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Hats Off To What I Miss Most About Chemo
Finding Extraordinary

Hats Off To What I Miss Most About Chemo

Stephanie Ortiz4 Comments

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

Life Gives You The Blues–Face The Music
Cancer Musings · Chemo Daze

Life Gives You The Blues–Face The Music

Stephanie Ortiz6 Comments

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

Almost Down For The Count; Dancing Queen To The Rescue
Chemo Daze · Last Laughs

Almost Down For The Count; Dancing Queen To The Rescue

Stephanie Ortiz6 Comments

Sometimes we lose it! And, officially, I have. You’ll see why if you watch the video at the end. But first, remember Rocky? The ref would start counting, and Rocky wouldn’t get up? And we were cheering him on, begging him. “You can do it! One more time!” Forever the spectator, I’ve never desired to… Continue reading Almost Down For The Count; Dancing Queen To The Rescue