Goodness gracious warriors! Time just flies when you’re having fun. That’s what survivorship is? Fun, right? Well not really, not all the time at least. And that’s okay. You can’t experience joy without some pain. Medical I suppose we can kick it right off with some medical talk. As you know, I’m on two drugs […]
One of the hardest things for me to accept was the change cancer made on my career. Gone are the 12-to-16 hour overnight shifts in the Emergency Department. Gone are the days of 2-to-5 minute CPR. My body can simply not handle that and be as healthy as I can be. I now need stability […]
The AYA community (Adolescents and Young Adults) cancer community doesn’t like the term “battle cancer,” because it implies that somehow someone didn’t do enough if they “lose their battle” to cancer. While I completely understand and respect this, I can also understand how the whole “battle” idea came into play, especially when it comes to […]
Everyone keeps asking if I’m so excited to be done with radiation or done with active treatment! “Get back to life” is what people say. But it’s not like that. First off, radiation is still affecting my body for weeks to months after my last treatment. That’s because it inhibits the cell’s ability to replicate. This means […]
I have started and restarted this blog post so many times. I so desperately wanted to come to you all lovely warriors with good news and great attitudes. But that’s just not the case right now. I’m in the thick of it. And it’s taking a major toll. For radiation, I show up to the […]