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  • Bye Bye EC. Hello Paclitaxel.

    Shaka4Lyfe
    I had my fourth and final round of EC on 8th August. It was a 2mth bumpy ride. After my second round of EC, I was struck down by severe and unrelenting headache of armageddon-like proportions. I did not think I could survive them. My second visit to ...

  • Trauma. Life. Breast Cancer. Living.

    Shaka4Lyfe
    This thing is so all-encompassing, so overwhelming, that I sometimes wonder if this where my story begins. Yet I know it isn't, cause I'm 59. I had a life before this diagnosis, before breast cancer. It was a happy life. A life I'd fought...

  • Am I Insane?!?!

    Shaka4Lyfe
    Update on my requested right side mastectomy.   (Please see earlier post: Two Breasts. One Breast. None.) I first discussed this with my oncologist, who saw no issue with it and referred me to discuss with my original breast surgeon. My bre...

  • 2 Weeks Lost to Chemo Gremlins

    Shaka4Lyfe
    After my first round of chemotherapy. I had nausea for 10 days. The meds, domperidone, did not alleviate it one jot. Despite the general feeling of, everything in my body being topsy-turvy, I was able to get on with my daily activities. Though my ene...

  • Am I Brave?

    Shaka4Lyfe
    I've lost count of the number of times I've been called brave, since I began this nightmare journey. I'm always left deeply discomfitted. Even though I'm not sure why. In the face of a bilateral breast cancer diagnosis... Is it brave ...
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