Day 3728 - An Extra Decade
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2y ago
It feels like just yesterday we had high-microbial foods and a cancer piñata at my five-year remission party, but here we are in 2021... I often have to look up the actual date of my "remission" anniversary because 1) I didn't realize that it was an official declaration of being in remission, and 2) I had just woken up from anesthesia and was on a 96-hour chemo drip. I just remember it was the day before Thanksgiving, and my doctor happily told me they found no traces of leukemia in my bone marrow, even with the extremely sensitive genetic testing. My immediate reaction and feelings surroundin ..read more
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Day 221 - Adventures Around Dumont
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2y ago
Walking around my neighborhood is getting really boring. I'm starting to know the streets too well. I avoid walking around the curve between Barbara and Forest because there's a dead, rotting squirrel. Further down on Sherwood, there's a dog that barks at me. The bushes are overgrown on Cedar, so I can't walk on the sidewalk there. These are the observations I've made after wandering around the development for months. Sad. I don't really like walking anywhere without a destination, so today I packed up my bag and walked to Dixon Homestead Library. (That's one public place I'm definitely allow ..read more
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Day 0 - Diagnosis
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2y ago
Now we all know that UHS (University Health Services) is world renowned for its high-quality healthcare. False. I went in on Tuesday and told them that my glands were so swollen, I couldn't speak, eat, or drink. The doctor did a strep test, which came back negative, and she said to come back in a few days if it got worse. It did. I called them on Thursday and I was like I'M COMING IN. DEAL. My wonderful suitemate Michelle had to get into some glorious conversations with UHS and security to coordinate my transport to the UHS building. I got there, fainted while they took my blood pressure, and ..read more
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Day 3380 - I'll Be [Staying] Home For Christmas
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3y ago
Exactly 9 years ago, I was in my house in Dumont having a panic attack because my temperature was 100.6०F. It had a whole different meaning back then. A fever while I was neutropenic meant I had to be admitted to the hospital and put on IV antibiotics until my counts recovered, which could take weeks. So when I saw that "100.6" in mid-December, I knew that meant I'd be inpatient for Christmas. Fast forward to 2020, and oh, what a year it has been! After a shitty year full of sickness, death, and despair, we're coming up on the holidays, and instead of being able to look forward to gathering w ..read more
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Day 3113 - Isolation
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4y ago
For the last few days, I've been joking about everyone complaining about needing to quarantine, and I'm like, amateurs! I had to stay in my germ-free bubble for 6 months when I was on chemo! You're going stir-crazy after three days? CRY ME A RIVER! But then today, even I started feeling really antsy and anxious, and I had the same reaction to myself: Why are you freaking out already? You've handled so much worse than this, how is THIS making you go stir-crazy? The huge difference between now and eight years ago is what's going outside of the quarantine bubble - the insane, apocalyptic pandem ..read more
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