The Nuker – Ribs-n-Zin

I hate Pinktober oh and I have Brain Mets… #64

October 13, 2016

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….And while it (or they) are very small, I am still terrified. As you know I had my scans all last week. A brain MRI on Tuesday, PET/CT on Wednesday and Abdominal CT on Thursday. Tuesday afternoon The Blood Guy called saying the radiologist called him stating there was a very small spot showing on…

No Break for the Weary #56

March 18, 2016

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Ain’t that the truth! Two whole months with no treatment break! UGH! Radiation February 25th – March 2nd Chemo February 29 – March 17th (it ended a few days early due to low cell count.) Shots and Infusion March 24th (technically my week off chemo) Radiation starts again Monday March 28th Chemo April 4th –…

The Exhaustion Edge #55

February 26, 2016

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Back in December I started feeling a low back pain that I couldn’t quite determine if it was bone pain or simply a pulled muscle. I thought I’d just wait until my PET/CT end of December to see if anything was going on. Well, something was amiss on my scan – a portion of my…

2 Weeks into New Treatment #54

February 11, 2016

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It has officially been 2 weeks since I started Ibrance, my oral targeted therapy and my Zoladex and Faslodex shots. I would have to say the biggest side effects I have been experiencing are fatigue, no energy, nausea and bleeding gums. I’ve been sleeping a lot again. I recently had a mouth sore but that didn’t…