so please send me pics of all your furbabies. i'll need the extra hits of dopamine.
and #fuckCancer.
