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My Real-Life Riddle

On August 18, 2019August 18, 2019 By betweenthebusyIn Cancer, oligodendrogliomaLeave a comment

After surgery, I was given 2 treatment options. Option 1 would allow me to live longer without recurrence of my cancer. The cancer would recur, but it would be kept at bay for maybe 2-3 years longer than option 2. However, option 1 would leave me with side effects that would develop over time. The …

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Birthday Bittersweet

On August 14, 2019October 21, 2019 By betweenthebusyIn Cancer, oligodendrogliomaLeave a comment

I love celebrating other people's birthdays, but I like to have mine pass without much fanfare. Yesterday was my 37th birthday, and I honestly went back and forth on deciding to celebrate in a bigger way than I normally do this year. YOLO, right? Why NOT have a huge party every year that I'm alive!? …

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Knitting on the round, and so many knots.

On August 12, 2019 By betweenthebusyIn knitting, oligodendroglioma, randomLeave a comment

After my last knitting post I jumped straight in. I went to a local yarn shop and walked around like I knew what I was doing. I picked out some beautiful blue sport-weight wool yarn, and then told the shop-keepers that I was brand new and wanted to try knitting some socks on a round …

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Chemo, Round 2

On August 10, 2019August 12, 2019 By betweenthebusyIn Cancer, oligodendrogliomaLeave a comment

Thankfully my chemotherapy is a pill, so I can take it at home. The routine is set so that I take 3-4 pills every night before bed for 5 nights in a row. Then have 23 days off, and start again. This round was delayed by 1 day because my platelets were too low (side …

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Learning to knit

On July 31, 2019 By betweenthebusyIn knitting, randomLeave a comment

While I was still recovering in the rehab hospital, just a few days after my surgery, someone posted on a local facebook group to see if anyone would be interested in learning how to knit. I was the first one to reply with a resounding yes! -- not only would knitting be something brand new …

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the This is Some Big Bullsh*t list

On July 31, 2019 By betweenthebusyIn Cancer, oligodendroglioma, randomLeave a comment

I'm not much of a complainer. On the scale of 0 to complains-a-lot I'm probably a 1 or a 2. I know that complaining doesn't help anything, and just wastes time that could be spent fixing the problem I'm complaining about to begin with. So instead of complaining, my response usually is to just get …

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Telling the Kids about Cancer

On July 25, 2019July 29, 2019 By betweenthebusyIn Cancer, oligodendroglioma

My first MRI was on a Friday, leading to a biopsy the following Monday-- so that weekend was a mess. We had close to no information other than something really scary was happening. When you don't have answers, or any guiding information it is easy to jump to conclusions, worry about worst case scenario-- which …

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