Category: flushing

Sharing my cancer story. It might be helpful, it might be interesting, it might be informative.

  • The waiting game continues

    So, long story short, even though my scans in September showed “numerous” new tumors in my liver, lymph nodes, spleen, abdominal cavity, and right breast, my oncologists think I still don’t yet have enough tumor load to merit another surgery and/or a new treatment called PRRT (Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy). I am both frustrated and…

  • One year after surgery: a retrospective

    I’m still coming to terms with my new identity as a life-long cancer patient, as well as the transition from Librarian to not-Librarian. Most importantly, however, I have absolutely been loving being home after school with my daughter and eating dinner together. With my previous schedule, on an early day I’d get home at 6:45pm,…

  • The decision to stop working

    Ever since my metastatic diagnosis almost exactly a year ago, the idea to stop working has been in the back of my mind, but I just wasn’t ready to make the leap. In the two months between my diagnosis and the Big Surgery I was in crisis management mode, focusing on tying things up, both…

  • I’m looking at you, lymph nodes

    It’s been a mostly relaxing four months since I’ve been back at work. We’ve been ramping up for a big event that took place this week, and I’m excited I got to be a part of it. In the meantime, I’ve been going in for my monthly Sandostatin shots. I’m continuing to have flushings, so…

  • Back to work

    I’ve been back at work for two weeks now, and it’s going really well! My abdomen is all healed up; I’m not having pain any more. I’m really glad I was able to take three whole months off work to recuperate; I needed it. To illustrate, in early December when my family was dressing the…