I am…exhausted. Protons are back up and running. Treatment was scheduled for 10 p.m. Monday night. I arrive to find out there’s a two-hour wait. TWO HOURS. (My instinct is to go to bed at 8.) And of course, I…
Read more →Where we last left our protagonist, she was going in for photons… Which is an experience. Even the waiting room has a whole different feel to it. Things are done a little differently in the photon center. You get called…
Read more →Three days and no radiation. What’s a gal to do? Photon therapy. If you thought photon therapy was what I’ve been getting, you’re not the only one. Took me some minutes to figure out photons and protons are not the…
Read more →I am happy to report I love the apartment I moved into on Friday. I was up early to clean out the Airbnb and move the rest of my crap into the car. I discovered this new apartment building has…
Read more →Day 3 Had a weird dinner out. I made reservations for myself. I sat down next to grandparents with their son and daughter-in-law and young grandkid (probably around 3/4). Because this grandmother is loud, I am overhearing their conversation on…
Read more →I survived! But it’s been a long couple of days. I miss my kids. My dogs…sleeping in this apartment has been ok. I have not been sleeping well. I think I’ve managed six hours of sleep in the last two…
Read more →This week has been a shitshow. I’ve been pretty nervous about being alone for five weeks. Then on Friday, I’m driving the kids to school when we get hit by another car. We were going straight on a light and…
Read more →That was his name. Tony. I went to high school with Tony. He was a grade ahead. We went to a tiny school where everyone not only knows everyone else but is also related. His family had one of those…
Read more →The worst of the chemo side effects are over, but there are still some lingering ones. Nails Several of them are starting to lift towards the end of my fingertips. None have fallen off yet. I’m keeping my nails short…
Read more →It dawned on me just a week before radiation that I needed a place to stay. The local cancer place has a waiting list and it’s at limited capacity thanks to COVID. One option was to hold out hope and…
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