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Follow me as I face my new life with ... metastatic breast cancer.

This blog is a look at my disease, my treatment and my day to day life coping with my new reality ... stage 4 cancer.

Latest Blog Posts

  • CDC ..Update For Cancer Patients on Nov 26, 2009

    From the CDC website...To help prepare you for the flu this season, CDC answers some of your most important questions about special considerations for cancer patients and survivors for seasonal flu and 2009 H1N1 flu.Here is their link http://www.cdc.

  • Exercises and School on Nov 25, 2009

    Yesterday I put together and started my exercise program for my feet. After doing some of the stretching exercise, I realise that my calves are extremely tight ... likely from the lack of activity on my part for the last eight to ten months. The exer...

  • Sore and Stiff Feet on Nov 24, 2009

    The bottom of my left foot continues to be sore and stiff ... to the point where walking isn’t fun. I pulled out the yellow pages and looked up orthotics clinics and gave a few of them a call. One said I need a referral from a doctor. I also calle...

  • Xeloda Cycle Two - Day Seven on Nov 23, 2009

    The side effects I seem to be experiencing from the Xeloda so far are cramps and diarrhea, neuropathy and hand/foot syndrome symptoms.The stomach issues seem to have settled down a bit. I’m learning that I have to be ever so careful of what I eat a...

  • Melissa Etheridge - I Run For Life (Live) on Nov 22, 2009

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  • Molly Mall Walker on Nov 21, 2009

    Yesterday D and I spent some time walking around the mall. It was nice to get out see it all decorated up with Christmas lights.Tho I felt good most of the day, later in the day I struggled with diarrhea. I’m not sure if was caused by my gulping do...

  • Second Cup Group on Nov 20, 2009

    Yesterday I had coffee with the ‘Living with Cancer’ group which I’ll start calling the Second Cup group.Three of us met and we talked for three hours ... wow and that went by quick. One of the ladies has a central line (CVC) like I used to hav...