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Gettin' Ready to Radiate!
After a magnificent lunch at Boulettes Larder – oh my goodness. Hold on. The lunch. Can I just stop for a minute and tell you about this lunch? I had the arugula and burrata salad. The arugula...
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Radiation Rehearsal
Today is the day of my “dry run” of radiation. It was odd to receive an appointment reminder card that says “dry run”. However, it’s reassuring to know that I am going to have a radiation rehearsal...
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Radiation Reality
Radiation is the third of three legs of this FBC treatment stool. I am hopeful that that when it’s complete, this stool will be a strong and solid foundation that will last for generations to come....
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Fabulous Ferry and Lousy Lymphedema
Two days ago, out of the clear blue (actually it was raining) sky, I noticed that I had the beginnings of lymphedema. F-bomb. My wrist was swollen and, while typing, there was an indentation on my...
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Freight Train of Fatigue
The freight train of fatigue has taken up residence in my body. Whoaaaaa, Nelly. Why do x-rays to a small area of my body cause so much exhaustion, you ask? While radiation is intended to destroy...
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Big Day!
Today was a big day. A…R E A L L Y. B I G. D A Y. for two reasons. Why, you ask? Well, first of all, I had my eyebrows plucked and shaped! This is a big deal because I now HAVE eyebrows! It’s been...
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Resilience
My last Radiation treatment is a week from today. Wow. Absolutely remarkable that nearly 8 months have passed since my FBC diagnosis. Radiation finishing is not to say that everything related to FBC...
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Graduation!
Radiation Graduation Certificate! I have had the honor of earning quite a few graduation certificates in my life (because I loooooove school!). I can honestly say that the one I received yesterday...
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Silver Lining Checkup!
Today, I had a wonderful checkup in San Francisco with my Radiation Oncologist at UCSF. I was so excited to show my doctor my skin (at the radiation site) because it’s healing so well. I must admit...
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Let’s Talk About Sex (During Cancer Treatment), Baby In the midst of a cancer diagnosis, treatment, or recovery, intimacy can easily slip to the bottom of the priority list (if it makes it on the list...
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Breast Cancer Tattoo Removal
One of the constant reminders of my experience with FBC (f-bomb breast cancer) is my tattoos from radiation. Now, granted they are small, the size of pen dots. Most people wouldn’t even notice them....
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Relaxation During Cancer Treatment
I know that it will not come as a surprise when I say that cancer and its treatment can be stressful for people with cancer and their caregivers. Understatement of the decade, I’d say. When I was...
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