Ashe Kills Cancer

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  • Chemotherapy: Round 2, Day 10

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    Chemotherapy round 2 was much easier than round 1. Not necessarily the side effects, but overall. I learned a lot during round 1, so round 2 was easier in that I largely knew what to expect. For example, I’ve learned it takes 8 or 9 days after chemo before I start to feel better and…

  • Chemotherapy: Round 1, Day 18

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    Quick post to document that my hair started coming out today. I’ve been checking it nearly daily by pulling on it gently. Today I consistently get a ton of hairs between my fingers. So, it seems likely that I shall be bald soon. Chemo round 2 is in four days, on Tuesday, December 3.

  • Education Session, Chemo Haul, Port Placement Surgery and Impending Chemotherapy

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    I feel like I’m so behind on my updates! Let me catch you up on everything. The Education Session Our chemo education session was on Friday, November 1. It was initially scheduled as an in-person appointment with the oncologist’s nurse practitioner (NP), but she was at home with COVID, so the office called me to…

  • I Cut Off My Hair and Finally Removed My Surgical Glue (With Photos)

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    Today I did something I do infrequently because it takes so much energy and causes me pain — I showered! But before that, I buzzed my hair off. Hair What began as a casual consideration became almost a compulsion. Get rid of my hair before chemo has a chance. “You want to take my hair?…