Julie can't eat cheese

The last few weeks felt like a total blur of stress! P tested negative for COVID after 7 days (4/16), but I didn’t trust it and decided to wait until the night before chemo to go back in the house (this was 9 full days in the Airstream). I just didn’t want to get sick…

Alrighty – 3 Red Devils down! Luckily it feels like this round is going by quickly. I can’t believe I only have 1 more left. Dan’s sister came in the day before (3/21) chemo to help us and it was a HUGE help to have her here for a week. The previous cycle, Dan had…

I am a week out from the second cycle of AC/Red Devil! I didn’t feel as sick as the first round, but I have been more tired overall. Which, I will take. Other side effects continue: food aversions/not much sounds good, mouth dryness/tenderness… have I said yet coffee doesn’t even really sound good?! I have…

I had a good week+ after my first chemo. Foods started sounding better, my energy was up, I worked a full week with no medical appointments! My output went up every ride on my Peloton! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 It is so good to have healthy/good days to serve as reminders that it will get better. I expect…

I really won’t know how chemo will impact me until I get started and it may even take a few rounds before things really start to happen. But as I’ve shared – I hate surprises, so I am trying to plan ahead for side effects as best as I can. I feel as ready as…

I am still in awe of all the birthday love and amazing outpouring of support you all have shown me. I had a pretty funny text exchange about it, where my friend told me I am just so loved and I said it’s like an embarrassing amount of love. [joking because I hate surprises and…

My echocardiogram was postponed this week until 2/14 – it was mistakenly scheduled for 30 minutes, but was supposed to be for 60 minutes. I was looking forward to over a week off of medical appointments, but not to be! The amount of phone calls and messages I get about medical things now is wild…