Tag: Chemo Life

  • Tiny Steps, Big Feelings

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    Tiny Steps, Big Feelings 🌼 Date: Thursday, March 26, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Soft Puppy Snuggles + Slightly Panicked Brain ❤️ Status: Cautiously Watching Things 🤔 Outlook: Calling the Experts in the Morning Miss Maizy is starting to get a little braver today. This morning she ventured farther out into the front yard and followed Gidget…

  • Strep… But Make It Unexpected 🙃

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    Strep… But Make It Unexpected 🙃 🌼 Date: Friday, March 20, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Annoyed but amused ❤️‍🩹 Status: Switching antibiotics (again… because why not?) 😉 Outlook: Rolling with it… because that’s what we do So today’s episode of “What Fresh Hell Is This?” comes with a fun little twist… I got a message from…

  • UTIs, Broccoli Science & Going Down the Rabbit Hole

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    UTIs, Broccoli Science & Going Down the Rabbit Hole 🌼 Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Frustrated but curious ❤️‍🩹 Status: Back on antibiotics (again 🙄) 🤓 Outlook: Learning, adjusting, and doing everything I can Well… overnight my body decided it needed a little more excitement. And by excitement, I mean another UTI. 😑…

  • The Great Skin Shed & Operation: Tiny Dog Application

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    The Great Skin Shed & Operation: Tiny Dog Application 🌼 Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Determined with a side of slightly horrified curiosity 💖 Status: Exfoliated within an inch of my life 🥰 Outlook: Hopeful for smoother skin and maybe a tiny new family member Well… yesterday we talked about my brilliant chemo-brain…

  • Brush, Baby, Brush & A Tiny Heart Thief

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    Brush, Baby, Brush & A Tiny Heart Thief 🌼 Date: Monday, March 9, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Curious, slightly sparkly 💖 Status: Flaky but optimistic 🥰 Outlook: Big changes coming—on my skin and in my heart So, chemo brain strikes again… but this time, it’s a bright, sparkly kind of idea. You know how I’ve been…

  • Snow Globe Skin & the Great Moisture Hunt

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    Snow Globe Skin & the Great Moisture Hunt 🌼 Date: Saturday, March 7 & Sunday, March 8, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Slightly crusty, slightly brilliant 💓 Status: Flaky but functioning 🧐 Outlook: Moisture is out there somewhere… and I will find it This weekend we’re talking about something no one warns you about with chemo… and…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Love Looks Like Clean Floors

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    Love Looks Like Clean Floors 🌼 Date: Saturday, January 31, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Borrowed. Conserved. Protected. 💗 Status: Held up by the kindness of others. 🌞 Outlook: Grateful beyond words. Today was one of those days where my body made the rules—and the rules were absolutely no energy allowed. I had zero strength. Zero motivation.…