by Janet Rygnestad | Sep 30, 2021 | Treatment Updates
I wrote this first part in early August…. As I near the end of the acute phase of cancer treatments I’m lifting my head to look around and beginning to acknowledge that what-if hole that was too scary to look into during treatment. The one that whispers in...
by Janet Rygnestad | Jul 25, 2021 | Treatment Updates
Fifteen radiation treatments started July 20, two months after surgery and after a month of a life that felt pretty darn normal. This has been the most emotionally challenging step thus far which is weird since it’s a pretty easy ride in terms of the physical...
by Janet Rygnestad | Jul 2, 2021 | Treatment Updates
I’ve started and stopped this blog post multiple times in the past month. There are days when I almost forget that I’m still in the middle of cancer treatment, which is a good thing, but then things like doctor’s appointments or the swelling in my...
by Janet Rygnestad | May 26, 2021 | Treatment Updates
“No surprises” is what I heard each from my general surgeon, plastic surgeon and GP as I lay in my recovery bed the day after surgery. Big sigh of relief. In the back of my mind I was a little worried that I’d wake up and they’d say that they...
by Janet Rygnestad | May 19, 2021 | Treatment Updates
One of the ways that I deal with stress is to become very analytical. Warning, analytical medical nerdery ahead. Tomorrow (May 20) am having oncoplastic breast conserving surgery in my left breast, axillary dissection of the lymph nodes on the left side, and reduction...
by Janet Rygnestad | May 11, 2021 | Treatment Updates
It’s been awhile since I posted an update, not because nothing is happening, but because what’s happening has been hard to describe. A good friend who recently went through her own cancer journey suggested that I make an appointment with the counsellors at...
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