I had a nice week “off” of chemo.  I didn’t do much in the world of the sick–just made a few appointments and went for one blood draw, and didn’t end up doing any cancer research.  I have felt pretty good this whole cycle (the first with the reduced dose of chemo); no queasiness after […]

It has always seemed expensive, but this really puts it in perspective.

(a button seen today at the oncologist’s office–round 5, dose 2 of chemo)

This week I started my fifth round of eribulin.  I am very tired of wearing head coverings all day.  My radiation “crop circles” have not grown back.  Maybe they won’t.  Or maybe it will take six months.  The oracle of the Internet (accounts of other metastatic breast cancer people) is not clear on the subject. […]