by Kathy | May 3, 2013 | Coping, Team Kathy
One of my observations has been about the way people treat you when you have cancer. It fascinates me that I feel the same, but people treat me differently. In the early stages, people would hug me like I was fragile or like my chest must hurt. I would tell them to...
by Kathy | Apr 28, 2013 | Coping, Hair
That single hair on the top of my head was getting in my way and threatening to obscure my view. Seriously, it was growing straight up and had no supporting cast to distract from it. I looked through Shawns product line and found some smoothing paste, but how do...
by Kathy | Apr 27, 2013 | Hair
Still waiting! Gene tells me that if I stand in the sunlight and he cocks his head just so, he thinks he can see some peach fuzz. I’m planning to have some fun with the bald head for whatever time I have left with it. My Taxol rash on my hands, arms...
by Kathy | Apr 22, 2013 | Coping, Radiation, Treatment/Chemo
Each time I exit the Interstate to go to chemo or radiation, I have to travel through an intersection that I call Kamikazi Corner. It is the corner where the off ramp meets the street and there is a four-way stop. For some reason, people constantly run the stop signs...
by Kathy | Apr 19, 2013 | Coping, Radiation
I had my first of 33 radiation treatments yesterday, and I’m just glowing! The appointment began with me meeting the technicians that will be helping me each day. They took the time to explain the equipment and show me that while I would be in the room alone at...
