What I’m doing about the cancer Grinch who almost stole my Christmas
I love Christmas. I always have. I love the eggnog, decorating the tree with the silver ornaments my parents gave me as an annual Christmas …
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Your mommy is bald and ugly!
These were the words my five-year-old daughter (identified as V) was subjected to on her bus ride home on the first day of school this …
Being a cancer patient will help me in business
Scenario 1 I was with my husband when I got the news from my General Practitioner (GP) doctor that I had stage 3 breast cancer. …
Cancer’s impact: it’s a family affair
What I have learned as a cancer patient is that the cancer isn’t isolated to me. It has tentacles that reach out to my closest …
Blepharitis & Dry Eye Syndrome
Blepharitis and dry eye syndrome from my treatments have been particularly bad the past few days and my doctor prescribed eye mask isn’t cutting it. …
Practice makes perfect
This is what happens when you get distracted by kids and when an inexperienced person tries drawing eyebrows… One is much higher than the other. …
Herceptin, my saviour!
It’s a good news / bad news situation. Bad news is that my bloodwork wasn’t good (anemia, moderately high neutropenia, low platelets and signs of …
New bedtime routine to combat chemo side-effects
My new bedtime routine, brought to you by chemotherapy… I have purchased ice booties in the hopes to prevent further Plantar Erythrodysesthesia and to start …
Nosebleeds
The arrow in the image below is pointing to the empty station ready to for me at the Get RIPPED! Buffet class. Unfortunately, a heavy …