Tag: chemo recovery
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Cancer Took Over My Calendar
Cancer Took Over My Calendar 🌼 Date: Friday, May 29, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Tired, scheduled, and slightly over being managed by medical portals ❤️🩹 Status: Still juggling the full-time job I never applied for 🥰 Outlook: If you’re in this too, I see you — and no, you’re not doing it wrong No one tells…
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Unsolicited Advice Is Not a Treatment Plan
Unsolicited Advice Is Not a Treatment Plan 🌼 Date: Saturday, May 23, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Spicy, tired, and fully stocked on opinions I did not ask for ❤️🔥 Status: Issuing a public service announcement from Cancerland 🧐 Outlook: Support is welcome. Google University medical degrees are not. Today’s post is a public service announcement. And…
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Welcome Back, Methotrexate, You Rude Little Miracle
Welcome Back, Methotrexate, You Rude Little Miracle 🌼 Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Horizontal with an ice pack ❤️🔥 Status: Methotrexate is back, and so are the side effects 😴 Outlook: Sleeping this one off and hoping tomorrow comes with fewer regrets Welcome back, Methotrexate. And apparently, welcome back to the full-fledged nausea…
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Methotrexate Is Back on the Menu
Methotrexate Is Back on the Menu 🌼 Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Cautiously hopeful with a side of snap, crackle, pop ❤️🩹 Status: Cleared to restart the miracle drug 😇 Outlook: Praying for relief, because this body is loud Today I got two emails I have been waiting for. One from my radiation…
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Under Maizy’s Supervision
Under Maizy’s Supervision 🌼 Date: Friday, May 15, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Resting, recovering, and heavily supervised 💓 Status: Chair-bound with a tiny nurse on duty 🥰 Outlook: Healing may be slow, but at least the staff is adorable Today was a lazy day around the house. And honestly? Good. Not every day needs to be…
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A Glimpse of PC Tina
A Glimpse of PC Tina 🌼 Date: Monday, May 11, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Hope with a little bit of holy-shit-is-this-normal? 💖 Status: Seen as Tina, not Cancer Tina 😍 Outlook: Maybe normal isn’t gone forever after all Today felt different. Not loud different. Not dramatic different. Not the kind of different that comes with a…
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Wig, Boob, and a Secret Little Spark
Wig, Boob, and a Secret Little Spark 🌼 Date: Friday, May 8, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Nervous excitement with a side of closet panic 💓 Status: Planning from the bald head down instead of the shoes up 😘 Outlook: Authentic Tina is reporting for duty Today brought me a little spark of exciting news. I am…
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The Six-Week Waiting Game
The Six-Week Waiting Game 🌼 Date: Thursday, May 7, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Laundry, impatience, and mild medical portal side-eye ❤️🩹 Status: Waiting for answers like it’s my full-time job 🤨 Outlook: Hopeful, but one “wait 4–6 weeks” away from becoming feral Yesterday was not exactly an action-packed episode of Tiny Tina: Cancerland Edition. There were…
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The Art of Doing Absolutely Nothing
The Art of Doing Absolutely Nothing 🌼 Date: Wednesday, March 4 – Thursday, March 5, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Low Battery Mode 💗 Status: Resting, Recovering, Recharging 😑 Outlook: Sometimes Healing Looks Like Doing Nothing The last couple of days have been… uneventful. And honestly, that’s probably exactly what my body needed. After the cold, the…
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The Whispering Client
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…
