Tag: Cancer Recovery
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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…
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Retirement Cake and Second Family Love
Retirement Cake and Second Family Love 🌼 Date: Thursday, June 11, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Social battery running on fumes, but heart full 💖 Status: Popped in for retirement celebration and summer goodbyes 🥰 Outlook: Grateful for the people who make work feel like family Today was retirement day and cake celebration time at work. The…
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Lab Day, Liver Gold Stars, and Immune System Drama
Lab Day, Liver Gold Stars, and Immune System Drama 🌼 Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Cautiously optimistic with a side of germ paranoia ❤️🩹 Status: Liver is behaving, immune system is still on strike 😶🌫️ Outlook: I’ll be in the recliner, wearing pink and avoiding people Today was bloodwork day. Even though I…
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When Cancer Gets Too Loud
When Cancer Gets Too Loud 🌼 Date: Monday, June 8, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Trying to stay present while my brain tries to time travel 💞 Status: Re-centering, one small thing at a time 😟 Outlook: I cannot control every fear, but I can come back to this moment The thoughts of cancer have been pretty…
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Love Needs No Translation
Love Needs No Translation 🌼 Date: Saturday, June 6, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Dressed up, emotional, and grateful 💖 Status: Celebrating love in a room full of it 🥰 Outlook: Life keeps throwing us plot twists, but love keeps showing up too Today we had the honor of attending a very special wedding. Our oldest son…
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Laundry, Recliner, Dinner. That’s the Whole Plot.
Laundry, Recliner, Dinner. That’s the Whole Plot. 🌼 Date: Friday, June 5, 2026 ⚡ Energy: One spoon and a suspicious amount of determination 💖 Status: Laundry done, recliner occupied, dinner achieved 😊 Outlook: Not every day needs fireworks. Sometimes clean clothes and Mexican food are enough. Today, nothing dramatic happened. No major medical update. No…
