Side Effects

Jun 20, 20213 min read

Have You Seen My Hair? (part 2) - Glass Half Empty or Have Full?

Remember when I told you “shit can happen”? Well… it's true. Right when you think breast cancer and chemotherapy are enough, you get hit...

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Jun 11, 20212 min read

I woke up this morning at six a.m., and, when I opened my eyes, I was in a funk. Life is complicated as it is, but, when you add chemo...

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May 30, 20212 min read

When I was told I would need chemo, my first visceral thought was: I WILL LOSE MY HAIR! Our minds are biased to believe that what we see...

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May 13, 20212 min read

The first few days after my second chemo cycle —this was a while ago!, remember I am already in cycle three—, I wore a motion-sickness...

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May 3, 20212 min read

I woke up and felt sooooo weak this morning —not a surprise, being the early days of a new cycle’s week one. As the effect of the...

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Apr 28, 20212 min read

By the end of week one of my first chemo cycle, nausea had gradually faded away and I thought to myself (again…) Alright, I got this! I...

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Apr 14, 20212 min read

Days one, two and three of the first chemo cycle —that is, the actual chemo day and the following two— went pretty well. I was energized...

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Apr 8, 20212 min read

The night after my first chemo-session, I woke up around 1:00 am. I felt a sudden rush of heat running through my body, and a river of...

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