Thanksgiving 2014 At first I thought I was going to write about how my last few Thanksgivings were really hard for me because my body wasn’t healthy. Then I thought, I don’t want to talk …
Cancerland
The me
I love going through my “work in progress” folder and seeing what I didn’t finish. Well, let me rephrase – I don’t like seeing what I didn’t finish, BUT it is “nice” to see what …
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 …
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 …
How to help others…this is not a BC post!!
“Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.” Mark Twain It is true…I am a sap and I 100% believe this quote. Now, I am not saying I am a really …
I did NOT know…
I realize I have been rather harsh with some of my statements and while I DO believe all of what I have said, I think I need to clarify a few things. 1. If you …