Two people close to us (both women not yet fifty) had surgery yesterday for cancer; both surgeries went well, as far as we know, but it was stressful all around, of course, and everyone involved is still anxious. Then today, a good friend (just my age) died. We’ve known she was terminal for some time, […]
My first seamless repeat, that I’m planning to enter in Spoonflower’s artistic vision contest. (It’s a little last-minute, because I have to enter by 3 p.m. EDT today, but if you have any suggested edits before then, please let me know!) I wasn’t sure what to do for such an open-ended topic, and I’m still
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Cancer Log 212: After yesterday’s bone scan, I came home and basically put myself to bed at 6 p.m. I made myself eat something, though absolutely nothing sounded good. I was so tired, for no good reason. Stress? I played video games and watched tv and read and posted a little and eventually Kevin put
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I had a sucky afternoon (I don’t know why, but even though there was minimal pain (two injections), the 6 hours dealing with the bone scan at the hospital really got to me today), and am feeling thoroughly sorry for myself. In rotten mood. I am going to comfort myself with playing Terraforming Mars while
Cancer log 211: Appointment with oncologist this morning; MRI came back clear re: potential oddness found on breast mammogram, so that’s very good and will be a relief once I have a moment to process it. I did mention to her at the end of the appointment that I’d been having a lot of lower
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MRI done, went fine, Xanax helped, fell asleep during procedure. But wow, had a moment of whole-body revulsion putting on the patient wristband. Really really don’t want to be a patient again. Results in 2-3 days. It’s probably nothing. Rewarded myself for going to MRI with egg bites at Starbucks — and hey, my local
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Cancer log 210: This is an intensely busy week without a lot of downtime and too many meetings. I had a library board meeting last night, and had somehow cross-scheduled it with my annual check-up, so I had to choose which I was going to — I cancelled the check-up (have to reschedule it today)
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Mental health / ADD note: I went to see a new-to-me psychiatrist this morning (whom I’ll call Dr. L.), for a couple of reasons. One, for ADD management, I wanted to talk about adding a micro dose of Adderall, to help ease the crankiness that tends to set in at 5 p.m. She was in
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Cancer log 209: Okay, so I think I need some custom bra advice. For everyday at home, I usually wear sports bras, which work fine for giving me sufficient support for comfort. Light ones for just hanging out around the house, more supportive structured ones for actual workouts. But for work and events, I sometimes
Cancer log 209: Massages, and pondering a custom bra Read More »
Cancer log 207: The nurses are vastly amused that I’m working in the waiting room, but honestly, if you schedule me for an 8 a.m. procedure and tell me I have to check in at 6 a.m., I have to assume I can squeeze at least an hour of work in here somewhere. That just
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