Tag: cancer journey

  • Borrowed Balance & Mexican Food

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    Borrowed Balance & Mexican Food 🌼 Date: Friday, February 20, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Low Battery, Minimal Output ❤️‍🩹 Status: Still Wobbly, Still Healing 😔 Outlook: Borrowing Strength Until Mine Comes Back Nothing big happened today. No appointments.No milestones.No dramatic wins. Just healing. Casey convinced me to go out for Mexican food tonight. And by “convinced,”…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Umbrellas, Princess Paws, and the Gift of Boring

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    Umbrellas, Princess Paws, and the Gift of Boring 🌼 Date: Thursday, January 29, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Low, conserved, intentionally spent. 💗 Status: Rainy day. Full heart. Very small victories. 🌤️ Outlook: Turns out “boring” is a luxury. Today was one of those days where not much happened—and honestly? That felt like a gift. I spent…

  • A Quiet Visit from Bryan

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    A Quiet Visit from Bryan 🌼 Date: Saturday, January 24, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Low, steady, tender ❤️‍🩹 Status: Chemo week + Granix reality, wrapped in meaning 😌 Outlook: Finding signs, even on the quiet days This morning started with an unexpected gift. While sitting inside, moving slowly and letting my body wake up at its…