Day to day 2004 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday was the same song and dance – week after week. The alarm started beeping at me earlier than I thought it should. The beep from hell. …
A missed appointment
A missed appointment To date, I have only missed two chemo appointments ever in my 6.5 year “career” as Texas Oncology. I missed the first one because I was in the hospital with steroid psychosis…I …
The world doesn’t stop
The world doesn’t stop I cleaned out my email today and noticed the junk mail from Dec 2013 – April 2014. Apparently, I never checked my mail those months? Those aren’t the only a set …
Explination
There is never an easy way to explain to your child that someone they know passed away. That they will never see that person in physical form again here on earth. In our small family …
Panic Attacks
Panic attack I remember the first panic attack I ever had. I was 25, exhausted from doing too much and I snapped like a rubber band pulled too tight. I didn’t know it then that …
Brain Report
I don’t know why, it is easy for me to forget to write the good stuff. I need/want to bask in the good stuff. I had at appointment with Groves on Thursday – he is …
Use me
People email or FB me questions all the time about their loved ones who have been diagnosed with BC of even some other cancer. It is a love/hate relationship I have within myself about being …
Renee In Cancerland book snippet
Mascara – October 3, 2008 Today is the first day since I heard the news that I have worn mascara. No, not because all my eyelashes have already fallen out. I wonder if they really …
A real look at living with Stage 4 Breast Cancer
A real look at living with Stage 4 Breast Cancer 14 hours I just woke up from sleeping 14 hours straight. I went to bed last night after Eric came home early from work because …
Rememberance Ceremony
The BCRC had the yearly remembrance ceremony on Sunday. I hate these things…it all become so real at that point in time. A candle is lit for every sister we have lost the past year…26 …