The radioactive seed insertion procedure is done! It involved a lot of waiting, especially for the doctor – whom everyone seemed to need. Staff interacting with me wore clear masks, but as is typical with the Communicator mask, it wasn’t always positioned correctly over their lips. “Can you pull that down a little more, please?…

Today is the last day of my respite between chemo and surgery. My parents rented a place down south for two weeks; I joined for the second week to work remotely. After being inside my house for seven months, the change of scenery, warm weather, and being outside have been just what I needed. I…

Surgery is two weeks from today. I’m still waiting to find out when my seed insertion will be. I also need an ultrasound of my lymph nodes because the tech at the last ultrasound skipped that (probably assuming wrongly that I would be getting an MRI). Of course the only opening is at a UPMC…

My surgery is March 28! That was initially a tentative date, but now it’s official! This news came after my surgical consult today. Dr. McAuliffe went over my recent scans. She clarified that we can’t compare the ultrasound to the mammogram, just a mammogram to mammogram and ultrasound to ultrasound. She said the tumor on…

Dear Body, Today is probably a little confusing. For the first time in three months, you aren’t being injected with poisonous chemicals. This is not a fluke! Chemo is done with you. It’s an official break up. Why are there still repercussions? Why are you acting like you’re still in this relationship? It is time…