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.
Hair and Other Things
Hair Again I have had more haircuts in the last three months than I had in all of 2019. My hair is still growing, thinner but growing. I am so thankful that I still have my eyebrows and eyelashes. I am rocking my super short hair as best as I can. Sometimes I wear a…
Lola
A few of you have asked about Lola and her reaction to my diagnosis. Since today is her 16th birthday, I thought I’d take the opportunity to celebrate all things Lola. This is my girl, Lola. After a lifetime of wanting a dog, we brought Lola into our family in 2004. My mom would never…
Conservation of Energy
Last time I whined a bit about feeling tired from my chemotherapy. I am really lucky that it has been my worst side effect so far, but it still sucks. Today I want to put that tiredness in a bit of context with my life over the last few years. Since 2018 I’ve basically been…
Short Update
I’ve started writing a few blog posts, but nothing has gelled into something to share yet. So rather than some deep, thoughtful post I’m just going to share a quick update. Good News I am 6.5 weeks through my treatment and it is working!!! My doctor confirmed that my tumor is shrinking. It’s really nice…
Haircut
I’m just a girl with a new haircut. I did it. I buzzed my hair this weekend. Technically, J buzzed it – he did his, too – but I initiated it. My hair was really, really long. I hate getting my hair cut. They often do it wrong and I hate making small talk. I…
Just the facts
A lot of people have asked about the specifics of my diagnosis and treatment. This post is for them. For the rest of you, here’s a quick overview: TL;DR After many, many, many tests I was diagnosed with high grade invasive ductal carcinoma. It is either stage 2B or 3A. I am on week 3…