by Kathy | Apr 8, 2014 | Hyperbaric Treatments
As I was spent my two hours in the hyperbaric chamber today, I wondered what MacGyver would do in my situation? If you remember the MacGyver television series, whenever MacGyver was stuck in a situation, he would take a paperclip, a lost penny, and the band aid off...
by Kathy | Mar 18, 2014 | Hyperbaric Treatments
Yesterday was my first hyperbaric chamber treatment, and I will admit that I was anxious about how I would do. I tried to follow my mother’s advice and not think about it too much, but the combination of a confined space and Valium had me worried. Fortunately, I...
by Kathy | Feb 14, 2014 | Hyperbaric Treatments
I stand behind my belief that doctors spend their spare time dreaming up additional tests and procedures they can put you through. My plastic surgeon has decided that I need hyperbaric chamber treatments to treat the skin on my chest and prepare it for reconstructive...
by Kathy | Feb 8, 2014 | Hair
It has been ten months since I stopped taking the chemo that makes your hair fall out and I am starting to see some significant growth. In the back, my hair is about three inches long when I stretch the curls out. But the bangs . . . sigh . . . the bangs. My bangs...
by Kathy | Jan 14, 2014 | Coping, Treatment/Chemo
After exhausting the Iowa pumpkin supply, Gene and I traveled to Texas over the holidays to celebrate the near end of my treatment with my family. Gene has marked the completion of each chemo session these past 15 months by blowing up a pumpkin or watermelon for me....
