Sunday, July 12, 2020

An Unexpected Reaction during this Unexpected Journey

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My last chemo was Thursday, July 2nd. I was elated. Finally, I was done with the weekly trips to the infusion center and everything they ent...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Breast Cancer in the Time of COVID-19 Part 5: The Weirdness of it All

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NOTE: For the Introduction to this series, with links to Parts 1-4, click HERE. Now that I've written about how I found out about my bre...
Thursday, June 18, 2020

Breast Cancer in the Time of COVID-19 Part 4: The Support of Family and Friends

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In my last post, Part 3 of this series, I mentioned that when I got my diagnosis I was at lunch with three friends, who immediately prayed ...
Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Breast Cancer in the time of COVID-19 Series Intro: What the Series Is

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I realized today that I haven't written on here since just before I started chemo. Life got pretty hectic right about then, with chemo e...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Breast Cancer in the time of COVID-19 Series Part 3: My Mental and Emotional Battle

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When you hear the word cancer what goes through your mind depends on your own experiences. Have you had cancer before? Has a loved one had ...
Saturday, June 06, 2020

Breast Cancer in the time of COVID-19 Series Part 2: Teaching Online (aka The Silver Lining)

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When I began my chemo treatments back in February, I was teaching college classes full-time, that is, dual-enrollment classes for high schoo...
Friday, June 05, 2020

Breast Cancer in the time of COVID-19 Series Part 1: Side Effects

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The introduction to this series is here. My side effects from Adriamycin (generic name is doxorubicin) and Cytoxan (cyclophosphamide) includ...