Tanya's Cancer Blog

Cancer Blog Entries Archived by Date

•  2007 (20)
  
  
  •  June (1)
    •  Wow... I just noticed that my blog is listed as the most discussed web blog. I'm humbled! And it's been sooo long since I've written. Life is becoming a bit normal, I guess. I will finally have health ins...
    
    
    
  •  April (3)
    •  "Health insurance hell" stories? Just wondering...I know a lot of you out there have also been affected by health "insurance" companies and the issues that arise during cancer treatment. I'm interested in hearing anyone else's horror...
    
    
    
    •  Run/Walk (crawl) For a Cure! I was just looking through the community calendar here, and I came across the revlon run/walk for a cure. And I signed up. So, I'm going to NYC on May 5th to participate! Here's a link to my fu...
    
    
    
    •  Oy! Hello everyone!! It's been too long since I last posted...is moving x-country a good enough excuse?? Things are a little closer to normal right now...I'm once again sitting at my computer 1st th...
    
    
    
  •  March (4)
    •  When it rains it pours! [[mowgli]] This is Mowgli getting ready for the big move...taking it all in stride! He thinks all of the furniture moving around is tons of fun...runs over and through it all like a big jungle gym. M...
    
    
    
    •  BRCA test...ask your doctor about it!!! I just saw my PCP and asked him if he could order the test for the BRCA gene mutation; I just had the blood drawn and should have results in a week or so. My sister is a doctor, and she saw a genetic ...
    
    
    
    •  It's valley fever! Yeah!! Only a cancer survivor would be happy about that!! I knew the gray/orange smog that lingers here for days wasn't a good thing...I'm so glad I'm moving!! The pathology said it's "sporadic" and "acti...
    
    
    
    •  Biopsy a breeze. [[mexico1]] (if you look closely you can see my scar that I proudly strutted around with) Hi everyone, I had a hard time logging on for the past few days...Jill says she's had a little bit of...
    
    
    
  •  February (6)
    •  Lesson learned...listen carefully and take notes when talking to doctors!! I had my app. with the pulmonary thoracic surgeon today, and turns out that my freakin' lung nodule actually is not calcified. Which means it's growing, or just grew. I think when I spoke to the nurse...
    
    
    
    •  Good news??? Ok, so I FINALLY got the CT results yesterday. The lung "noodle" is most likely a small calcified granuloma, consistent with those that develop after some type of respiratory infection (ie, valley fev...
    
    
    
    •  CT scan results on doctor's desk...waiting is so hard. I called my onc this morning to check on my chest ct scan results for that lung "noodle", and the results are there, he just hasn't looked at them yet, and he's in surgery today. I think, for me an...
    
    
    
    •  Night SWEATS, HRT, appointment tomorrow, lung nodule... Just a regular week with cancer I guess, huh? Last night I only had to change my pajamas twice, maybe that means my new climara estrogen patch is actually working a bit. I've decided from personal exp...
    
    
    
    •  On the radio! Yesterday I was contacted by a local radio station literally 20 minutes before they wanted to air me live so I could tell my story! Good thing, no time to get nervous... This guy Scott Anderson from t...
    
    
    
    •  I'm back!!! Hi everyone, and thank you so much for all of your comments and support. Irvin kept me posted in the hospital, and it really made me smile. So I'm going to write as many details as I can before I g...
    
    
    
  •  January (6)
    •  Tomorrow is the big day. My animal-spirit-buddy to help me stay strong... [[tiger]] Good morning everyone! I slept like a log last night and had intense dreams all night long. First dream... Irvin and I were drivi...
    
    
    
    •  Update Well, I had the interview today with the reporter and it went really well. She was really cool, and Irvin and I spoke to her for almost 2 hours. A photographer came along and took a bunch of pictures,...
    
    
    
    •  Ack! Surgery moved up to Jan. 29th!! I know this is a good thing, well, except for the insurance problem, but I'm freaking out a bit. I'm WAY more nervous about having a hysterectomy than I was about the chemo!!! I don't feel prepare...
    
    
    
    •  Ha! Contacted by local newspaper!! Yes!!! A reporter for the Tribune, the 2nd largest newspaper in Phoenix, contacted me just now and wants to run my story!!! She covers health related issues so already is very familiar with this. She'...
    
    
    
    •  Still pissed, but taking action Ok, I've contacted every news company in the state of arizona, Senator John McCain, Governor Napolitano, the White House, and I'm not done yet! Tuesday I will contact the American Cancer Society, file...
    
    
    
    •  Oh shit... Hi everyone, Well, I just got back from a wonderful 3 days in San Diego, a wonderful post-chemo gift from my mother. I wish I could say more about the trip, but I got some incredibly bad news when ...
    
    
    
•  2006 (14)
  
  
  •  December (4)
    •  Last chemo yesterday!!!! Yeah! Well, I did it! Despite feeling nauseas and feverish, I felt a huge weight lifted off my shoulders yesterday. I got a certificate signed by all of the nurses saying I completed my cycle, and then got ...
    
    
    
    •  The planets are aligning... Something about the way this has all happened feels really powerful right about now...kind-of like something great is about to happen. You know that strange feeling you get sometimes? Like when things...
    
    
    
    •  Almost there Well, blood counts are still in the norm, although on the low end of normal. I'm sure that has something to do with me feeling a bit tired and sluggish! I'm also having those annoying night sweats aga...
    
    
    
    •  Great news!!! Well, it's Friday evening and I'm feeling ok! Well, I still feel nauseous and my fingers are numb, but usually I'm still feeling pretty crappy now, so I'm very grateful. I took a hot epsom salt bath a...
    
    
    
  •  November (8)
    •  3 down, one to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yesterday was my third chemo treatment which means only one left!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's scheduled for Dec. 27, a week later than usual so I'm not sick the week my family c...
    
    
    
    •  Happy Thanksgiving Hope you are all well and with loved ones on this Thanksgiving day. Funny how the holidays are even more special to me this year... Good news, my bloodwork is ok this week, although my white bloodcel...
    
    
    
    •  : ) Hello everyone! As many of you already know, my wonderful and talented husband Irvin is a commercial, wedding, and artistic photographer. He's been working on this great idea he had recently, where...
    
    
    
    •  Itchy head, but still feel great! So I had my weekly bloodwork done yesterday and, as always, my blood counts are within normal range! What positive reinforcement for me to know that my body is bouncing back so quickly after feeling s...
    
    
    
    •  Good morning! Well, I'm sipping coffee this morning, which is a very good sign. I never want coffee when I'm feeling sick. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed, maybe I'm going to get off easy this time! Yesterday was...
    
    
    
    •  2 down, 2 to go!! I had my second chemo treatment yesterday, and things went fine. Ok, except that they had to try 3 times to find a vein for my IV, but not big deal. Who would ever have known that I used to have a nee...
    
    
    
    •  Bald is beautiful! Take that, falling out hair!! So this morning I woke up and just knew it was time. In the shower my hair was coming out in globs, and it felt dead and dry. So I woke Irvin up and said it was time a...
    
    
    
    •  Shedding! Well, I think the hair loss saga is beginning. It's starting to come out if I run my hands through it. And it's not just falling off my head... But, sadly, it's not falling off my legs!!! Big surprise...
    
    
    
  •  October (2)
    •  My head hurts... My scalp is REALLY sore this morning, and I think I'm noticing some shedding. From what other survivors tell me, this might mean I'm about to lose my hair. If it starts getting thin I'm going to have ...
    
    
    
    •  Hello! Hi everyone! I'll be posting more information here as I go, so come back often!...
    
    
    

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