Rainbows and Black Unicorns

Tag: Caregivers

  • My cancer journey

    Mid March I had a lumpectomy. That was ok. Not really a big deal. I’m still recovering but it’s all good. Radiation is put off for a few months which I’m ok with. The problem was the skin cancer on my back. While doing the breast surgery the surgeon so fixed up the margins where…

  • the beat goes on

    Here’s the update. I have 2 different types of breast cancer. It’s very early stages so a few stitches and a bit of radiation and I’ll be done. I’m not scared but it is an inconvenience. So many tests and appointments. But I can get through that. Secondly, I have skin cancer. Not melanoma but…

  • Coping with Uncertainty in Cancer Treatment

    Wow how life has changed! I am now the patient with a diagnosis of 2types of breast cancer and skin cancer. All at the same time! The breast cancer is early stages but will require lumpectomy and radiation. The ugly growth on my back isn’t diagnosed until biopsy comes back. Doc said it was definitely…

  • been gone awhile

    WordPress has changed things and I find it really difficult to access this blog. I’ve missed typing out my feelings and since I have lost most of my support and my feelings are a bit crazy! Update: I was attending a grief support group but often felt like a fraud. Their partners were all dead.…

  • victims

     Jane Cawthorne Writer and Editor Cancer is Not a Journey Cancer is not a journey. Stop with the meaningless platitudes. Cancer is a kidnapping. A hijacking. You’re going along, living your life and BAM. A bag gets thrown over your head and you are captured and you don’t know where the hell you are going.…

  • PTSD

    Learn how caregiving can lead to PTSD and how to recognize the symptoms. PTSD doesn’t just happen to people who have experienced a major life-threatening event. PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) can occur after any traumatic event or experience. It may surprise you to discover that providing care for a loved one is one of the main causes…

  • home

    I got home from my mini break and felt wonderful! Since I live with someone who is diet restricted it is such freedom to eat whatever I wanted! So many vegetables and some spicy new things. An hour after being at home I got hit with the most incredible exhaustion. I was almost sick I…

  • planning for the inevItable.

    I’m getting so much better with puppy loss. I imagine her surrounded by love and happiness and that helps me to move on. Friday is loopogram day. Hopefully, this CT will help pinpoint where leaks are and they can decide if there is any chance they can be repaired. Enterococcus is still present and really…

  • Vacay

    I’m away. Away from the house. Away from monitoring Amy’s pallor. Away from food prep, cleaning, feeding the cat, yard work. Instead, I’m in a fantastic hotel room with a pub downstairs. Today, I plan to sit by the lake and process all that’s happened in the past few months. Im sitting at my hotel…

  • N 1 patIents

    today was the first time I ever heard that reference to a cancer victim. Amy was told that’s what she is considered. It means that there isn’t enough research done on what is happening with her for them to have any protocols for treatment. Docs are shooting in the dark. They admit they don’t know…