Category: About Cancer
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More Real Talk about Cancer and Shit
The Flares I’ve been dealing with cancer for ten years.Metastatic cancer for a little over three. I’m finally starting to understand what’s happening when my body reacts the way it does. And when I say body, I mean all of it — physical, mental, and emotional. You don’t get to separate those things when you’re…
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Radiation Explained.
I was going to start out with “I had radiation today” but then was like…duh, you have radiation every day! I was thinking about how they do it and started to freak out about frying my lungs and heart and stuff. Now I know they went over everything with me but they didn’t have pictures.…
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PT and the Lymphatic System
Had Physical Therapy today. Making good progress. I’m almost there! But I had asked the burning question: “What ARE my odds of actually getting lymphedema.” This is something I’ve been kind of scared of since before surgery. According to my physical therapist she didn’t want to say my chances were good or bad. It’s all…
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Pooka Glossary
I love this!!! A must read for all the warriors. Thank you Iridacea for this! AWESOMENESS!I have been realizing that some things that are obvious to my household are just not part of the lexicon of others. Here is a little explanation- I will add more per your request or when I notice something questionable here on Pooka…
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Battle And The Amazon Warrior
If you do not want to see what a double mastectomy scar looks like stop now! People do not like to see the reality of breast cancer. Everyone sees happy pictures on Facebook and how everything is going right in the world. While that happy face is on, what lies beneath is sadness and anxiety…
