Navigating dual primary cancer—one step, one rep, one breath at a time.
by Alli Houseworth
Taking an unbelievable amount of prescription meds when you used to barely take Ibuprofen or cold meds in the Beforetimes. Your mom asking which chemo
It’s 3:45am. I’ve been lying in bed, wide awake, for 30 minutes. All I can think about is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I
TL;DR (because I love bodies and this post is going to get a little long and a little nerdy) Here’s what I’m working on in
“But you’re so young! Why you have a cancer problem?!” my nurse Kyoung asked as she hooked my port up to that day’s iron infusion.
I wasn’t sure how to start this one—until my brother reminded me of the classic Mike Tyson quote: Everyone has a plan until they get
Going into a grocery store two days after you get your port placed – and for the first time since before your surgery – and
My best friend asked me if I remembered coming out of anesthesia for my breast surgery. I do. I remember the nurses talking about travel.
A week and a half before my chemo began, I had a 90-minute one-on-one teaching session with a nurse practitioner named Jen from my colorectal
My friend Micah was in town and came over last night. We were catching up on many things, including how f’ing hard it’s been to
TL;DR My rectal cancer symptoms increased significantly and are the worst they’ve ever been. I was able to get in to see my colorectal oncologist
Navigating dual primary cancer—one step, one rep, one breath at a time.
