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Monthly Archives: June 2014
chemo school and delusions
warning: this will contain more information than usual about my bipolar. some people are not going to read this – so this won’t be the post for you. i’ve talked briefly in the past how my bipolar may, or may … Continue reading
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Tagged #tumorous, bipolar, blogging about blogging, cancer WFT, it's not just about cancer, mania, mental health, portacath!
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some advice about how to talk to people with cancer about cancer
NOTE! this is general advice that i’ve though i should collate in one space, as a few people have mentioned that they’d gotten good ideas out of other blog posts about talking about cancer. a lot of this is about … Continue reading
Portacath! sleepytimes! overnight in hospital! hospital food!
these things are probably not that exciting. WARNING: discussion of surgery, and surgical wounds, and hospitals, and hospital food. if these are gross out/triggers for you, don’t read on. i have a strange love of surgical stuff when i’m … Continue reading
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Tagged #tumorous, anxiety, cancer WTF, convinced tiny lung spots are killing me, eating, portacath!, surgery
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i fell asleep in an MRI. and rectal cancer is dumb
i still feel a bit hazy from it. MRIs are my least favourites, mostly because they take ages, and make me feel really really OFF after. dizzy and confused and disoriented with screeching weird headaches. this one was an hour … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, cancer WTF, chemotherapy, kindness, portacath!, surgery, voms
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a day (resembling) rest, and life goes on, heartaches and all
Today has been a thankfully appointment free day – other than my psychologist tonight, which is never a big deal. i have been doing mental health therapy for so long that i’ve come to find it soothing, rather than anxiety … Continue reading
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Tagged #tumorous, apologising a lot, cancer WTF, kindness, liver
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intense shifting terrifying emotions
thursday was horrific. actually, totally horrific. i had my oncologist appointment. i actually really liked my oncologist. he seems really lovely, really honest and straight shooting, and that’s what you need. but oncology is frightening, especially with my cancer terror. … Continue reading
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irritated, and scared of PET scan, and probably picking fights
i have a really bad habit that i have tried to reform for years. my name is elizabeth, and i like starting fights on the internet. don’t get me wrong, i’m not a troll. but people say dumb stuff. people … Continue reading
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Tagged #tumorous, cancer WTF, chemotherapy, kindness, miserablebloodyliver, PET scan, prayer
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looks like OK cancer still might not be OK.
as everyone says, this whole thing is up and down and up and down again. we saw the liver surgeon today. the problem with the tumours there are that they are too big. way too big. they are completely inoperable … Continue reading
short and sweet! cancer is still kinda ok cancer.
a brief entry today – my GI doctor told me my treatment outline – chemotherapy, followed by surgery if the chemo is successful in shrinking all of the tumours. it appears that my body has been stopping the progression of … Continue reading
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Tagged #tumorous, bowel, cancer WTF, chemotherapy, i am very lazy, liver, paperwork is hard, personal training, planning
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