A love letter to my white blood cells

Dearest White Blood Cells, Oh you pesky little buggers that keep me alive and free from nasty infections.  I never really thought of you much and that was wrong of me.  A terrible oversight that makes my heart ache and my mind tense from the thought of what life could be without you.  Alas, at […]

I lied. A chemo followup. Hilarity and pain ensue.

So it is Saturday following the chemo that I had on Monday. And my perspective on chemo has changed radically from the afternoon that I wrote that post after having spent 3 days in the hospital following my infusion. I arrived home around 5:30 in the evening and felt completely fine.  My lovely friend and […]

What happens at chemo?

I bet some of you are wondering what actually happens at a chemo session.  So I figured I’d break it down for you. I am lucky because I only have to do my treatment every 3 weeks.  There are people that come in days in a row for weeks or longer. Here is how it […]

Healthy Health Update

It is September and the weather in San Francisco is beautiful, if not a little chilly.  I have been slowly getting back to work and finally last week spent an entire 40 hours on the computer.  Yes, not all of it was spent productively working away, but at least my stamina is coming back. Tomorrow […]