A wonderful thing happened.As my body began to recover from 6 sessions of intensive immune-system-busting chemotherapy in the summertime of this year, I gradually began to (to quote my husband) "come back to life."It sounds dramatic, and maybe it is.But as time got further away from the intensive 3-drug chemotherapy sessions, my attention span improved… Continue reading Speeding through the Season?
Tag: breast cancer
Being the Me I Need Today
Maybe it's that I'm coming off a nasty feverish virus that has made sleeping hard, or that I haven't been to the gym all week, or just that a lot has been anxiously bubbling beneath the surface... But some days, you wake up feeling like an absolute mess who can't handle ANYTHING. Ta da! ...… Continue reading Being the Me I Need Today
Checking in!
I know my blog has been quiet, but I'm still alive and kicking! It's actually mostly a good thing, as I've felt well enough to have a full and great summer with my kids. I'm down to one, much milder version of chemotherapy, and almost all of my symptoms (minus a few lingering and/or mystery… Continue reading Checking in!
The Discomfort Zone
My last post, in November of (crazy as can be) 2023, alluded to changes and shifts outside of my cancer diagnosis, surgery, and treatment. And oh mama... the changes have been many. In fact, that's been a huge part of why there have been no posts since then! When you're in survival mode - at… Continue reading The Discomfort Zone
Patience, patient
This won't be an epic, long post as my last few have been. Believe me, there's still plenty to ponder and process, but with my bilateral mastectomy and reconstruction complete, I am breathing a big sigh of relief and looking ahead. But first... there's that pesky healing process. I have had no illusions this would… Continue reading Patience, patient
Saying Goodbye to “the Girls”
While I don't intend for my blog, Alive-Awake-Uncomfortable, to become a Cancer Blog (TM), much of what makes me uncomfortable lately is confronting aspects my diagnosis of Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, so ... here we are once again! It may not surprise you to hear, that as a busy of mom of 4, I sometimes rush… Continue reading Saying Goodbye to “the Girls”
Let’s Talk About Death, Baby… wait, should we? Shhh!
I just came in from mowing my lawn, and pulling up a mess of matted, withered, crunchy and dry flower stalks in the beds. It's almost fall, and though it hasn't turned cold and STAYED cold yet, everything is in the process of turning crunchy and withered. I could have let those splayed out viny… Continue reading Let’s Talk About Death, Baby… wait, should we? Shhh!
Through unlined eyes…
Some time over the course of this summer, my daily guilty pleasure eye-liner habit slipped into an every other day thing. And then a few-times-a-week thing. Until summer break drew to a close, and over a week went by with nary an eyeliner application.Was it having the kids home, and less time for myself? Nah.… Continue reading Through unlined eyes…
Getting with the ‘Gram
Have you ever seen those posts exposing the pains behind the perfect Insta pictures? The lengths someone will go to in order to curate the perfect image/aesthetic to post can truly be incredible, if not amusing to someone like me who basically only dabbles in filtering her pictures of everyday life. But people - celebrities… Continue reading Getting with the ‘Gram
alive. awake. uncomfortable. 