Tag: Breast Cancer Journey

  • Are We Getting Gidget a Sister?!

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    Are We Getting Gidget a Sister?! 🌼 Date: Thursday, February 19, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Operating on 12% Battery 💗 Status: Healing from the Inside, Dreaming of Puppy Kisses 😎 Outlook: Cautiously Hopeful (Pending Ivy League Admission Results) Energy level today: still somewhere between recliner and horizontal. My body is clearly still in full rebuild mode.…

  • 415cc & A Very Expensive Milkshake

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    415cc & A Very Expensive Milkshake 🌼 Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Running on Fumes & Determination 💗 Status: 415cc & Still Standing – Barely 🤕 Outlook: Healing from the Inside Out Today Casey had to drag me to my plastics appointment. And when I say drag, I mean emotionally encourage, physically steady,…

  • The Only Route I Ran This Week

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    The Only Route I Ran This Week 🌼 Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2026 – Tuesday, February 17, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Running on fumes, sarcasm, and stubborn survival. 😞 Status: Post-chemo crash. Body in revolt. Mouth staging a full protest. Legs currently identified as “Lipsky.” 🔮 Outlook: This is the ugly middle of healing — but…

  • Taco Tuesday & The Final Chemo Fiesta

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    Taco Tuesday & The Final Chemo Fiesta 🌼 Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Artificially Enhanced (Thank You, Steroids)💗 Status: Pink Princess on Parade 🥳 Outlook: Celebrating the Win Before the Crash The day after chemo is a strange place to exist. Technically, poison is coursing through your veins… but thanks to steroids, you…

  • Super Bowl Sunday: Meh, Meh, and a Cleaning Fairy

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    Super Bowl Sunday: Meh, Meh, and a Cleaning Fairy 🌼 Date: Sunday, February 8, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Reserved. Protected. Intentionally spent on nothing. 💗 Status: Resting with snacks and opinions. 🏈 Outlook: Some wins had nothing to do with football. Today was Super Bowl Sunday. Now, we don’t actually watch football during the season, but…

  • Breaking Up with the Vampires

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    Breaking Up with the Vampires 🌼 Date: Saturday, February 7, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Thin… but still holding. 💗 Status: Drained, tested, and somehow still standing. 🧪 Outlook: Cleared for the final stretch. Today I paid my final visit to the vampires at the lab. In order for the pharmacists to prepare the correct cocktail of…

  • Friday Night, Full Circle

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    Friday Night, Full Circle 🌼 Date: Friday, February 6, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Low physically. Full emotionally. 💗 Status: Healing… and happily interrupted. 🌮 Outlook: Connection makes everything better. Today was another one of those healing days. The kind where my body made it very clear that rest—not productivity—was the assignment. No energy, no momentum, no…

  • Healthy Enough to Be Slightly Killed

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    Healthy Enough to Be Slightly Killed 🌼 Date: Thursday, February 5, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Cautiously functional. 💗 Status: Cleared for controlled chaos. ☢️ Outlook: One last round—let’s do this. Today was my oncology check-in—the appointment where they decide if I’m healthy enough for my final round of chemotherapy next week. You know.The appointment where they…

  • Healing Days and Pink-Bow Joy

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    Healing Days and Pink-Bow Joy 🌼 Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Low… but learning to respect it. 💗 Status: Healing, resting, and unexpectedly spoiled. 🌸 Outlook: Sometimes the smallest surprises mean the most. Today was another low-energy day. At this point, I think we should stop calling them low-energy and start calling them…

  • From Mini Cans to Grape Juice Bottles

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    From Mini Cans to Grape Juice Bottles 🌼 Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Surprisingly upbeat. Mildly impressed. Still skeptical. 💗 Status: Filling, healing, and moving on up. 🌤️ Outlook: Progress is happening—even when I argue with it. Today was another plastics appointment, and I’m officially moving on up in the world. I got…