Tag: Cancer Recovery

  • The Itching Phase & Chemo Brain Glitches

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    The Itching Phase & Chemo Brain Glitches 🌼 Date: Saturday, April 25, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Itchy and mentally scrambled ❤️‍🩹 Status: Surviving the side effects 🤨 Outlook: Hoping my brain and my skin both decide to behave The itching phase has officially begun. I’m pretty sure anyone who sees me right now thinks I either…

  • The Waiting Room Was More Helpful

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    The Waiting Room Was More Helpful 🌼 Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Running on stubbornness and puppy supervision ❤️‍🩹 Status: Slightly crispy but still standing 😑 Outlook: One treatment closer to the finish line Today was my first weekly check-in with the radiation oncologist after treatment. After finishing radiation for the morning, Casey…

  • Princess Training, Physical Therapy & The Science of Dog Breakfast

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    Princess Training, Physical Therapy & The Science of Dog Breakfast 🌼 Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Cozy Morning Meets Physical Therapy Reality 😍 Status: One happy rescue, one very small princess, and legs still under construction ❤️‍🩹 Outlook: Healing… for both of us 💗 Last night was Maizy’s first official night at home,…

  • The Whispering Client

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    The Whispering Client 🌼 Date: Monday, March 2, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Barely Audible 💗 Status: Whispering, Wheezing, Still Sick 💅 Outlook: At Least My Nails Look Good I’m still feeling pretty crappy today. The cough is still hanging around, and now I’ve reached the stage where every time I talk, it makes me cough. So…

  • Pre-Baby Bladder Sleep and Other Miracles

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    Pre-Baby Bladder Sleep and Other Miracles 🌼 Date: Monday, January 05, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Cautiously optimistic (with good sleep swagger) ❤️‍🩹 Status: Rested, stitched, still healing 😴 Outlook: One miracle at a time — todays was sleep I woke up at 1:15 a.m. to pee.Which, historically, is how my body likes to trick me into…

  • 59 Hours Awake, 8 Hours of Bliss (and a Hard Stop at 10:30)

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    59 Hours Awake, 8 Hours of Bliss (and a Hard Stop at 10:30) 🌼 Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 ⚡ Energy: Quiet, tender, deeply tired 💓 Status: Shot one complete, record sleep achieved 🥱 Outlook: Rest counts as progress Day one of the Granix shots. For reasons known only to my body and whatever gremlin…