I'm a pisces, but I had cancer!

Since I recently kind of got sick of not posting on social media about this huge part of my life*, I believe there are a few new readers joining us- if so, welcome! Thank you for being interested enough to join in for my ramblings. So let's get this party started. Happy Thanksgiving weekend, everybody! Since my last post, I have been keeping on top of my daily radiation sessions- as of Friday, I've officially finished 11 of 25, or 44% of my treatments! It's been mostly uneventful/tolerable, but I did have a bit of a breakdown at my session on Friday. You see, every 5 days or so of treatment, my radiation techs** are required to take images of my chest wall. This involves me lying still, half-naked, and with my arms above my head in the exact same position on a very hard table for roughly an hour. Mind you, this would be very uncomfortable for just about anyone, but it is especially uncomfortable for someone not even 2 months out from a double mastectomy/axillary lymph nod...

Hello! It may have been the longest stretch of time I've gone without posting since starting this blog, and that is mostly a good thing. It means that I've had the energy to get back into the swing of things, and to be busy. I recently listened to  a podcast  by the woman who wrote the book I reference in my breast cancer awareness month post and she said something that really rang true to me. In describing her life pre-cancer, she said something along the lines of, "our life was full of well, a whole lot of life." I very much feel the same way. And getting back to a new normal, one with a whole lot of doctors, but also a whole lot of well, life, has been very cathartic for me. This has meant that:  I've been prepping my lectures for my class (and giving them once a week) and going grocery shopping and cooking us dinner.  I've been making carrot cakes for Grisha and celebrating him with all of our nearest and dearest:  I've been going to PT,...