Aug 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
I never imagined this day would be an event in my life. Eddie was driving me to my first chemotherapy treatment. I felt like I was going to be sick just from the thought of it. Again I asked, "How is this happening to me?"Upon arrival, the...
Jul 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
The room became a frenzy of motion minutes after making the decision to have chemotherapy. My doctor was whipping out notepads and rattling off instructions like nobody's business. He was ordering lab tests and writing out multiple prescriptions while...
Jul 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
(…my cancer journey… cont.)"I hope you are writing these things down. You've never been funnier." This was the response of one of my closest friends as I shared with her the enormous depth of grief I was feeling. As trivial...
Jul 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
When I think back over all the different treatments I've had, I shudder the most at the thought of internal radiation. It was the one procedure that all four of my doctors agreed was necessary. My main referring doctor had described the procedure as...
Jun 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
(…a bit more…)Part of my cancer treatment included three sessions of internal radiation. I didn't know this even existed, this abnormal process of trying to kill off microscopic cancer cells near the tumor site. It had to be a group of mad...
