Sticks, Stones and Words That Hurt
Last week when I saw my integrative doctor for weekly pain-curbing acupuncture, we had a conversation about my dangerously low blood count caused by chemotherapy…
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Riding the Rough C’s
My first “C”, 38 years of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, braced me with the gift of resilience. But I guess no one can be prepared…
Cancer “Healthcare” Leaves Me in the Grip of Fear
As many of you know, I’ve had high-impact pain for nearly 40 years and am now fighting triple-negative breast cancer. The only reason I decided…
Finding Chemo
I won’t sugar coat it. Fighting breast cancer with chemo is a nightmare. After three infusions, I’ve grown accustomed to the weekend fatigue that will…
Finding My Cancer Cake
Cancer’s a jolting teacher – and one life preserving lesson for me is that to have a chance at staying alive, I must let go…
Awakening from the Edge
My mind pinballs while new insights flood in as I count off the days till I start chemotherapy in an attempt to save my life…
“Category 5 Shit Storm with No Umbrella”
Navigating CRPS and the bleakest breast cancer dx (Triple Negative) is an impossibly riddled nightmare – and since my last post I’ve gone back and…
Diagnosis: The Worst
I knew from the moment I found out the lump in my breast wasn’t a cyst, that I had cancer. The concerned look in the…