Chemotherapy
Things That Are Weird: Part Four
Going into a grocery store two days after you get your port placed – and for the first time since before your surgery – and
March 17, 2026
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The Archive
Author: Alli Houseworth
Beforetimes
My Unlikely Friend
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.
March 16, 2026
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Chemotherapy
FAQ: What Side Effects Do You Expect From Chemo? (Or: Let’s Talk About Drugs, Baby.)
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
March 9, 2026
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Beforetimes
Beforetimes: Job Interviews
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
March 8, 2026
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Chemotherapy
Diagnosis / Treatment Update: March 8
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
March 8, 2026
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Things That Are Weird
Things That Are Weird: Part Three
Opening your budget tracking sheet for the first time in six weeks and seeing a tab that says “DCIS Expenses” and it having a pretty
March 4, 2026
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Chemotherapy
Diagnosis / Treatment Update: March 1, 2026
This is my first one of these posts, so I’m going to backtrack a bit before circling back to the news I got last week.
March 1, 2026
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Surgery
Drained
It’s nine days after surgery and I have my first post-op with my plastic surgeon. The goal is simple: see if we can remove my
February 25, 2026
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FAQ
FAQ: What Were Your Symptoms? or, How I Might Have Saved My Own Life
What were your symptoms? Breast Cancer None. The two areas of DCIS were discovered on a routine mammogram. The IDC was discovered on a standard-issue
February 24, 2026
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Beforetimes
boots on broadway
February 23, 2026 Fourteen days post-op — boots on broadway If you had told me one week ago that I would feel like this— energized,
February 23, 2026
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