by Kathy | Dec 5, 2012 | Coping, Treatment/Chemo
Just when you think you have suffered enough, chemo adds another insult. It turns out that losing your hair hurts. Actually hurts. I read up on it and it seems that the hair follicles are the root (get it?) cause. I have read up on remedies and I welcome any...
by Kathy | Dec 2, 2012 | Coping, Team Kathy, Treatment/Chemo
I think of all the years my husband has rolled out of bed when he was called into the hospital during the night and taken care not to wake me. In the early years, every time the phone would ring, I would wake up and have trouble going back to sleep. Then, as that...
by Kathy | Dec 1, 2012 | Coping, Team Kathy, Treatment/Chemo
Calling Team Kathy! I’m hosing my first cyber pajama party on December 11 (the night before my next chemo day). No need to physically attend, just dress in your favorite jammies and think positive thoughts for chemo #3. That will put me 75% complete with...
by Kathy | Nov 19, 2012 | Coping, Treatment/Chemo
Blowing up a pumpkin is therapeutic, I don’t care who you are. It makes me laugh. While I find a year of chemo daunting, it does give me many opportunities to have some fun. Phase I, the super sucky phase, required some form of therapy to mark the...
by Kathy | Nov 15, 2012 | Treatment/Chemo
I have been trying to decide what to say about my very, very long first day of chemo. I arrived at 9:00 a.m. and left at 2:30 p.m. Danielle was able to be with me the entire time. We managed to play nice with everyone. Actually, Danielle played nice and listened...
by Kathy | Nov 12, 2012 | Treatment/Chemo
Several people have asked my why I’m having chemo if “they got it all,” so I thought I would try to explain. Physicians don’t use the term “we got it all,” instead they talk about lymph nodes and clear margins (see the pathology...
