Mood: Nervous 😕 Today I had an appointment with my oncologist to discuss hormone therapy. This is one of the final steps in my treatment for breast cancer. I will be on medication for 10 years and it will give me a 75% chance of my cancer not returning. Just as I did all summer …
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Mood: Excited! 😁 Today I had my final radiation treatment! I can’t tell you how relieved I am to finally have all of my treatments over with both chemotherapy and radiation! The last few days of treatment were hard on me. My chest is red and bumpy, but it doesn’t hurt at all so I …
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Mood: Happy 😁 A week from Monday, January 27th, I will have my final radiation treatment and I will be ringing the bell! Unfortunately, I had one day this last week where I didn't go in for treatment because the machine was down, so my final treatment day has been delayed by one day. My …
Early on in my breast cancer journey I heard about a free magazine for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers called "cure." I received my first issue around the time I had my 2nd chemo treatment in early June and I found this magazine to be so helpful in understanding more about cancer. Today I received …
January 4th, 2020 I had my 10th radiation treatment yesterday....15 treatments to go! I am excited that the "treatment" part of my journey is almost over! I will have more to do once radiation is over but it should be easy in comparison. 💕 January 11th, 2020 Happy Saturday! Yesterday I completed my 15th radiation …
Mood: Grateful 🙂 Every cancer patient needs a good support system. I am very blessed to have many different moving parts to mine, and I feel that it is time to give them credit in not only helping me through my journey, but also being a constant in my life since I had the difficult …
