My bottles of partially-used prescriptions are getting out of hand. I think I need one of those spice-bottle spinny caddies to control them. Or maybe something like this for the back of the bathroom cabinet door…
Author: ekhb
International Day of the Midwife
That’s today. If there is a midwife in your life, now’s your chance to appreciate her! On to less important topics. I got some eyebrow-makeup advice from an unexpected source recently…yay! Will have to act on that soon now that I am not so mystified. I now have, below my right collarbone, a port, which […]
Good week, and new “hairs”style
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 […]
Thanks, health insurance!
It has always seemed expensive, but this really puts it in perspective.
“If I were a mouse, I’d be cured by now!”
(a button seen today at the oncologist’s office–round 5, dose 2 of chemo)
Some, less, and more
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. […]
A quick fact-filled update
It’s been a while. Tomorrow is my second dose of round 4 of chemo. Last week I got the good news that the chemo is working–I had a CT scan that showed the two main metastases are slightly smaller than before. I had a brain MRI as well, which as expected showed the zapped brain […]
Anticancer
I’m reading a very thought-provoking book about what we can do with nutrition and lifestyle changes to help our bodies be less hospitable to cancer cells. It’s called Anticancer: A New Way of Life and the author is David Servan-Schreiber, MD. Here is our anticancer lunch: Tofu with turmeric and ginger and black pepper, shiitake […]
Thought for the day (post-chemo, round 3, dose 2)
From Information Is Not Enough: The Place of Statistics in the Doctor-Patient Relationship.
Chemo round 3, dose 1: fine so far
Chemo was Tuesday afternoon after a quick visit with my oncologist. He is impressed that my white and red blood cell counts are holding up so well. But did not inquire as to why. I don’t really know why, but maybe…bone broth with astragalus? Kombucha? The mushroom capsules I took for the month before chemo […]