So, my family has been battling the stomach flu for several days this past week. My husband had it first. He complained of upset stomach and didn’t want to eat anything for 3 days. He had stomach-flu-like symptoms without actually being “sick.” Me, on the other hand, sick, sick, sick. I haven’t been this sick since I was treating with chemotherapy. Only this time, I didn’t have the really good drugs to help with the nausea.
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Not Since Chemo
Posted in blogging, cats, drinks, eating, Family, food, health, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, soup, Uncategorized, weird, writing, tagged cats, chemotherapy, dehydration, drugs, flu, kitten love, kittens, sick, stomach flu, upset stomach, virus on October 24, 2022| 9 Comments »
It’s Only Hair Until It’s YOUR Hair
Posted in blogging, cancer, Family, friends, goals, health, humor, Jansen Schmidt, motivation, positivity, resolutions, success, writing, tagged breast cancer, cancer free, cancer survivor, cancer wigs, chemo, chemotherapy, curls, curly hair, gray hair, hair, haircut, long hair, losing your hair, ponytail, survivor, wigs on August 9, 2021| 12 Comments »
It’s been almost 4 years since I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It’s certainly one of those days that I’ll probably remember for the rest of my life. It’s the day your life changes and the day your routine is interrupted, and your life gets arranged for you by everyone except you.
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Posted in Family, Fiction, food, friends, health, humor, Jansen Schmidt, resolutions, success, words, writing, tagged antibiotics, breast cancer, cancer, chemotherapy, flu, healing, medications, nerves, neuropathy, post-chemo, shots, sickness, treatments on July 9, 2018| 14 Comments »
As most of you probably already know, this past October I was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer. Stage 1 doesn’t sound too scary but, Stage 1 is still cancer. Stage 1 still means, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and a plethora of prescription medications. Stage 1 still means many, many weeks of treatment and healing. Stage 1 means extra bi-annual exams and tests. (more…)