Category: Early Cancer Updates
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Yay for prune juice!
Not getting into the title but just put a little bit in some water….good stuff. I have never had it before so it was a 50/50 shot. I add a little to water once a day…gets the job done. My first attempt I drank 4 Oz out of the gates. Let’s say I will NEVER…
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Fit to Fight
Last night I went to my first Fit to Fight class. It meets 2 days a week and is for cancer patients and survivors. Met a wonderful group of people. There are about 15 of us. All different types and stages of cancer. I came out feeling pretty lucky. I mean don’t get me wrong…
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Update!
Let’s see. I joined the Fit to Fight program. It’s an exercise group for Cancer people. Meets twice a week at the local gym here in town. I had the initial baseline test yesterday. They do the sit to stand test. You stand and sit in a chair as many times as you can in…
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Support!
Went to my first support group meeting yesterday. It was an open forum so we could talk about anything. It was very insightful. There are about 8 women at all different stages. I’m the new kid on the block. They serve lunch, which was soup and a salad with grilled chicken and a brownie. It…
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I’m in… CONTROL….
I thought I would be more emotional about the whole head shaving thing. And I really wasn’t. It totally wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. It was actually kind of liberating. Ten days. That’s what this has been…a whole 10 days. The first picture is March 5th. The last time I wore…
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Vanity 6 _ NASTIIIEEE
This situation so far has been quite the lesson in Vanity. I mean my whole life the importance of looks was always, well…. important. You had to be a certain size, “Erika you are gaining weight.” “Erika you may not want to eat that if you really think you are going to fit into THAT”…
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Learning to Tie the Scarf
Well, I taught knots in Boy Scouts so this shouldn’t be hard right? HA! Way different! Since my hair is now falling out in clumps. It’s disturbing. I have decided I really need to learn the fine art of scarf tying. So my first attempt. I remembered I had a box of old scarfs…
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Fit to Fight
So I just registered for this program they have for cancer patients and survivors. It’s called Fit to Fight and it’s a free fitness program that the local fitness club runs. It’s an 8 week session twice a week. I get a 2 month membership with it too. So that’s kinda cool. It’s broken down…
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The 2:45 am update
So whats it really like? I know a certain picture is painted from one extreme to the next, and they are all right. As I sat in chemo yesterday observing and listening to people it’s amazing how differently the body reacts to the different types of meds being pumped into your system. No two people…
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Tiara Tuesday!
Well today was my 2nd treatment. So much easier with this port. Which everyone now calls Perdita. So good thing I got the name picked out. Didn’t hurt at all, which was a shocker. But now it starts. So here’s how chemo day goes. I go in and they draw blood. Run my numbers to…
