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I Didn’t Get a Crystal Ball

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Pink Ribbon Road

November 3, 2018 The past 6 weeks have been a whirlwind of diagnostic MRIs and CTs, surgery to remove one metastatic tumor from my brain and decide what to do with the second one. The hardest part of this is … Continue reading →

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1 Month Post-Op – Brain Surgery

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Pink Ribbon Road

November 2, 2018 I am now 4 weeks post-op from having the larger of the two metastatic brain tumors removed from the back of my head. I have one spot on my incision that isn’t done healing as well as … Continue reading →

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Recovery from Brain Surgery

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Pink Ribbon Road

October 1-24 2018 I am now 3 weeks post-op from having a metastatic brain tumor removed from the back of my brain. I’ve been working since about the 4th day after surgery. My incision is healing nicely. My vision’s not … Continue reading →

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Think Before You Pink

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Pink Ribbon Road

I promised a post on donating to cancer-related organizations, specifically those for breast cancer and breast cancer research. Susan Komen puts only 7% of their annual budget toward breast cancer research. They spend their money on advertising for awareness campaigns. … Continue reading →

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My Unbucket List

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Pink Ribbon Road

October 31, 2018 I was thinking the past couple of days about my bucket list. Then, for some weird reason, I started thinking about the things I don’t have to worry about doing if I believe the statistics. I won’t … Continue reading →

Posted in End of Life, The Not Cancer Part | Tagged Angry Shitty Cancer, Brain Lesion, Brain Metastases, brain MRI, Brain Tumor, Brain Tumors, breast cancer, Breast Cancer Blog, Cancer, Cancer Blog, cancer patient, Cancer Sucks, cancer treatment, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Metastatic, metastatic cancer, metasteses, Nope Not Doing It, Not the Good Cancer, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, When Cancer's not enough

The Brain Radiation Plan

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Pink Ribbon Road

October 24, 2018 I had an appointment with the Radiation Oncologist for my brain today. The plan is to radiate the 2nd tumor. She’ll be talking with my Oncologist about the targeted chemo to make sure that it’s crossing the … Continue reading →

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Brain Radiation

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Pink Ribbon Road

November 1, 2018 I had to have a new MRI and a CT scan on my head in the past week to do radiation planning. On Tuesday, they did a run through of the plan and I got my first … Continue reading →

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60-Days Post-Cisplatin (Chemo)

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Pink Ribbon Road

October 24, 2018 I’m 60 days post-Cisplatin today. Some of the side effects of this chemo are finally starting to lessen a bit. The neuropathy comes and goes. Mostly it stays, but I can feel it waning some. There are … Continue reading →

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1st Day of Kadcyla

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Pink Ribbon Road

October 12, 2018 I got my first dose of Kadcyla today. It’s another targeted chemotherapy drug that is supposed to stop the cancer from growing and spreading. The previous two targeted chemotherapy drugs, Herceptin and Perjeta, clearly weren’t working for … Continue reading →

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The Brain Surgery

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Pink Ribbon Road

The pre-surgical appointments all got done and are out of the way. I know pretty much what to expect at this point. The Visual Fields Test was sort of revealing to me. My peripheral vision is worse than I thought, … Continue reading →

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I Didn’t Get a Crystal Ball

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Think Before You Pink

My Unbucket List

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The Brain Surgery

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