Keri stomaches a "jumble of pills" every time she has chemo and finds that water just doesn't taste as "crisp" as it used to.
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Episode 1: The First Week of Chemotherapy -
Episode 2: The Second Chemo TreatmentThe nurses recommend popsicles or Jello, after Keri's chemo-related dehydration prompts a trip to the doctor. -
Episode 3: Chemo and Our First Wedding AnniversaryAfter celebrating our first anniversary, Keri started another round of chemo. What a year. -
Episode 4: After Mastectomy, the ImplantsAfter Keri's left breast and lymph nodes were removed, a saline implant tissue expander was placed in her chest, as the first step in breast reconstruction. -
Episode 5: Life with the Expander Implant in Her ChestKeri has to sleep with three pillows under her back and can't use her arm. -
Episode 6: More Chemo"It just really sucks." Keri learns that she has to go through four more chemotherapy sessions, after completing her mastectomy and starting reconstruction. -
Episode 7: Three Chemo Sessions Down, One to Go!Keri is learning that breast cancer will always be a part of who she is. That her "normal" is now a new "normal." -
Episode 8: Keri's Speech at the Breast Cancer WalkKeri tells a short version of her journey through chemo, hospital visits, surgery and more chemo. She did pretty well and only cried a little at the end. -
Episode 9: The End of Chemo (Round 2) is In SightIt's early December, and Keri is going to wait until the new year (2006) to have her final surgery. -
Episode 10: Completing Treatment and ReconstructionKeri's last surgery will be "everything in one go." They will remove the expander, insert the implant, reconstruct a nipple out of a skin graft and remove Keri's chemo port.
