Tag: radiation recovery

  • Negative Ghost Rider

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    Negative Ghost Rider 🌼 Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Physical therapy reality check 💖 Status: Left shoulder has opinions 🙄 Outlook: New homework, new normal, same attitude Today I had physical therapy. And apparently my shoulder has decided it would be fun to take a few steps backward. Because why move forward in…

  • 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…

  • Hurry Up and Wait

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    Hurry Up and Wait 🌼 Date: Monday, August 3, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Treading water with numb legs 💝 Status: Waiting, waiting, and apparently waiting some more 😫 Outlook: Frustrated, defeated, and very tired of being the reminder system Waiting to see if you made the team is the worst. I hated it in high school.…

  • Lefty Got a Pep Talk

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    Lefty Got a Pep Talk 🌼 Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Hopeful, surprised, and cautiously feeling myself up 💗 Status: Plastics appointment with an unexpected fill 🥰 Outlook: For the first time in a long time, I feel a little more like me Today I had a plastics appointment, and the unexpected happened.…

  • 515 on Both Sides and Still Not Even

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    515 on Both Sides and Still Not Even 🌼 Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Confused, questioning, and slightly lopsided 💖 Status: Plastics appointment day 😉 Outlook: The math is mathing, but the boobs are not boobing Today I had a plastics appointment, and we are officially at 515cc on both sides. Yes. Both…

  • PSA: This Is Not a Free Boob Job

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    PSA: This Is Not a Free Boob Job 🌼 Date: Friday, July 17, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Snarky, spicy, and slightly over the bullshit 💖 Status: Issuing a public service announcement 😖 Outlook: Cancer may get some battles, but it does not get the war PSA: This is not a free boob job. Let me say…

  • Trick or Treat, What Size Did I Get?

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    Trick or Treat, What Size Did I Get? 🌼 Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Hopeful, confused, and mildly betrayed by bra cups 💖 Status: Another plastics appointment, another fill 😖 Outlook: Cancer messes with your mind, but it does not get to win the war Today was my weekly plastics appointment. Also known…

  • To Nip or Not to Nip

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    To Nip or Not to Nip 🌼 Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026⚡ Energy: Hopeful, relieved, and freshly inflated💖 Status: Fill Day success🥰 Outlook: The deluxe optical illusion package has been selected Today was the day. Back to plastics with the highest of hopes. All of my bloodwork results were in, my neutrophils had finally decided…

  • The Fill That Wasn’t

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    The Fill That Wasn’t 🌼 Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2026 ⚡ Energy: Deflated, and not just on the right side ❤️‍🩹 Status: Plastics appointment did not go as planned 😣 Outlook: Apparently cancer recovery still gets veto power Today I was excited because I had my plastics appointment. Excited. For a doctor appointment. Who even…

  • Just Give It Time, They Said

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    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…