On the 22nd, kellee and malachy and i went to the BHC for a post-op information session where i was supposed to learn about 1)breast cancer and nutrition info 2) info about lympedema and post surgery physiotherapy 3) what to expect at the oncologist apts. sounds good right ( Read more... )

So this cheerful story starts last friday when i went to st.b at 8am to get a bone scan (they will do this throughout my treatment to ensure that the my bones are holding up because parts of the treatment, and the fact that the treatment will put me into premature menopause will be detrimental to my bones. luckily i'm fat and way less likely to get ( Read more... )

somehow we ended up at the grace 2 hours earlier than necessary. i had a debate with a nurse trying to ascertain whether i came two hours early because they told me the wrong time or because it was late. doesn't matter really. first they made me change into a horrible fashion night mare including brown foam slippers with happy faces on them. i had ( Read more... )

well all i've ever asked is that life not be boring. and well it certainly isn't boring ( Read more... )

I thought maybe a party would be a reasonable distraction from feeling stressed out about life. but it just wasn't meant to be ( Read more... )

Lukas and Owen have been here since thursday. i wish they would never leave. I've been friends with lukas since my university days. He dated one of my roommates and i remember thinking he was a huge bitch when i first met him. but then came food not bombs, and our feminist days at the women's centre, and various other shenanigans that make me ( Read more... )

okay i got a bit behind again. so here is the update from the last week ( Read more... )

I have a million things to do right now,and people coming for soup tomorrow, and house guests starting thursday for a month, and instead of doing all these things that i need to do i am playing on the internet and watching some wretched show about newly weds who secretly hate each other. how has it come to this. cancer schmancer - technology is ( Read more... )

oh cupcake girl. sigh.

i just spent stupid amounts of money on pretty clothes that i will likely wear once, if that. money that i probably should spend on school, or save for when i am off work. but damn, i look good.