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August 2015 – Invasive Duct Tales
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Cancer feeeelings, animated. In a (successful) attempt to make myself laugh, I trolled the internet for gifs and captioned them. I have to say, though, that it wasn’t entirely my original idea. A favorite blog of mine, Semiproper. Has a series called This is How I Feel. So basically, this is how cancer makes me feel. To my left boob, just before surgery. When I had to say goodbye to my right boob. When someone tries talking to me about how tumeric / cannabis / kale / positive thinking could cure my cancer.
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Boob shopping. – Invasive Duct Tales
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I’m not a decisive person. Wedding dress shopping, for me, was kind of a nightmare. I named my youngest daughter ‘Stella’ for a night, woke up the next morning all like, “Nah Josh, I don’t think she’s a Stella. Let’s go with Alice,” and then it took us the rest of that day plus another to settle on a middle name. But my husband is pretty used to how I roll. 8220;Well, I better call my mom,” he joked that morning after Stella/Alice was born, “before anyone has anything monogrammed.”. Josh and Alice Jolene.
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The Angel on My Shoulder – Invasive Duct Tales
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The Angel on My Shoulder. Affect the whole family. Boy, do I know it. Baby isn’t ready to wean? Cancer doesn’t care. Your three and a half year old is putting on a special program at church for parents and wants you to be there? Cancer doesn’t give a shit. Between working full-time, taking care of two small children, a house (kind of), and a wife whose hormonal state that can only be described as “erratic,” your husband looks like he’s about to break? Yeah, cancer couldn’t care less. And one of my friend...
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coping after cancer – Invasive Duct Tales
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Category: coping after cancer. I just can’t seem to share in your excitement. It’s been almost a month since I’ve been here, and to tell you the truth, I thought about never coming back. Now that treatment is over, all that is left is me. And I’m a mess. I didn’t want to share my mess because it makes me feel vulnerable, and I’ve had quite enough vulnerable for the time being, thankyouverymuch. 8212; they said a lot of really weird things to me. 8220;I’m so proud of you for beating cancer! As much as I a...
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breast cancer – Invasive Duct Tales
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I just can’t seem to share in your excitement. It’s been almost a month since I’ve been here, and to tell you the truth, I thought about never coming back. Now that treatment is over, all that is left is me. And I’m a mess. I didn’t want to share my mess because it makes me feel vulnerable, and I’ve had quite enough vulnerable for the time being, thankyouverymuch. 8212; they said a lot of really weird things to me. 8220;I’m so proud of you for beating cancer! 8220;You kicked its ass! Way to go, girl!
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A Boobless Year in Review. – Invasive Duct Tales
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A Boobless Year in Review. The fact that I had to amputate my boobs is hilariously ironic (re: terribly tragic) for two reasons. For one, I had to cut them off when they were DOING THE ONLY JOB THEY WOULD EVER HAVE: breastfeeding. (I mean, other than snagging a husband. Hey-O! 😉 ) But seriously, out of all my years, I was only actually going to put my boobs to use for, like, two of them, and in the middle of THEIR ONLY FREAKING JOB IN LIFE, they decided to try to kill me. Lazy bastards. To my surprise a...
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surgery – Invasive Duct Tales
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I’m not a decisive person. Wedding dress shopping, for me, was kind of a nightmare. I named my youngest daughter ‘Stella’ for a night, woke up the next morning all like, “Nah Josh, I don’t think she’s a Stella. Let’s go with Alice,” and then it took us the rest of that day plus another to settle on a middle name. But my husband is pretty used to how I roll. 8220;Well, I better call my mom,” he joked that morning after Stella/Alice was born, “before anyone has anything monogrammed.”. Josh and Alice Jolene.
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I just can’t seem to share in your excitement. – Invasive Duct Tales
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I just can’t seem to share in your excitement. It’s been almost a month since I’ve been here, and to tell you the truth, I thought about never coming back. Now that treatment is over, all that is left is me. And I’m a mess. I didn’t want to share my mess because it makes me feel vulnerable, and I’ve had quite enough vulnerable for the time being, thankyouverymuch. 8212; they said a lot of really weird things to me. 8220;I’m so proud of you for beating cancer! 8220;You kicked its ass! Way to go, girl!
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Uncategorized – Invasive Duct Tales
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My birthday was two days ago, and I told my husband that all I wanted this year was to disappear. Like, I really just wanted to go off the grid for a bit. So he took the kids and gave me the afternoon (and the shirt I kept pointing out because he’s not an IDIOT.), and I found myself here, trying to reconnect with myself. Life after cancer seems so loud. So busy. And very confusing. And I feel like people think I should have my shit back together by now. And I am often reduced to tears for her (for myself?
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hair regrowth – Invasive Duct Tales
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I just can’t seem to share in your excitement. It’s been almost a month since I’ve been here, and to tell you the truth, I thought about never coming back. Now that treatment is over, all that is left is me. And I’m a mess. I didn’t want to share my mess because it makes me feel vulnerable, and I’ve had quite enough vulnerable for the time being, thankyouverymuch. 8212; they said a lot of really weird things to me. 8220;I’m so proud of you for beating cancer! 8220;You kicked its ass! Way to go, girl!
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