The Waiting Is The Hardest Part
Today’s cancer-related word of the day: scanxiety. It’s the gnawing worry one feels when one is waiting for an upcoming CT scan and suffering through the long agonizing wait for…
Tag: cervical cancer
The Road To Recovery
In the 9 months since my surgery, I’ve had ups and downs, made a ton of progress on the healing front, lost one oncologist and gained a new one, had…
Cut Me, Mick!
After lots of rambling blog posts, I figure it’s time to get back to the story. Last I left off in the whole cancer saga, I had been diagnosed, ran…
Gimme Three Steps…
One step forward and two steps back. (Apologies to those of you who thought this might be a blog about the awesomeness that is Lynyrd Skynyrd. It is not. The…
Almost 7 Months Later…
So here it is – almost 7 months after my radical hysterectomy and lymphadenectomy for stage 1B1 adenosquamous carcinoma, and 4 days after my last itty-bitty-clean-things-up-and-do-another-ginormous-biopsy surgery. And I’m still…
A Candid Conversation Part 2
Here is the second part of an in depth conversation I had with The Gorgeous Blonde just before her hysterectomy. In the interest of full disclosure, I am breaking it…
And The Hits Just Keep On Coming…
So now that I’m feeling loads better, let’s get back to the story shall we? Last I left off on my recounting of this fabulous journey, I had just been…
It’s Not a Toomah – Oh Wait…Yes It Is.
2 July 2012 – the start of my ‘real’ cancer journey. The rest was just tests and more tests that were all supposed to come back just fine. Except they…
Cervical Cancer, HPV and Burkas
Today’s going to be a little different of a blog entry for me. All of this has been rattling around in my noggin since I got my diagnosis. Hope you…
Who knew LA had friendly people?
Well, I’m back. This is my first blog post after surgery last week. I’m currently on opiate-based narcotics (and various other drugs) and have the attention span of a gnat…