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Chemo Side Effects and Losing My Hair
These side effects are crazy! Days 1–5: Body aches, nausea, bloody nose, bloody gums after brushing my teeth, heartburn, indigestion, and this weird feeling every time I swallow—like my throat is turning inside out. Days 5–10: The most insane explosive diarrhea I’ve ever experienced in my life! Sorry, TMI… I know. 😳 I also had…
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How I Found Out I Have Breast Cancer — Part 2
After the mammogram and ultrasound, my next appointment was with the breast surgeon to have a biopsy. On November 11, I went in for the appointment. She did a quick exam, and then it was biopsy time. My breast surgeon explained exactly what would be happening, but I was still pretty nervous. She first injected…
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How I Found Out I Have Cancer — Part 1
Let me backtrack a little bit… Picture it: Dubai, 2016. (Sophia from The Golden Girls is my favorite) I decided to get my first mammogram because I was 42 and knew that my aunt had breast cancer in her early 40s. I had no idea what to expect, but the mammogram actually wasn’t nearly as…
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I’m Alive!
The first day after chemo wasn’t too bad. I was taking my anti-nausea meds preemptively in the hopes that I wouldn’t feel anything. At 7:20 p.m., the Neulasta thing started beeping, and I waited an hour before I could finally take it off. The second day, which was Christmas Day… O.M.G. Everything started hitting me…
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Hello from my chemo chair
So this actually happened on Monday, December 23… I had been sitting in the chemo chair since 9 a.m. and it was now 4:30 p.m. I had crazy insomnia the night before, probably because of the steroid, and didn’t get much sleep. But it was okay because at least I was feeling pretty calm. I…
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My first blog post!
I’ve always wanted to blog about my travels, especially about the years I lived and worked in the Middle East and Africa from 2010 to 2017, but I never got around to it. Maybe I’ll share some of those adventures later! Yesterday I had a three-phase CT scan. I guess I need to have the…
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