Being Stuck in the Weird Place
I’m in a weird place. I feel like I should update, but I’m feeling kind of … blah. A year ago I was just coming home from our annual trip…
Cycle 6: Just a Boring Update
For those following the saga, Cycle 6 was a 5-day inpatient. It’s most important features were: Officially 1/3 of the way through treatment, My sister arrive mid-treatment (sister #1 in…
Silver Linings
I’ve always liked silver linings. Not for my own gripes, mind you, but for other people’s issues. It can be annoying, I’m sure. You say your vacuum cleaner is broken?…
The Healing Power of Travel and A Day in the Life of In Patient Treatment
This whole adventure began when I randomly noticed a bump in my neck this past Thanksgiving. The holidays proceeded pretty normally with a few doctors’ appointments tucked in between. It…
The Unplanned Experiences
Not too long ago, I was reading a newspaper article about the 2015 winners of Write From the Heart. It’s a writing program/contest for teens in Idaho sponsored by The…
Cycle 4 – Where We See Evidence of An Improved Experience
Forgive me, readers, for I have chemo’d; it’s been 3 weeks since my last confess—update. When we last updated, we’d just dealt with the abscess, and I was feeling better.…
The Things We Learn: Acupunture, Abscesses, and Amusement
A number of things have happened since the last post. It was there I mentioned the white blood cells were rejoining the party. There are good things about that, and……
Home Again
After a rough Treatment Cycle 2, I was ready for Cycle 3 to get back on track. After all it was outpatient, meaning just one day of drugs, and my…
The One in Which Gina Gets Angry
I’m angry. Unfortunately, I am so fatigued my anger comes out as tears and frustration versus the throwing or kicking I’d rather do. I don’t even have the energy to…