Author: Carmin
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A Draining Update
One drain in, one drain still there. And the advice is that to get it off, I need to stay as still as possible. The nurse suggested pretending that I had the arm in a sling to avoiding it. But that’s actually kind of awkward, so instead I borrowed a sling. It isn’t just annoying…
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Drains Suck (Literally and Figuratively)
I’m almost two weeks out from my second surgery and well, I’ve been grumpy. Which probably has me less excited to want to give updates. It’s not so much because I want to hide the pain or grumpiness, but just that I’ve not felt like doing much of anything! Overall, surgery went well, but I…
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Thank you!
Thanksgiving Day seems like a good time to thank all of you for everything you have done for us since my diagnosis and through my father’s own illness and death. A short list of ways people have helped us out: I listed all of this just remind us all that there are so many different…
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pCR
I know I said I was going to blog less, but yesterday’s appointments were interesting enough (at least to me) that I wanted to give an update. And I do think writing it all down provides a record for me and makes sure I understand it as well! The big news was that there was…
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A footnote on pCR for the geeks in the house
Yes, for those who have noticed, it is confusing that there are more than one PCR. Before this post, perhaps you only knew the COVID testing one. But, there was another one I was exposed to in my data science program. So just to keep them all straight, here is a list: Fortunately, it generally…
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Surgery Update
It’s a little odd that I used the Full House gif Monday and then Dave Coulier went on the speaking circuit today to discuss his recent diagnosis of cancer. But just a little update on how surgery went for me. There were a few things that I didn’t expect that I figure I might as…
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Cut it out!
So it’s surgery time and I am struggling to think of appropriate songs to add to my playlist for this phase. The only thing I can think of is Full House and “Cut It Out.” But between the playlist I made myself and the playlist you all made for me, I do have plenty of…
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How Can You Help? Vote
When I received the call on May 30th of this year that I had joined 1 in 8 women who will have a breast cancer diagnosis during their lifetime, I was obviously in a little bit of initial shock. But, as many of you know, I am a consummate planner and so a few of…
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A Lot Going On At the Moment
First and foremost, thank you all for the kind words and thoughts about my dad’s passing. For those who may have missed it, here is a link to the obituary. And for the many of you acknowledging that this is just A LOT for anyone one person to deal with, you are right! And that…
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Feeling cancery
After my very first treatment, a certain member of my family said “you don’t look very cancery.” To which I replied “and I don’t feel it either!” Well, I have to say that today was the opposite. I felt very cancery and it made me pretty grumpy! Probably having to wake up really early didn’t…