Oh boy, today is the launch date for my website. I’m pretty nervous about it because everyone will know what I’ve been going through the past month. I never thought of myself as a blogger because my life was never that interesting to begin with and now here I am blogging about life…. my life! [...]
GREEN CARD
It’s official. I’m a green card holder for Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. I had an appointment today for an MRI…boy is that machine pretty loud. Just a few more days till the big opening, and I’m gonna need all the prayers and well wishes from everyone out there!
PISTA SA NAYON
Who ever knew being handicapped comes with perks? Today I had the best parking EVER!!! If you’ve even been to Pista sa Nayon at Seward Park, you would know that parking is annoyingly difficult to find. There’s a shuttle bus that takes you to and from the event and the wait is usually ~45 mins. [...]
JUST A WEE BIT OF STRESS
I have exactly a week before my big surgery day and I can’t tell you how stressed out I am. I know that having this surgery is a GOOD thing since there’s a possibility I may not have to go through chemo or radiation if all goes well. It just seems too soon as I [...]
SIGNING MY LIFE…
Today I met with the surgeon at Seattle Cancer Care Allliance, Dr. Venu Pillarisetty. He consulted with several of his colleagues at a multidisciplinary meeting and presented to me with confidence that he can remove this mass. Hearing that was sweet music to my ears! The surgery is scheduled for August 3rd, exactly one month [...]
CHRISTMAS IN JULY
If you know me, you know that I like to collect mini snow globes. One of my biggest supporters of snow globes is my friend Chris. He travels everywhere and he enjoys the challenge of finding me unique snow globes and finding a way to bring it back to me considering they use to be [...]
STITCHES & STAPLES
Here it is…my forever scar. It’s all one-piece bathing suits from here on out. Removal of the staples was not as bad as I thought it would be. I just don’t like to feel pain, and when it came time to remove the first few staples it felt like someone was pinching me…20 times! The [...]
HANDICAMS
PSSST...Wanna know the best part of surgery? Handicap pass! I’m good for 6 months; and I can’t wait to park in downtown Seattle cause it’ll be free!
SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE
Today is my 2nd opinion day at SCCA. I was quite nervous about this meeting mainly because I don’t know what the doctors will be saying about my case. First off, everyone at SCCA were all really nice and very attentive. I met with Dr. Pollack who is the Chemo Specialist and Dr. Kane who [...]
HIGH MAINTENANCE
I’m not talking about me…I’m talking about my PICC line. Annie from Walgreens came by the house to do a demonstration of flushing out the line once a day. A big thank you to Patti for taking on the task flushing out the line. Also the dressing has to be changed out once a week [...]
DISCHARGED
So I just got discharged today around noon. As always, it feels good to be home. I’m quite hungry and want to eat some fried chicken, but that would just bring me back to the hospital. So tofu soup will do just fine. As I sit out here in the back patio enjoying the sun, [...]
SPECIAL DIET
So I’m on a strict liquid diet, given that I’ve been having a lot of stomach pains. The tomato soup is the best soup the hospital has to offer (no joke) as well as the jello. The ensure was not that bad, it’s quite filling. Yet on the other hand, the Oikos Greek yogurt was [...]
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