April 2, 2023
I read an article about ’causes of breast cancer’… Do any of them apply to me?
Causes:
Aging (over 50)- nope
Previous radiation treatment- nope
Exposure to certain drugs- nope
Family history- nope
Overweight- nope
Sedentary lifestyle- nope
Genetic mutation- nope
Smoking- nope
Alcohol- nope
Of course not! My life wouldn’t be that simple.
April 3, 2023
Treatment day 32: 333 more to go
I had a follow up with my surgeon today. She’s the team leader and just checking on my progress. The inflammation and tumors are now mostly if not completely gone! Full treatment plan will be followed either way to help prevent recurrence. This summer will be a full double mastectomy with reconstruction followed by radiation therapy. Well, radiation will happen in between mastectomy surgery and reconstruction surgery. This is NOT going to be fun! But she did say this will reduce recurrence chances down to 2% and since this is an aggressive and dangerous kind of cancer its not really a choice. So I’m at the mercy of the poison, knife and radiation.
I got a referral to a plastic surgeon and will be waiting for their call to schedule an appointment for a consultation.
Other than that I’m doing great! Last week was not fun but I’m past that now and feel good again.
1/3 done with chemo
April 12, 2023
My third chemo is Friday. But once I get past this one I’ll be half way done! I’ve never wanted a year of my life to go by so fast! Usually people want time to slow down.
Come on March 2024, get here faster! Lol. I’ll even settle for Christmas. I should be past the unpleasant things by then maybe!
Ok so this isn’t fun, but really I’m doing just fine!
April 14, 2023
Treatment day 43: 322 days left
Chemo #3 Half way point!
Feeling the love! I’ll have to take turns at chemo with a quilt that is a family treasure of my cousin’s (on loan) and a beautiful quilt made with so much love from my friend! I’m so grateful to have so many people sending love from all around as I go through this! 
It makes something so hard not as bad as it could be!
April 19, 2023
Treatment day 48: 317 more to go
Hopefully tomorrow I’ll be on the other side of this one. This treatment was comparable to the last one. Mostly lightheaded, weak and tired. I mostly feel fine if I don’t get up, that’s when I feel it all. GI issues. About a half hour of nausea on only one day, but thankfully no more than that. Trying to stay hydrated. Eating is difficult because everything tastes awful and the sensation of food in my mouth and throat is unpleasant. It feels like I’m swallowing sandpaper even if it’s soft food. But I’m just happy that it’s not so much worse.
So far the first treatment was by far the worst.
One side effect I wasn’t expecting is muscle spasms. My abdominal muscles have been twitching almost constantly for 7 weeks now. Very annoying but not the worst thing I could be dealing with so I won’t complain. It does make it harder to sleep though.
My right thumb was doing it earlier and I accidently clicked on some things on my phone that I didn’t mean to. “Oops! Did I just buy that?? Chemo made me do it!” HAHA
April 21, 2023
I feel weird today. Transitional from being sick to feeling better. I feel energetic again, but still weak. I want to “get up and go” but as soon as I “get up” the “go” part is like, “NOPE! Sit your butt back down!”
Maybe tomorrow