December 31, 2017 (Sunday): After my ovarian cancer diagnosis, surgery, six chemotherapy sessions and then finally remission, I was plagued by the thought of a recurrence, every ache and pain brought on a series of worries. Even after two years in remission, I still worry the cancer will come back, but the possibility doesn’t consume …
Looking back on my journey, I am happy that I did the research and found the best doctors in my area….it helped that they all took my insurance. I truly believe it made a big difference in the outcome so far ……considering I was stage IIIc. (39% survival rate) NOTE: If you are going to …
December 12, 2015 (Saturday): Finding your inner strength is very important to fight cancer….. to be a fighter…. to be a Warrior. Yes, you have earned the right to be Terrified, Scared, Worried, Sad, Mad, and Cry but at some point, you will come to an end of that stage….. at some point, there’s just …
November 12, 2015 (Thursday): So now that it has finally all fallen out, I began to research hair growth and the patterns cancer patients can expect once Chemotherapy has been completed. It seems that your hair begins to regrow one to two months after your last treatment, but though it grows it is fuzz, it …
July 31, 2015 (Friday): Finally after two days, I think all that was to fall out has fallen out. I am over the crying, the feeling sad for myself…. it is the life with cancer. I understand that most ladies with Cancer will shave their heads once their hair falls out BUT I had decided …
July 29, 2015 (Wednesday): I guess I have to laugh at this one. As much as I’ve been through over the last few months, I had forgotten about my hair eventually falling out. Wow, wasn’t expecting it even though I knew it would happen and even noticed a little hair on my hospital pillow. After …
July 27, 2015 (Monday): You may remember that after my Cancer surgery, I had a followup appointment with my Oncologist-OB/GYN surgeon, Dr. Mark Turner. The appointment was mainly to see how I was feeling, take a look at how I was healing and talk to me about having BRCA blood test done. He explained that …
July 26, 2015 (Sunday): Interesting… Finally out of the hospital yesterday (July 25) only to wake up to the fog… “Chemo Brain” After many foggy days, I have finally agreed that even after fighting it, there is ChemoBrain. I experienced it but the good news is it doesn’t last forever. I am sure everyone is …
July 13-14, 2015 (Monday-Tuesday): After a my first chemotherapy, I began to feel like I had the flu. Thinking you have the flu is not unusual for first time chemotherapy recipients but my continued to get worse and worse. My doctors worried that I could begin to get dehydrated so as I mentioned previous blog …
July 9-10, 2015 (Thursday): My First Chemotherapy Session (1 or 6) Well, here I am, at the end of a long week sitting in a comfortable chair at Comprehensive Cancer Center (St. Rose) with a machine next to me administering the vital Chemo that is needed to fight the cancer in my body. Monday: Chemotherapy …
July 8, 2015 – It is an interesting fact that every cancer patient figures out without anyone telling them, there is a 98% chance you will lose your hair during your Chemotherapy treatments. I AM TAKING CONTROL!!!! I decided that I was not going to wait for it to devastate my long beautiful hair that …
July 8th, 2015 (Wednesday): After much deliberation, I finally decided to have the Clear Vue Power Port fitted in the upper right portion of my chest/shoulder. I am very happy that I decided to have this done. Most chemotherapy patients go through a series of blood draws and chemo drips that includes many needles. This …
July 7, 2015 (Tuesday): Today will be a little scary as I have my first CTscan. My doctors explained the need for a baseline to start with so we can measure my battle progress with the cancer. This the reason also for the additional blood work (they call it ‘Lab”) establishing a baseline to measure …
July 6th, 2015: Chemotherapy Orientation Class It seems like the last thing you want to do after getting the news you have cancer…… sitting through a orientation class as if you were a soon to be Freshman in college, not that any of us wouldn’t trade places to go back to that earlier time. I …
June 8th, 2015 – My journey begins through diagnosis, surgeries, tests, trials, treatments, etc. of ovarian cancer, with the ultimate goal of being cured. I’m not sure anyone can pinpoint when you get cancer, I know I couldn’t, never the less, it was a major surprize when I found out I had ovarian cancer. I …
May 8, 2016 (Sunday) Exactly 11 months ago today, I began my nightmare! Since this is my first post on my new blog about my battle with cancer, I thought it might be important to tell you about me and the reason behind creating this blog before my nightmare began. The reason…..I actually think creating …
