All I could manage today was another day of recuperation from Sunday. At least, I guess that is why I feel so exhausted. I have been working on the billing statements for my medical care, so maybe that is partially the cause of feeling so spent. Regardless, it was a slow day with napping and watching the Australian Open.
medical reference
- American Cancer Society
- American Institute for Cancer Research
- Are You Dense?
- Army of Women
- back surgery video–implant rods
- breast cancer: diagnosis definitions: American Cancer Society
- breastcancer.org
- breastCancerCare.org
- BreastCancerTrials.org
- cancer myths: Mayo Clinic
- CancerNet: American Society of Clinical Oncologists
- cancersymptoms
- CFCCC search page for clinical trials
- ChemoCare by Scott Hamilton
- fatigue: CRF cancer related fatigue
- fatigue: radiation
- ginger reduces nausea: latest study
- H1N1 vaccine update: CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- macmillan: formerly Cancerbackup
- medical search engine: PubMed
- medical search engine: uptodate.com
- MyBreastCancerNetwork.com
- National Cancer Institute
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network
- nausea and vomiting: National Cancer Coalition
- neuropathy: another chemo side effect
- Rx
- shingles
- sleep habits: National Cancer Institute
- symptoms, various
- Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation (TNBC Foundation)
- triple negative breast cancer: symptoms, diagnosis; characteristics of my current diagnosis
- tumor markers
my dream team and treatment
- Abraxane® (paclitaxel) part of 2.x.x regimen
- AC&T: chemo regimen 1, primary
- acyclovir
- anemia: Aranesp® (darbepoetin alba)
- anemia: Procrit® (epoetin alfa)
- Aranesp® (Darbepoetin alpha injection) for anemia
- Ativan® (lorazepam)
- Avastin® (bevacizumab): part of chemo 3.x.x
- carboplatin (Paraplatin®) part of 2.x.x regimen
- Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, UC Irvine
- clonidine
- Compazine®
- Daniela Bota, MD, neuro-oncologist
- Decadron®
- Donna Baker, LCSW, and Jennifer Higgins provide emotional support
- estrogen receptive down regulators
- Faslodex (fulvestrant)
- John Butler, MD, breast surgeon
- Johnny Delashaw, MD, neurosurgeon 2012
- Leukine® (sargramostim)
- Neupogen (filgrastim)
- Nilam Ramsinghani, MD, radiation oncologist
- P. Douglas Kiester, MD, PhD, spine surgeon 2009
- PET scan
- PICC line
- Portacath, port-a-cath, port
- PowerPort® by Bard
- Procrit® (Epoetin Alfa Injection) for anemia
- Rita Mehta, MD, hematology oncologist
- Taxol® (paclitaxel) part of my 3.x.x and initial regimen in 2004 (AC&T)
- tumor markers
- UC Irvine Breast Health Research and Care
- Varian rapidarc description and demo–cool
- Xeloda® (capecitabine) chemo 4.x.x
- Xgeva® (denosumab)
- Zantac® (ranitidine)
- Zofran® (ondansetron)
- Zometa® (zoledronic acid)
not cancer
- Cleaning for a reason
- Discover LA
- Evernote®
- Handicapped Fraud
- health awareness dates throughout the year
- Hot Stuff, Long Beach
- medical ID jewelry: American Medical ID
- medical ID jewelry: Creative Medical ID
- medical ID jewelry: Hope Paige
- medical ID jewelry: Jewel Basket
- medical ID jewelry: Lauren's Hope
- medical ID jewelry: Medical Identification Online
- medical ID jewelry: My-Medical-ID
- Nutrition Data: favorite nutrition site
- OberonDesign
- Open Bookstore, Long Beach
- Otterbox: iPhone protective cases: I have one of these
- panda facts: National Geographic
- PandaCam: National Zoo
- PandaCam: San Diego Zoo
- Pelikan fountain pens, my absoute fav pen
- singing bowl for meditating: Bodhisattva, terrific site for learning about singing bowls
- Twist and Pout lip balm
- USDOJ definition of service animal
- Vernors, my favorite ginger ale
Hi dear Lady! Lazy is good! Sending you my love and prayers, as always!
In the chat room we call it a “lazisome” day…and they are welcome events for most of us. I know I appreciate them and the recuperative value they can have on us. I think your art gallery trip, while a great adventure and very mind expanding, was probably a bit of a push for you…but I am so proud that you did it….a few down days are to be expected and are needed. So, while you lay there, think of tiny dancers and all the choreography you will have to do to make up for all this down and spoiled time you are having. (and don’t even try to tell me Don is not spoiling you!) Hugs from me and gentle owl wings enfolding you and eagle eyes to watch over you.
Looking at billing can really tax the mind. It is amazing how complex they make the billing process on top of the unwanted expenses like you encountered with your medication. I am not surprised that you are tired. I still think the outing to the museum was worth it! I hope you agree. Meanwhile I hope you are allowing yourself to take a nice easy day without feeling pressured to pour over those bills when you are tired. Your body needs more rest and that’s OK. As always I love sending special prayers of dancing dreams, hugs and XoXoXo – Susan
Enjoy, rest and relax. Take care Donna. Hug’s