Steroid Math, Medical Denial, and Hot Pink #12

Steroid Math, Medical Denial, and Hot Pink #12

🌼 Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2026

⚡ Energy: Low. Confused. Surprisingly amused.

💔 Status: Chemo brain is running the show today.

😑 Outlook: When in doubt, choose hot pink.

I finally figured out why I didn’t have a full-blown wakey, wakey cycle this round.

Turns out…
I can’t read.

I was supposed to take two steroid tablets in the morning and two in the evening, but I misread the label and only took one each time.

Well. Shit.

Is it too late to go back and take the ones I missed?
Probably.
Should I call someone and ask?
Also probably.

But here’s the thing — I’m supposed to start the Granix shots tomorrow, and I’m fairly certain I’m not supposed to be stacking steroids and Granix like some kind of experimental cocktail.

So instead of dealing with that today, I decided to absolutely not deal with it today.

Tomorrow Tina can handle it.
Today Tina is tired.

Thankfully, Casey stepped in with a much better plan: a manicure. Because my nails are now so brittle and dry that one of them split straight down the middle, and that was going to be my final straw.

Let me just say how much I love my nail lady, Sue. She worked her magic and saved the nail. Crisis averted.

And because my brain is currently bad at decisions, I let Casey choose the color.

Sue and I both laughed when he immediately picked hot pink — #12.
The same color I use every summer.
The same color that apparently lives rent-free in his brain.

Honestly? Perfect choice.

Today wasn’t about productivity.
Or problem-solving.
Or correct medication math.

It was about letting one problem wait, fixing one small thing, and ending the day with nails that make me smile every time I look down.

I’ll take that win.

💗 Tina –
One Badass Day at a Time