Abigail in Ann Arbor is doing 42 things including…

Totally reclaim June and July from the clutches of cancer

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Abigail has written 4 entries about this goal

Going well 2 months ago

Aside from some nagging worries about unexplained bruises (I finally called and had some labs done and was told not to worry since my counts are good) and some people bugging me to hurry up the scans (oncologist says he can’t even though the pulmo says we can), I have been happily cancer-thought-free for weeks. Yay me.

Jul 23, 02:14PM PDT | 8 cheers | 0 comments


More energy, finally 3 months ago

I FINALLY have some more energy, for the first time since, oh, December. WHOO! I can fit a whole bunch of stuff into a day, and don’t need the oxygen really at all any more. I’m hoping for really good scores on Monday’s PFT. I’m also hoping for maximum two more weeks of work … which would let me get going on some real wellness activities.

Jul 04, 08:40PM PDT | 7 cheers | 7 comments


Planning and more meds 3 months ago

This would have been easier had I not been diagnosed with another dumb condition yesterday caused by the medicine for all the other stuff. Still, it’s not so difficult to put in eyedrops every night. We sort of have a plan for work, now, too, and although I’ll be leaving my job, it probably won’t be until July-ish. Keeping on working till then will help with this goal.

Jun 20, 08:00AM PDT | 3 cheers | 3 comments


ON HOLD 4 months ago

From here on out, with my lungs healing well from the chemo toxicity, a plan for my return to work, and no cancer treatments planned for these next two months, I want to officially put on hold all cancer concerns/worries/thoughts/etc. Of course it’ll be impossible to completely do that – my fingers accidentally find my biopsy scar on my neck or my port under my skin, still – but I want to consciously make the effort as often as possible. I have a follow-up scheduled for July 8 on my lungs. I expect nothing but good news at that appointment, and the pulmonologist expects same. And my appointment with my oncologist is August 1. Barring any strange non-lung-related problems, I won’t be in contact with him at all until then. And I very much hope that happens. At that point, we’ll schedule scans and things, and I’ll give myself permission to re-focus on possible coming treatments … but right now, NO. I’m coming back to my life, and hopefully I’ll be feeling [good] once in a while … maybe even more often than that.

Jun 07, 05:35PM PDT | 5 cheers | 3 comments


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