Hiya. Here are the blog posts I have written. Many of them about battling breast cancer in 2020. I’m planning to write more technical posts soon and they will be included here as well. You can see my more tech-oriented posts on dev.to.
Passing a value to a nested component using the React Context API
When I started learning React in 2018, hooks were not yet a thing. This was very taxing since I was struggling to get a component to render and having to pass props from parent to child added another level of complexity. Fast-forward to 2022 when I start playing in React again and I learn about…
Recalibrating
It’s been a while since I’ve written here, but there hasn’t been much to write about. Things have quieted as far as my cancer goes. I had my last Keytruda treatment a few weeks ago. I have my first annual mammogram next week. I also get my port out next week. Remember my fears about…
First Year As a Dev
It’s coming up on my first anniversary of being employed as a developer. It’s been a year of a lot of really big changes, but it’s tough to winnow down the focus of the year to being just a developer. I can, however, isolate my first month as a developer and that feels both like a…
Radioactive
Eek! How has it already been a month since I wrote an update? I guess I have been busy feeling better and having fewer appointments. Oh, and busy growing hair! My trips to Seattle are down to once every three weeks and that is for my Keytruda – none of those nasty chemo chemicals. I…
Post-Op
I didn’t realize it until after, but I thought things would be different after my surgery. I saw it as a transition between before and after. Before and after what? I’m not sure, but it was significant. And surgery was a big deal, but now that it’s over I feel that post-Christmas letdown. There was…
Surgery and Beyond
This is it. The big enchilada. On Wednesday, I have my surgery. If you will remember from my previous posts, all of this medical stuff is new for me. Until now, the biggest procedure I underwent was getting my port for treatment. That was a big, scary deal for me. This surgery is bigger. I…