Chemo does a number on your brain. Yes, chemo brain, like pregnancy brain, is real. But I can’t say I didn’t know better than to get involved with drugs in the first place. Dad used to give my sister and me the “drug talks.” You know how bad they were… or how many good people… Continue reading Cracking Chemo Brain
It takes a village to raise a chemo patient (especially during shedding season). Even still, there are those moments when I have to wonder: will I ever be normal again? By the looks of that photo from college? No. But why would I want to be? I’ve got my brothers and sisters to get me… Continue reading It Takes A Village (People) And Cupcakes
What’s a growing-bald-by-the-minute Mama to do? Prepare for the fallout and find the great coverup. To wig out, or not to wig out? That’s the question. But when I still had long hair and had to imagine what it’d like to be going el commando on top, I grabbed my wigman. Alexandra, of course. It’s not… Continue reading Wigging Out With A New Attitude
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