Terminally Joyful

Living with Joy and Navigating Metastatic Breast Cancer One Day at a Time.

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Nov 19, 2017
1 min

FATIGUE IS MY CO PILOT

Fatigue is real. What once was a quick easy bike ride becomes mountainous. My heart races. I need frequent rest breaks. My pace is...

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ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, CUE THE SPOON THEORY

-K-

Nov 17, 2017
4 min

ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, CUE THE SPOON THEORY

As I have started to live on the other side of cytotoxic chemo. I am in my next quarter of NEAD. It is interesting to live your life in...

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-K-

Nov 11, 2017
2 min

I HAVE SPACE FOR YOU

We all have baggage. Life experiences that shape who we are as human beings. We all are ever changing and growing. As humans we are damn...

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DID YOU READ THAT ON SOME BLOG? MEDICAL UPDATE

-K-

Nov 4, 2017
3 min

DID YOU READ THAT ON SOME BLOG? MEDICAL UPDATE

After my second opinion I had to go back to my primary oncologist and advocate for some changes in my care. I think Dr C. gets...

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-K-

Nov 1, 2017
2 min

I CRIED TODAY

I cried today for someone I never met. Another young mom died from mbc. There have been at least 2 women that have died this week alone....

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-K-

Oct 22, 2017
2 min

FOR HOPE SAKE

This journey is a crazy one. It can be mentally draining as it is physical. On one hand I hear the statistic of the mean life expectancy...

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-K-

Oct 13, 2017
1 min

SOME DAYS

Some days I pretend it is all a scary dream. Some days I feel so normal that I think I must not have cancer. Some days I catch myself...

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MY ARSENAL: A LITTLE BIT OF THIS AND THAT

-K-

Oct 8, 2017
6 min

MY ARSENAL: A LITTLE BIT OF THIS AND THAT

One of the many conversations that I have with myself on a daily basis is what can I do to support myself with a disease that I can't...

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-K-

Oct 1, 2017
4 min

PINK MUSINGS FOR OCTOBER

October is here. Breast cancer awareness month. In 13 days it will be ONE year from the day that changed the rest of my life.That day I...

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DESPERATELY SEEKING ANSWERS, A DATE WITH A NEW ONC.

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Sep 22, 2017
3 min

DESPERATELY SEEKING ANSWERS, A DATE WITH A NEW ONC.

Life with metastatic breast cancer is exhausting, overwhelming, being hyper-vigilant, and paranoid. It is also amazing, joyful, hopeful...

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-K-

Sep 19, 2017
3 min

HENNA IS HEALING

The time is drawing near. It is that time of year for Art Prize. Check out the link if you don't know about it. Now I am going to tell...

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-K-

Sep 14, 2017
2 min

THE SKY IS FALLING

Some days I feel a bit like Chicken Little. The sky is falling, the sky is falling. But instead of worrying about the sky I worry about...

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-K-

Sep 9, 2017
2 min

MORE YES

When I taught at the university I thought one of my first publications would be in a professional journal. How life changes in a blink of...

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-K-

Sep 2, 2017
1 min

CRUSHING MY GOALS

SO things began a bit heavy. Life can be heavy. But really most days I feel great. In January I set some goals for myself on my vision...

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-K-

Aug 26, 2017
2 min

LIVING IN MOMENTS

Sitting in the Adirondack chairs in front of Mission Point, this is my happy place. We have been coming here since I was pregnant with my...

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-K-

Aug 14, 2017
3 min

SPREADING SUNSHINE

This is my traveling Hope scarf. When you are going through chemo it takes a lot out of you. First you are anxious, not knowing what to...

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-K-

Jun 13, 2017
3 min

MEANINGFUL TITLE

Metastatic and Makarios. What does that mean? Why is that the title of this blog? Well, the more familiar term is metastasis. The...

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