The procedure Brought my charms with me to get me through this final step! The day finally arrived! My port has been removed! Not sure what a port is? No problem - here's a link from Memorial Sloan Kettering if you want to know more. The most important thing is that mine is now out... Continue Reading →
Last week was both the anniversary of when I started my chemotherapy and Trastuzumab (AKA Herceptin or Kanjinti) and it was my final Trastuzumab maintenance infusion. There were a lot of emotions last week. In addition to the fact that I had a super busy week at work where I MC'ed an event of 200+... Continue Reading →
It's been quite some time! I actually intended to take some time away from my blog after I finished everything up in November. There was a lot to be done with preparing for Christmas. I'm sure there were some colds tossed in there as well. Then I thought I might keep the break going in... Continue Reading →
The only thing that was really noteworthy was that my 12th radiation treatment fell on the same day as my Herceptin infusion. That made things a bit tricky. I arrived at the hospital close to 8:30 AM and got all hooked up. I had nurse Jeny, who is super nice! She was quick and efficient... Continue Reading →
Another treatment is in the rearview! Again, it was a fairly straight forward treatment and radiation side effects still seem to be minimal at this point. All good news and good things! When I arrived at treatment, they called me back to get changed and there was another lady who must have finished up her... Continue Reading →
Today marked my seventh treatment. I didn't post yesterday because I was having too much fun and didn't have time! Both of my treatments went as usual except that they were running a little behind yesterday and today. Not sure what was going on (maybe it's all those non-flat back people!), but both yesterday and... Continue Reading →
Progress Update My stats just seem to be getting better! I'm really happy and relieved that my sleep is returning to its normal awesomeness. I'm still feeling pretty tired at the end of the day, but that could be normal since I feel like I've been really busy. I haven't had very much time to... Continue Reading →
Progress since the end of chemo Yesterday marks 2 weeks since my last chemo and I feel like there's been a very rapid improvement in just the last couple of days. I'm think my Herceptin infusion last week caused a bit of an inflammatory response especially since I'm still a bit off from the chemo.... Continue Reading →
Me at week 13! I can't wait until I can do my hair! It's been over 2.5 weeks since my last chemo treatment and I'm actually starting to feel that. This past Wednesday I had my first Herceptin-only infusion. Since I have never only received Herceptin I wasn't quite sure how that was going to... Continue Reading →
I will probably continue to do these progress updates until I'm done with my "active" treatment. That will be inclusive of radiation, but I will not consider the remainder of my Herceptin infusions and Tamoxifen as part of my active treatment even though it technically is part of it. I've had the same type of... Continue Reading →
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