Friday, January 1, 2016

Is this thing still on....

Happy New Year!

I've been pondering updating my blog again.  On one hand it's a bit of a chore but on the other it was always therapeutic to get my words out.

Regardless, a quick update is in order.  Last month, nearly 8 years to the day of being diagnosed with cancer, I learned the dreaded beast is back and this time with a vengeance.

I am now Stage IV, aka advanced stage breast cancer, Metastatic breast cancer, terminal, or the bad kind.  The cancer spread to my lungs, lymph nodes, and bone.

I began chemotherapy four weeks ago today and am now losing my hair, dealing with nausea and vomiting, and terrible bone pain. The worst of it is the coughing, which is maddening. But in a way I guess it is also a blessing as the cough is what led to a string of tests that found the cancer before it had a chance to spread even further.