Category: Diary
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Drink More Water
I’m all over the place today, so I’m going to get out what I’m feeling and thinking and hope it makes sense. Yesterday I had a new side effect: the soles of my feet began hurting. I knew that was a possibility. I didn’t do anything about it last night – because I didn’t wanna…
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Second Chemo Treatment – I’m Amazed
I am amazed. It’s two days after my second chemotherapy treatment. This one was supposed to be worse. I was afraid. Scared enough that Sunday I began kicking overstuffed pillow shams as hard as I could. I needed to kick something, and I didn’t think it would be a good idea to kick Jim, my…
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Get Tested
In the past week I’ve learned of two more friends who have found out they have cancer. I’m in the cancer center right now waiting for my second chemotherapy treatment, and my strongest hope is that anyone reading this will get tested. Get your mammogram. Get your colonoscopy. Get your screening tests scheduled. Find out.…
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My First Chemo
It’s been awhile since I’ve written. I’ve wanted to write. I’ve scribbled thoughts here and there, but I couldn’t quite sit down and face re-experiencing the last couple of weeks. Every now and then I rub my hand over my head. There’s stubble. When will it fall out, I wonder? I could have had my…
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Approved!
My chemotherapy treatment has been approved! I begin Monday at 12:30pm. So what happened? Well, on November 17 at 1:22pm the cancer center submitted the status of prior authorization to my insurance. That was less than forty-eight hours before my treatment was supposed to begin, and apparently that wasn’t enough time. The reason my insurance…
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Denied
After all of that drama last night, guess what.I am NOT having chemo tomorrow. Somebody didn’t send a form, so my treatment was denied. My nurse navigator, let’s call her J, called this afternoon to tell me the bad news. I called my insurance company. They denied the procedure because nobody asked them for it.…