Monthly Archives: August 2011

So, as you may have noticed, when I last wrote here a few days ago, I was struggling a bit. Feeling discouraged, tired, just generally down. That was just before Round 5 of chemo, the anticipation of which wasn’t helping … Continue reading →

Today, I want to talk a little bit about fear. Writing this is a little bit of self-administered therapy for me, so please don’t worry too much as you read it. I’ve done pretty well for the past almost-eight months … Continue reading →

I had my fourth of eight chemo infusions yesterday. I’m not quite at the halfway point, because I still need to get through the rest of this cycle, but at least I have half of the infusions out of the … Continue reading →

I’m trying again to remind myself that this process is all about unpredictability, and that I have to just roll with the punches, dealing with the physical and emotional ramifications of cancer and cancer treatment as they come. I have … Continue reading →

This has nothing, and at the same time everything, to do with cancer. Bear with me. Tonight, I watched my kids play on the swing set. My 6 year old taught her older sister how to flip over while hanging … Continue reading →