I know you just rolled your eyes. But hear me out. I’m a planner. I start for a vacation the minute we decide where we are going to go. What should I pack, how much should I pack, should I pack snacks? I started treatment yesterday, chemo all afternoon and…

Cancer consult number 542, or something like that. This morning I had my appointment with my radiation oncologist. I like her a lot, she is very matter of fact. She was positive but not afraid to be realistic. And the plan has changed. Again. We are still pursuing a combination…

A Second Opinion Changes Everything For the past few weeks I have been coming to terms with the fact that I have cancer. Weird, rare, no one’s ever heard of it cancer. I still don’t feel sick. Somedays I am aware of my lymph nodes, especially the ones up under…

I’ve only just been diagnosed, but it’s already so interesting to me the way people react when you say you have cancer. For the most part people are really supportive and sympathetic. Most everyone knows someone who has dealt with cancer or has had it themselves. Most folks don’t know…

Maybe it’s not actually day one, I guess day one would be back in the beginning of March when a CT scan for something completely different found a huge mass, right in the middle of my chest. I think I had been mentally preparing myself for this diagnosis since that…

What happens to your sex toys when you die? What happens to your sex toys when you die? Have you ever thought about this? I guess if your spouse or significant other knows about them, it’s not a big deal, but what if your spouse is gone and your kids…

I went through your underwear drawer… I spend a lot of time going through people’s underwear drawers. And their medicine cabinets. And that weird cabinet over the refrigerator. I’m not a burglar, promise. My husband and I own an estate sale company in the Pacific Northwest and let me tell…