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Cancer Updates & Reflections

Not much new to report with chemo! I continue to tolerate it as well as anyone can expect and that's really good. I've developed some chemo brain fog again which really stinks. I hate feeling like I don't know what's going on in my own mind! It's aggravating as all get out. What's weird is I had the brain fog very early with the AC (red devil) but it disappeared when I went to taxol. Then at the halfway mark (Christmas Eve), I started getting it again. The reprieve was fun while it lasted! It's really my only side effect (well that and the steroids making me want to eat literally everything so I've gained like 20 lbs) so I can't complain too much...but it sucks! When you're someone like me who has always been proud of your ability to think and be clear and now sometimes you can't...it's disorienting and frustrating.  I will literally be in the midst of a conversation and forget what I was talking about. In the middle of a sentence! Thankf...

Taxol 6 & New Beginnings

 Happy New Year! It's hard to believe the calendar has switched over to 2025. Where in the world did 2024 go? I feel like I blinked and it was gone but simultaneously the last few months of 2024 felt like years. I, for one, am always grateful to turn the calendar on a new year. I'm not a huge fan of the New Year, New Me business because it seems insincere and too "fad-ish" for me. Alas, I do enjoy the prospect of a new story to unfold over 365 days and making the most of every single day. On New Year's Eve, I had my 6th taxol treatment. That means we are officially on the downswing! There are six treatments left in this part of my journey. I'm nearly there. Something that felt insurmountable at one moment is now just a blip on the radar of my life. At least that is how I am choosing to look at it. That morning, knowing my daughter Emily didn't have to work remotely that day, I came up to my office/craft area to get something to work on while at the cancer ...