Here you see The A.C.K. Road Show in Portland getting some Yew and Platinum, as well as the targeted therapy infusions that are reserved for HER2+ lotto winners like myself. Treatment #2 went without any drama- no sneaky sedative this time so the full effect of the steroid they give you made me a bit…
Tag: breast cancer
Milestones & bumps in the road…
It is one month since the biopsy that started breast-cancer-bootcamp-week on December 3rd. The initial acute phase of finding out the details of my diagnosis, and starting treatments is passing, and the process to redefine normal for our household has started. Today Laura and Jon helped me get a new buzz cut. It was…
A Bigger Piece of Sky
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Christmas Eve we were the happy recipients of Carolers- who braved our treacherous steps to come into our house to sing and be offered Wassail treats. Christmas coincided with the ebbing of the more acute chemo side effects- which meant we spent Christmas day playing, & being happy-…
Winter lights
Martin picked out a little noble fir tree from the friendly older couple on Claremont Road. We enjoyed talking with the chainsaw-weilding woman, who is also a bakery owner – hers is in Warrenton. We talked about the recent cold snap, frozen water pipes, and her Cherokee heritage. Joe’s upbringing in the Texas panhandle made a…
Riding the Pooka 