Author Archives: Anitra

At 7:15 am on Monday morning, I’ll check into surgery at Zion for the biopsy.  Might even ride my bike there!  Then later in the week I’ll get the results and share with you. Until then, I’m living large.  Visited … Continue reading →

It was a bit silly of me to be so excited about my last chemo.  I should have known better, I’ve done this before.  The last one of a round is not the last until the scan says so.  But … Continue reading →

The current mental state: time passing is so relative.  there are moments/days/nights when it seems to go so slow.  like in the dark last night, going from hot to cold, feeling some sort of indigestion/nausea inside, being much too awake … Continue reading →

I suppose most chemotherapy patients don’t do much blogging about a triathlon, but you know me…  just a bit crazy.  Maybe like P!nk says, “wrong in all the right ways?” Last time I was in treatment I did a race, … Continue reading →

The weeks after the last treatment went as expected with the Lily walk, school, and lots of special dinners and cuddling and sweet times with Morgan. The trip to my oncologist went mostly as expected with one small bummer.  Nothing … Continue reading →

I didn’t have the courage to write about it…  Each time before a treatment, I visit my oncologist to let him check the progress of the chemo.  No PET or MRI, just a physical exam.  When he saw the rash … Continue reading →

I hung onto it as long as I could.  I just really liked the new red.  But by the start of the third week, it was really falling out.  So we had a another head shaving party, this time with … Continue reading →

I had my first treatment 3 weeks ago, just before that last post.  I went in on Tuesday, stayed home Wed, then went to school on Th/Fri.  It was spirit week, Friday was the Girls vs Boys assembly with me … Continue reading →

The bad news:  cancer has re-invaded my body.  Of course there’s good news, too:  I’m not scheduled to die anytime soon. A bit of a rash had developed a week or so before my last regular check up and when … Continue reading →

in case you were wondering… Side effects: supposedly it does cause some fatigue, but I’m not really noticing any.  The bummer side of it is really just two points:  1) it’s *every* day for six weeks and there’s no way … Continue reading →