Betches Guide to Cancer – Chemo
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Betches Guide to Cancer – Chemo
4y ago
Your hair will grow back. What doesn’t grow back readily, are the brain cells that were killed by dense-dose chemo and the feeling of belonging in a cancer-community ravaged by constant death. What doesn’t grow ..read more
Betches Guide to Cancer – Chemo
4y ago
Two years apart. Same Lululemon hoodie; different body and soul occupying it. I’m not here to bullshit with all the champions who are going through chemo right now and tell you “everything will be ok ..read more
Betches Guide to Cancer – Chemo
4y ago
The incorrigible villain known as pollen is once again plundering my lungs of breath, scorching my throat, and welcoming me into its lukewarm arms with dual ear infections. Post-cancer, I’ve had a difficult time finding ..read more
Betches Guide to Cancer – Chemo
4y ago
Chemo drunk is a feeling I can’t justly describe with words and adjectives. I’ll take you back a bit: It’s December 21 and I’ve just finished my last chemo session at the hospital. I’m home ..read more
Betches Guide to Cancer – Chemo
4y ago
I’m sitting in a dimly lit massage room, waiting for the masseuse to come back. A large clap of thunder explodes outside as the lights start to flicker between varying degrees of brightness. Aren’t massages ..read more
Betches Guide to Cancer – Chemo
4y ago
Go ahead, insult me. I dare you. There is a disheveled little karaoke bar that is walking distance from my old address. It’s across from a strip of beach that’s lined with predominantly vacant snowbird ..read more
Betches Guide to Cancer – Chemo
4y ago
White Lies, Rainbows and Puppies: Sometimes We Just Need a Good Cry Sometimes I get really sick of talking about cancer. I get sick of hearing my own voice, of talking about wigs and boobs ..read more
Betches Guide to Cancer – Chemo
4y ago
Advice to the newly diagnosed Recently, I had a close friend who was diagnosed with cancer. This was actually a first for me. This is a real life friend who has cancer – like, not ..read more
Betches Guide to Cancer – Chemo
4y ago
Chemo brain is a real thing. It’s 3:40 and I have an appointment at 4, and it’s going to take me at least twenty minutes to drive there in traffic this time of day. I ..read more
Betches Guide to Cancer – Chemo
4y ago
It’s a love-hate relationship. Like, right now, I hate them. I got eyelash extensions the first week in April, when my eyelashes were presumably long enough to have extensions. The salon I went to was ..read more