Here are the posts I’ve written so far about having breast cancer, arranged roughly in chronological order of the events and feelings they describe (not necessarily the order I posted them). Obviously, this will be updated from time to time.
- The Only Way to Be Sure of Surviving…
- How I Knew I Had Cancer
- Talking About Cancer
- Mean Nasty Ugly Things
- Care
- How Does It Feel to Have Cancer?
- What Happened After Diagnosis
- Beauty and the Breast (lumpectomy)
- Gratitude
- After Surgery
- The Verdict
- Vacation in Australia
- Preparing for Chemo
- Chemo, Round 1
- Brave?
- Chemo Roundup: February
- Hair
- Chemo Roundup: March
- Chemo Roundup: April
- Chemo Roundup: May
- Chemo Roundup: June
- Chemo Done! (and what happens next)
- 7 Horrifying Facts About Chemotherapy
- Radiation Prep: More to Look Forward To
- Chemo and Menopause
- One Month Post-Chemo
- Treatment Roundup: July
- Treatment Roundup: August & September
- In Sickness and in Health (how Ericsson, my employer, reacted to my cancer)
- One Year On
- Cancer: The Aftermath
- Three years post-cancer
Dear Deidre , I know you don’t remember me ,but I have left a comment before. I am terminally ill and I been reading about your sinus problems and now your battle with breast cancer. I reckon I agree with you ,its a bugger but what can you do. Like you I go through the treatments and not one of them is easy but what can you do. I too fight on mainly for my family, I myself would be quite content to call it quits and stop all treatments. Are you brave ,yes you are . I wish you well ,and will continue to follow your posts. I am a Christians ,so it would be amiss of me not to say ,God bless you.
Thanks. I wish I could say “good luck”, but I’m not sure what luck has to do with it, honestly. You are brave to fight on for your family! Hugs to you, and blessings always appreciated even though I’m not a believer.