On May 21st I went for an oncology visit with Dr. Rudnick, my oncologist. Sean was out of town for work, so I brought a friend with me. Our friend Kenny knows a great deal about cancer and has had many interactions with oncology doctors as he lost his fiance …
So I just finished my 5th chemo round. It hit me really hard this time. I started feeling it early on Sunday. In the first few rounds I didn’t feel it until Monday. Last round it was Sunday as well, but I felt it much harder this time. Thank goodness …
I was contacted by a friend, a few months ago, asking if I’d be willing to share my story in the newspaper in a “Cancer through Courage” series that was running. Of course I said yes. I was interviewed one day, last month, and had a photographer come a couple days later. …
A week ago on Wednesday (3/26), Sean and I drove up to Cedar Sinai to have an MRI and to see my oncologist, Dr. Rudnick and his PA. The MRI came back as we had hoped with no changes, meaning that the “white” stuff on my MRI is most likely scar …
Again…my chemo dose was postponed. I was very disappointed, I just want to get this over with as quickly as possible. But my blood counts (platelets to be exact) and that means that my bone marrow is not healing in between rounds of chemo like it’s supposed to. And that’s …
My chemo round scheduled for February 7th, was delayed when Sean told the doctor’s office on the Wednesday before that my son had a fever, they pushed my chemo to the following week. So, yes, I started my chemo on Valentines day. Happy Vday for me!! But it was fine …
Last Wednesday, January 8th I had an MRI and met with my oncologist. It also happened to be my youngest son’s birthday and he was going up to Cedar Sinai with my husband and I. I felt bad leaving him for the day with a babysitter or at a friends …
One of the mom’s at my boys’ school was diagnosed with breast cancer and went through a round of chemo earlier in the school year. She is Asian and uses family recipes to help her detox her body from chemo. I did this with juice, but waited about 5 days …
Wow, what a year it has been. I think it’s been a few years since I’ve written a Christmas letter. Although I believe most of you we are sending this letter to already know all the we have been through the past few years. For 7 weeks in the summer …
On my last oncology visit, Dr.Rudnick (12/11/13) said he’d really like me to start on chemo right away. I, of course, had a plan in my head and told him that I wanted to wait until the start of the new year, so that I could enjoy my holidays with my …
