Category: Recovery From Breast Cancer

That went well

My tooth has been so problematic for such a long time that I’ve made the mistake that I so often counsel others against or coach them out of: I had made a whole lot of bad assumptions before I started.
I assumed that the whole thing would be Really Difficult, so when I called the surgery, [...]

Operation Tooth Fairy begins

My lovely friend Emily has been nagging me about getting my achey tooth fixed for months. And, yes, my tooth has been achey for months, but in a very low-level way, like the way your muscles ache the day after you’ve had cramp, or lots of sex.
So I’ve put up with it, got used to [...]

Chemotherapy has its uses

Yesterday I had my hair cut. It’s still a cause for celebration. Three years ago, I was the queen of the hand-knitted hat by day, getting chilly by night if the close-fitting cotton cap I wore to sleep in wiggled off as I turned and tossed. And even though losing my hair was the least [...]