Tag: Cancer Recovery
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Google MD and the Ice-Cold Water Situation
Google MD and the Ice-Cold Water Situation 🌼 Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Hydration-focused, but still picky ❤️🩹 Status: Trying to convince my neutrophils to get back to work 🥶 Outlook: If my body wants fluids on the rocks, then on the rocks it is Thanks to the very prestigious degree I have…
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Fourteen Bags and a Missing Butt
Fourteen Bags and a Missing Butt 🌼 Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Closet-cleaning ambitious, body said “ma’am, no” 💖 Status: Fourteen bags lighter 😮 Outlook: Apparently my closet needed cancer recovery too Today I decided it was time to start cleaning out my closet. Cancer and chemo come with all kinds of unexpected…
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Father’s Day, Cancer Edition
Father’s Day, Cancer Edition 🌼 Date: Sunday, June 21, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Grateful and a little emotional 💖 Status: Honoring the dads 🥰 Outlook: Some people show love by showing up, over and over again Today is Father’s Day, and I want to take a minute to honor all the dads out there. The dads…
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Packing, Planning, and Not Becoming a Feral Raccoon
Packing, Planning, and Not Becoming a Feral Raccoon 🌼 Date: Saturday, June 20, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Organized in theory, tired in reality 💝 Status: Camping lists have officially entered the chat 😪 Outlook: This year, we are packing in baby steps because burnout is not invited We leave for the beach at the end of…
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My Side Table Knows Too Much
My Side Table Knows Too Much 🌼 Date: Friday, June 19, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Fragile, nauseous, and trying to rehydrate ❤️🩹 Status: Recovering from the Lupron gremlin 😣 Outlook: If survival had a table of contents, mine would apparently be sitting beside my recliner After the night I had last night, today was not about…
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Chemo Nails and the Tina Book of Sailor Language
Chemo Nails and the Tina Book of Sailor Language 🌼 Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Tender fingers, stubborn sparkle 💖 Status: Nail appointment day 😥 Outlook: Still short, still sore, still hoping cancer gives me this one thing back Today I had a nail appointment, and this time I remembered to take pictures…
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Just Give It Time, They Said
Just Give It Time, They Said 🌼 Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Mildly annoyed but medically released 💝 Status: Six-week radiation follow-up complete 🥰 Outlook: One more doctor checked off the active roster Today I had my six-week follow-up appointment with my radiation oncologist. Six weeks since radiation. Six weeks since the daily…
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Maizy the Wanderer
Maizy the Wanderer 🌼 Date: Sunday, June 14, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Pajama cardio before protein 💞 Status: Puppy walk turned neighborhood expedition 😟 Outlook: Apparently the girls had travel plans and forgot to tell me This morning, I took the puppies outside so they could do their usual morning routine. Sniff everything. Inspect the yard.…
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Turmeric Tea and the Neuropathy Desperation Club
Turmeric Tea and the Neuropathy Desperation Club 🌼 Date: Friday, June 12, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Curious, skeptical, and still mostly numb ❤️🩹 Status: Trying a homemade neuropathy remedy 🤔 Outlook: At this point, if it might help my feet, I’m listening Yesterday, while I was at the retirement celebration, one of the drivers told me…
