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The Notes of a Cancerous Girl. February 2015
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Friday-Tuesday, January 30-February 3, 2015 Is this the end? Does the last chemo qualify as the end of the treatment? Does it end the cancer? Will it be the beginning of a new life? Is this the last chemo? Is this the last treatment? There are so many questions, but for the moment in time, I am taking a deep breath believing that this is the end. I didn’t wait for the last cycle, my superstitious self was afraid to look that far forward though, of course, I knew the day – Tuesday, February 3, 2015. And the day has come, at last. The New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell admission office …
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The Notes of a Cancerous Girl. January 2015
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Friday-Thursday, January 2-8, 2015 Hospital’s 5 day chemo stays are depressing, but even more saddening are hospitalizations between the chemos. I added to my collection two extra stays by now, and I was going to do anything to make sure not to end up in the ED again. The “between the chemo time” should be about fun, family and recovery. On Sunday, I scheduled an appointment with David’s Bridal to check out some dressed for my mom. I am quite skeptical about the dress’ choices for bride’s mom in Belarus, so we could at least buy something here and forget about it. My mom and I had a really good time at the …
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Tagged 2nd stage of mediastinal lymphoma, 5th chemo, 60th birthday, abnormal bleeding, Acid Reflux, Aluminum-Magnesium Hydroxide, Ambien, American health care, anal fissure, annoying, antibiotic, Atlantic ocean, autoimmune, Bactrim, Bactrim DS, bald-headed, bald-headed bitch, ballet, BAM, bandage, Barry Hendrickson, Battery Park, be strong, beat, Belarus, Benadryl, Bill de Blasio, biopsy, Biotene, birthday, Bitz and Pieces, Blood, blood cancer, blood clot, blood pressure, blood return, blood test, blood thinners, blood transfusion, blood work, Bolshoi ballet, bone marrow biopsy, book, Boston, bride's mom dress, Brighton Beach, Broadway show, Brooklyn, Cancer, cancer battle, cancer stage, cancerous boots, cat, catheter, CBC, Central Park, Chaikhovsky, chance, chemo, Chemo brain, chemo fog, chemo-reeking, chemotherapy, chest pain, child, Christmas, Christmas time, Christmas tree, Cilest, Claritin, clinic, Colace, constipation, contraceptive, cook, cooking, cooking classes, coumadin, cut, Cyclophosphamide, dad's birthday, David's Bridal, death, decision, Diamond District, Diffuse large B-cell Lymphoma, Diltiazem, discharge medication list, distress, dizzy, doctor, Docusate Sodium, double power port, DOXOrubicin, dress, duo power port, Eastern European cuisine, echo, echocardiogram, ED, EKG, Emergency department, Entecavir, ER, Esomeprazole, Etoposide, experimental drug, fiber, fissure, fitbit, gastroenterology, Gastronom, general anesthesia, Georgia, GI bleeding, Grand Central Terminal, green tea, Harold Sq, Harold Square, heart, helicopter nurse, Hemoglobin, hemorrhoid, Hepatitis B, Hepatologist, Herold Sq, Holy Trinity Cathedral, hospital, Hospital midhandling, hospitalization, infection, INR, international normalized ratio, Irish, IVF, Jr, kill, kindness, kitten, Kuzya, learning curve, leukemia, Levofloxacin, London, loosing vision, Loratadine, Lorazepam, Lovenox, lover, lymphoma, Lyrica, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Macy's, Madison Square Park, magic mouthwash, magnesium, Maison Kayser, make love, mama, Manhattan, Mariinsky Ballet, Martin Luther King, massage, Mayor de Blasio, mediastinal diffuse B-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma, medical record number, medication, menopause, menopure, midtown Manhattan, migraine, Minsk, mom, mom's birthday, MoMA, Montenegro, moon face, mouth sores, MRI, MRN, nasal swab, Nasopharyngeal Culture, neck, needle, Neulasta, Neupogen, Neuropathy, neutropenia, neutropenia with fever, neutropenic, neutropenic fever, New York, New York City, New York Presbyterian Cornell ED, New York Presbyterian ED, New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell ED, New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Emergency Department, New York Presbyterian Weill ED, New York Public Library, New York-Presbyterian, New York-Presbyterian Cornell, New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Hospital, New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Oncology, Nexium, nurse, NYP Weill Cornell ED, ocular migraine, Odessa, ophthalmologist, Orthodox Christmas, Oxana Skorik, Oxford, PA, pacemaker, pain, patient, period, pet, PET scan, pharmacy, Philadelphia, phobia, platelet, pork chop, port, post chemo rehab, post chemo rehabilitation, post-chemo, potassium, poverty, power port, pre-op consultation, prednisone, premature menopause, preventive medication, primary mediastinal large diffuse B-cell lymphoma, procedure, PT/INR, Queens, R-EPOCH, racism, Raffaele Mollica, real estate, red tea, Rings and minks are my favorite things, Rituxan, Rituximab, Rockefeller Center, Rockefeller Plaza, Rockefeller tree, Russian, Russian church, Russian couple, Russian Orthodox, Russian people, sad, sadness, Santorini, scar, Scottish Fold, sedation, selfy, Senna, sex, shelters, shot, sick, side effects, sitz bath, sneakers, social worker, Socialism, sodium, Soviet Union childhood, stage, standardized uptake values, Statue of Liberty, steak, stethoscope, suicide, surgery, surgical biopsy, Swan Lake, The notes of a cancerous girl, The Phantom of the Opera, The Pierre hotel, threat, threats, Times Square, TKTS Ticket Booth, tourist, TV, Tylenol, UES, ugly, Union Sq, University of Oxford, Upper East Side, USSR childhood, vaccine, Valtrex, vein, veterinary, veterinary physician, Victoria's Secret, Vincasar PFS, Vincristine, vision, walk, wall st, warfarin, WBC, weight gain, whiskey, wig, Xander Parish, Zofran
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