Ashe Kills Cancer

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  • Chemotherapy: Round 4, Day 15 — Final Round!

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    Chemotherapy round 4 was a little less tolerable than rounds 2 or 3 but still not too bad. The whole thing took an hour longer than usual again because they were quite busy for some reason. It took about four hours instead of three. My husband ended up in the waiting room instead of sitting…

  • Chemotherapy: Round 3, Day 17

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    Chemotherapy round 3 was the most tolerable yet. The infusion itself was largely uneventful, though it wouldn’t generally be my choice of activity for the day after Christmas. And as it was the day after Christmas and the oncologist’s office had been closed the previous two days, it was quite busy. I’ve never seen it…

  • 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.

  • Chemotherapy: Round 1, Day 3

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    Chemo steroids are keeping me awake in the middle of the night, so what the hell? Let’s try to write an update. 😆 I have my OmmWriter music on in the background via YouTube Music. Anyone familiar with OmmWriter? It’s a distraction-free writing program I used a bunch back in the day. Steroids Anyway, yes.…

  • 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?…

  • Chemo is Officially Official

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    I mean, that’s basically the TLDR. Chemo is officially official. We saw my medical oncologist for the first time today. Three weeks to the day since surgery. It had to be three weeks because that’s how long the results of the Oncotype test would take. I forgot about that test, actually, but I awoke to…