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Bloated From Chemotherapy

Two days out from my fifth treatment and I am an overblown beach ball. My hands, my arms, my belly, my back…everything is just so…expanded. Part of me wishes that my nausea would finally come to fruition and it might deflate me. But the little pink pills I take twice a day make sure that I will never deflate with such a vulgar technique. Bulemia is probably not a good habit to stack on top of cancer anyway. Ugh, somebody beach this whale.

The Man in the Mirror is Back

This is the day after my 6th treatment. The man in the mirror is back. He looks a little bit like me, but he’s bloated and red, and he’s got these hiccups that make his whole body shake. There’s this funny patch of dry skin between his eyebrows. It seems funny that such a localized side-effect would be so squarely localized in the middle of his face, poor guy.

I might look like that if I put on a bunch of weight and had something SERIOUSLY wrong with me.

Comments

Renee: “Thank you for sharing. My 2 year old just started chemo 3…“
May 1, 2012, 7:47 am
Leslie: “I can empathize. I am going through chemo now and I HATE…“
April 30, 2012, 8:32 pm
alanna: “Thank u so much for sharing. Ill be starting chemo either the…“
April 30, 2012, 4:58 pm
Judy: “Well, I just had my second of six rounds of Taxotre, Carboplatin…“
April 29, 2012, 7:28 pm
delta goodrem: “actress & singer. she is also a judge on 2012′s the voice…“
April 27, 2012, 9:18 pm
Sandy: “Thanks for sharing that exactly how I feel. I started chemo on…“
April 27, 2012, 5:23 pm
Sarah Yoon: ““Waiting for the show I guess” haha. But you’re quite calm about…“
April 27, 2012, 8:55 am
Sarah Yoon: “You actually look quite handsome on the right :) good luck. You’re…“
April 27, 2012, 8:42 am
Nikki: “;) it’s true….“
April 25, 2012, 5:05 am
Tina: “Thank you for sharing this. My mother starts Chemo soon for Pancreatic…“
April 24, 2012, 10:10 pm
Susie: “I am writing a book and one of my characters has cancer,…“
April 22, 2012, 1:33 am
Jon: “My dad’s going through chemo at the moment for a mesothelioma. What…“
April 21, 2012, 8:38 am
Missy: “Thank you so much for sharing this. I’m so sorry you’ve had…“
April 19, 2012, 3:04 pm
Rina: “Thank you for sharing your experiences. My Mom is right now recovering…“
April 19, 2012, 10:24 am
Victoria: “I couldn’t read through this. Having had the “pleasure” of experiencing…“
April 17, 2012, 8:03 pm