Week 3 A.D. Almost immediately after my first appointments with KU, I received a call from my Nurse Navigator to schedule a biopsy appointment. I would go in on Friday, December 12. Only one week out. They aren’t messing around. It’s half alarming and half reassuring. I tell myself it’s as if they all know… Continue reading Fear, Friends & Pulp Fiction
Week 2 A.D. (after diagnosis). My oldest daughter, Jillian, blessed me with a major distraction to my assumed cancer diagnosis. We kicked off the month of December with surgery to correct her deviated septum and tilted crus cartilage at the inside tip of her nose. It was a long-time coming since she busted her nose… Continue reading A Second Opinion
Driving home from my failed road trip attempt due to a panic attack, I sat in the front passenger seat, puffy faced with saltwater from my tears dried onto my cheeks and eyelids. My head felt full and swollen – to that point where it kind of feels like a head cold or maybe even… Continue reading Tears for Fears
*Warning: There's some cursing. As there will be in this entire blog* After about a year of owning this website blog domain, I'm finally inspired to write. It's not been due to a lack of ideas or thoughts to share but because of a voice in my head telling me, "It's not important." It took… Continue reading This is not where it starts, but where it continues.
Midlife Mamacita 