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  • Chemo Days

    Chemo Days

    Just a quick note to describe chemo day. If anyone (say, any middle schoolers reading this) wants a video instead, the prep video from Northwestern is actually pretty good. But basically, I start…

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  • Hair

    Hair

    So, my hair is definitely gone! The materials said it would start to fall out around the 14 days after the first treatment and it did. (And so my playlist has been updated…

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  • Round 2 of Chemo (with bonus good news)

    Round 2 of Chemo (with bonus good news)

    So good news to start out Round 2! My labs looked good and most importantly, it looks like the tumor has already shrunk noticeably. I had thought I was feeling it shrink, but…

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  • FAQ (Updated August 4, 2024)

    FAQ (Updated August 4, 2024)

    A place to come for common questions we are fielding (aka FAQ): I’m new here: What’s going on? I (Carmin) have Stage 2 breast cancer. I was diagnosed shortly before turning 51. For…

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  • Week 1 Update

    Week 1 Update

    Well, I am 8 days out from the first chemo injection (picture from my injection) and many of you have asked how it went, so wanted to give an update. Overall, the answer…

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  • The missed food tour (and other bad stuff)

    The missed food tour (and other bad stuff)

    So while I’m still riding the high of getting the “less evil” chemo and being excited to get going on this, I figured I would note that yeah, there is a lot of…

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