Recent FAQs

Q:  How much weight have you lost?  Are you eating? 
A:  Yes, I promise I am eating, and I've only actually lost about five pounds.  It just looks like more on my frame.  My appetite returned about a week after the last round of chemo, and I can now eat anything and everything (and I have.)  For some reason I haven't put the weight back on, but blame that on the toxins they are pumping into my body and no running.  (Mush weighs way less than muscle.)  

Q:  Will your hair fall out?  Do you have a wig?
A:  My hair is expected to fall out and has begun to do so already.  I don't know if it will just get thinner or fall out more drastically but stay tuned.  No, I don't have a wig right now.  To me that would be like buying a wedding dress when I hadn't met the groom yet.  I don't know how it will look, feel, etc. so I will wait and see.  But I do like the idea of a pink wig:)

Q:  Do you have good health insurance?
A:  Luckily, we have fabulous health insurance thanks to my hubby's terrific company.  We are fully covered and have no worries in this department.  I can't imagine the stress that people go through with a health issue and mounting debt because they are forced to pay for treatment out of pocket or even worse, have to skip treatment due to their finances.  Life just shouldn't work that way and humans shouldn't treat other humans that way.  It's so simple.  And seriously?  There are really people who believe our healthcare system is working as is...they must never get sick or they have millions and don't care about those who don't.  This stresses me out more than cancer....I need to meditate.     
     By the way, something to check about your plan...call me Pollyanna, but I was under the impression that once you paid your premiums and met your deductible the insurance would cover the rest.  How naive of me - that would make too much sense.  I have since lost my innocence and learned that of course they do not cover the rest.  Only if you have chosen to pay for that particular coverage.  Because my health is their business and they need to make as much money off of me (and you) as they can.  Which means that they are banking on me NOT having the full coverage, so they can say, "Actually, no.  There is a ceiling, which you have reached, so now the bills bounce back to you."  Like I said, we are fully covered but my heart did skip a beat just reading the form letter.  Check your breasts and check your plan! 

Let's talk about something more relaxing....

Q:  How often will you have chemo?
A:  If levels look okay, cocktails will be every 21 days with this Friday being the next round.