Category: cancer

  • Mr. Clean

    The hair just kept coming out, so last night Chuck did the deed and shaved what was left off. On the way, he tried out a mohawk: He had his second chemo treatment today, which means he’s one third of the way through. So far, so good. No nausea, and feeling pretty good. Yay!

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  • Side effect

    So it begins. Yesterday morning, Chuck tugged a bit and tufts started coming out. We spent about half an hour, and this pile was the result:

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  • Happy (cough, cough!!) holidays!

    On the heels of Chuck’s first week of chemo, I came down with a walloping bad sinus infection, the kind where it feels like your head will explode from the pressure. The snot that has issued from my nose over the past few days could fill several water bottles, I bet. We went to our…

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  • Reality check

    No posts in a while, I know. That’s because we’ve been in a state of semi-shock for the past few weeks as we digested some pretty tough news. It turns out that the thing on the roof of Chuck’s mouth wasn’t just a nothing. It’s cancer. The confirmed diagnosis, is follicular lymphoma, a type of…

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