Scanxiety is defined as “the stress and anxiety that cancer patients feel when waiting for scans and the results of those scans.” I joke about the slang with my cancer community but at the end of the day, when I’m laying in bed and counting down the days until I have to go in for …
Month: February 2022
Triggered Trauma
Is it too much to ask for a normal doctors appointment where ZERO red flags come up? 😅 I had my well-women’s exam at the gynecologist about two months after finishing RAI. I was coming to terms with the bodily changes I was going through, and was trying to stay positive about healing from this …
Work & Illness
Managing an illness and managing a career simultaneously is, to put it simply, exhausting. The constant pressure to perform, deliver excellent customer service, and simply show up can seem impossible when dealing with your own private nightmare. I was working for Hyatt as a hotel manager when I was being tested, scanned and biopsied for …
Metallic Mouth
I thought I had escaped the forewarned symptoms of radiation. However a month post-treatment, it showed up in the middle of the night in the form of a burning, bitter taste coating my entire mouth and throat. No amount of teeth brushing could remove the bitterness, but I tried. I hysterically swished and gargled mouth …
The "Good" Cancer 