Tag: chemo side effects

  • Why Am I Always Freezing?

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    Why Am I Always Freezing? 🌼 Date: Saturday, August 29, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Frozen vegetable phase, apparently ongoing 💓 Status: Blanket, sweater, socks, heating pad, still cold 🧐 Outlook: Google MD has entered the thermostat debate Why am I constantly cold? Not chilly. Not “maybe I should grab a sweater.” Cold. Like take-a-blanket-to-cover-my-legs-and-an-extra-jacket-when-I-go-anywhere cold. Including…

  • Cancer Took My Eye Moisture Too

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    Cancer Took My Eye Moisture Too 🌼 Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Dry eyeballs and Google MD 💖 Status: New drops, warm compresses, and a prescription change 🤨 Outlook: Tina 2.0 now comes with eye maintenance Today I had my follow-up appointment for my eyes. Because apparently my eyeballs wanted their own subplot.…

  • Fourteen Bags and a Missing Butt

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    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…

  • Chemo Nails and the Tina Book of Sailor Language

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    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…

  • Turmeric Tea and the Neuropathy Desperation Club

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    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…

  • The Hot Coal Foot Club

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    The Hot Coal Foot Club 🌼 Date: Sunday, May 17, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Pins, needles, hot coals, and a little bit of rage ❤️‍🩹 Status: Neuropathy has entered the chat and turned up the volume 🧐 Outlook: Looking for Plan B, because Gabapentin and Tina are not friends Today, the neuropathy in my feet and…

  • Ice Packs and Hour-by-Hour Living ⭐

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    Ice Packs and Hour-by-Hour Living ⭐ 🌼 Date: Friday, January 02, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Low, sore, inward ❤️‍🩹 Status: Managing. Not gracefully, but effectively. 😔 Outlook: One hour at a time, ice packs prioritized. Today Was Not a Great Day Today was day three of the Granix shots, and it hit hard. Severe bone pain…

  • Uterine Uprising

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    Uterine Uprising 🌼 Date: Thursday, December 18, 2025 ⚡ Energy: Low 💔 Status: Alive, betrayed by my uterus 🌞Outlook: Sarcastically optimistic I was told chemo would shove me straight into menopause.Apparently, my body did not get that memo. Instead, it chose “’Tis the season of giving” and went full Harry & David gift basket on…

  • I Cried at the Rain

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    I Cried at the Rain 🌼 Date: Monday, December 15, 2025 ⚡Energy: Low → depleted, but still breathing ❤️‍🩹 Status: Alive 😪 Outlook: Emotionally unpredictable. Physically annoyed. Still showing up. Today I Cried Because It Was Raining I was laying back in my recliner, mid-chemo spiral, trying to decide whether everything I’d managed to eat…