I’ll be serious with you for a change, as fun as I’ve made cancer out to be. There needs to be a disclaimer: don’t try this at home. In other words, don’t go looking for cancer. But sometimes, cancer finds you or a loved one, and then all the jokes stop, and the tears come… Continue reading The Halfway House Between Life & Death
At last, there’s a method to my madness! I finally figured out what I’ve been doing throughout my chemo journey; besides accumulating so many hats, beanies and caps, I didn’t have enough places to wear them all. There’s nothing like hindsight to realize I wrote to take the fear out of cancer and gladly played… Continue reading It’s A Chemo Wrap: Toss Up!
The Wizard of Oz is about as American as apple pie, the fireworks, and the 4th of July (nice segue, right?). And after last week’s post, what I miss most about chemo, I bet you thought chemo brain and the great love that surrounded me’s a thing of the past–no worries on that front. It’s… Continue reading The Truth Behind The Wizard of Oz–It’s Not What You Think
A friend just started chemo this week, and it got me remembering all the good times. Good times, seriously? Seriously. Now that I’m in the throes of pulling myself back together again, I look back on it fondly. Making the mess was way more fun than cleaning it up. There was fear, don’t get me… Continue reading Hats Off To What I Miss Most About Chemo
Every time my life is due for a change, I’m petrified. Case in point, my operation, scheduled for March 23rd. That gives me a few weeks left to freak out before my old life gets the boot. Alex reminds me this same scenario has happened quite frequently in our marriage. leaving Philly (okay, this was… Continue reading Getting The Boot
Remember the fable of the Tortoise and the Hare? Well, that’s what I’m feeling, when Thursday, I was back in the race haunting the old familiar chemo halls to get my antibody infusion, which will go on until late September. No more chemo boards, ringing bells, and Dancing Queen this time, I’m afraid. The nurses… Continue reading Saving A Turtle Or Two
Before I can say: chemo, been there, done that–not so fast, there’s the matter of healing. Things are on rewind, if not slow motion, in that department. Chemo hit me so hard; I didn’t even know what a blow it was. Here it’s three weeks from my last treatment, and I’m still not my old… Continue reading Leave It To Beaver Reruns
I won the No-bell Prize Thursday on my last day of hard-core chemo! You’ve got to watch the video at the end to see for yourself. But before I get started, I had my last day planned–down to the very word I’d use to describe it. Thanks to a friend who wrote, “celebrate ringing the… Continue reading My No-Bell Prize
We want what we want–like back in college. Once we’re not kids anymore, we earned some privileges. But remember that rule some well-meaning nursery school teacher taught our kids? “You get what you get and you don’t get upset? Keep that lesson for the kids. When we adults don’t get what we want, we get… Continue reading Life Gives You The Blues–Face The Music
Graduation is upon me, and I’m singing songs in my head. I’ve got ten days to find a theme song to dance to when I finally get to ring the bell. Not that I had any idea what ringing a bell meant this time last year. I was about a month into cancer when a… Continue reading Help! Vote For A Chemo Graduation Theme Song
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