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Racuh on Breast Cancer
Monday, May 02 2011
Hey all,
I haven't written in quite a while. I've been living my life and there are day's weeks and months where I've forgotten that I've had cancer. Then I shower and look down and remember that "oh yeah, body part missing". But I have gotten used to it and save for rare occasions get kinda pouty.
I have... Read more
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Racuh on Breast Cancer
Tuesday, June 08 2010
It's part of the process for me and presumably others to write about their experience with cancer... for me in particular I tried to keep my bad thoughts in a book where only I was able to see them and release them. For the rest of the world I was strong, fearless and stoic. I had to have a burn book of sorts or I'd go ape-shit. It's not a good... Read more
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Racuh on Breast Cancer
Monday, March 15 2010
My biggest complaint at having been through the cancer ringer is the fat. I gained 19 lbs on chemo. It sucks, but what can you do when the only thing that doesn't make you want to projectile vomit all over is potatoes? Nothing... there is nothing you can do. The steroids given with the meds make you want to eat a barn... and all of the livestock... Read more
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Racuh on Breast Cancer
Thursday, January 21 2010
My hair is growing back... oh dear merciful baby jebus, it's straight. The first time it grew back after chemo it was curly. I hated it. I prefer NOT having hair to having curly hair. So this time, to my sheer elation, it came back straight! I'm not entirely sure what my dear ol' hair is up to though, it's growing in fairly thick but I have these... Read more
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Racuh on Breast Cancer
Tuesday, January 05 2010
I do try and stay positive, and most of the time I am successful. It's been a long road this past year and I am still figuring out the new normal and the new me. One of the side effects of chemotherapy was rapid weight gain. I gained 19 lbs over the course of the last 4 months on Taxol. Nothing fits and I am pretty miserable. I don't recognize... Read more
