Ashe Kills Cancer

Tag: Medical Appointment

  • Radiation

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    My goodness, it’s been a minute — four months, actually! Despite that gap, it’s important to me to keep documenting my cancer experience. So here’s what happened after chemo. Consultation Getting set up for radiation is a multi-step process. First is the initial consultation, where the doctor walks you through your options and you decide…

  • 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 13

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    It’s been 10 days since my previous update, so it seemed like a good time for another. I’m mostly feeling okay today and have been for a few days. But it was rough going there for a bit. Side Effects For the first week or so, I had a bunch of side effects. I felt…

  • 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…

  • Updated Appointment Schedule (Including First Chemo Session)

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    Happy Halloween and Merry Samhain, loves! 🎃 Instead of partaking in festivities, I’m researching what kind of stuff I’ll need to have for chemotherapy and starting to search for those things on Amazon to put in my cart. I’ll probably end up with quite the chemo haul. 😆 I scheduled my port placement surgery and…

  • HER2 Status, Surgical Follow-Up and Heart Rate Update

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    The biggest news of the day is perhaps that the results of the reevaluation of my HER2 status (the HER2 FISH test) came in today and nothing has changed! I’m still considered HER2 negative, which is a relief. Also today I had a follow-up appointment with my surgeon. She says I’m healing well! I do…

  • Breast Cancer Surgery: Partial Mastectomy (Lumpectomy)

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    Yesterday I had breast cancer surgery. I had hoped to post about it then, but I largely rested and/or slept for the rest of the day. The day started very early. We were instructed to arrive at the surgery center at 6 AM, so we woke at 4:15 AM to leave at 5:20 AM. The…