Arabella's art and culture with a dash of gas
After enduring chemo and radiation, I went on a brief break when I couldn't take the chemo anymore. I wanted to get to Bermuda as fast as possible. Damn the pandemic! My husband had never been, I had visited as a child and loved it. I was so sick on that flight, throwing-up and trying… Continue reading Moon Walking in Bermuda
I've been pestered to do a GoFundMe or something similar for the last four years since my cancer-related surgeries seem never ending. I just had my second one in 6 months months, and it sucks. My freelance job as a transcriptionist suffered when I lost my main client in March because, well, I was too drugged up… Continue reading My Anti-Crowdfunding Art Sale
I've been told I need yet another surgery. This time, a rod is to be put through from my ball socket of the femur down through to almost the knee. It appears my leg is about to break in pieces and the radiation I withstood to soften the cancer has taken its toll. I'm of… Continue reading Only One Leg To Stand On
So as some of you may know, I've gotten sick again, and only now finally after almost 2 months is it being taken care of in full. I'm having 3 surgeries done at once (possibly 4 in the worst case scenario, and it's a really bad one so I don't even wanna think about it),… Continue reading Cancer Is Just Slightly Annoying
My surgeon never calls me unless it is something...important. Bad important. He called me on Monday and said he couldn't explain over the phone, but I had to come in right away to get more x-rays and so he could show me in person what he was talking about. After my MRI that went wrong… Continue reading Me in 2013, My Dad in 1983
I leave for Los Angeles and Orange Country tomorrow to visit friends and family (thanks to Knitgrrl for the hook-up!) and it couldn't come at a better time. After a follow-up oncology appointment I was informed that thanks to the radiation and scar tissue, my leg is pretty much as good as it is ever… Continue reading My End Result of Leg Cancer
I was totally floored to find out that my friend Josh over at the art website http://www.creepmachine.com went and wrangled up my friends, family, and collectors to donate money for one of these amazing and luxurious canes for me. Thank you all who donated! Seriously! I still don't know exactly what color of animal I'm… Continue reading From Invalid to Menacing Cool
After over 5 days in the hospital and a complicated 4 hour surgery, I am now cancer-free but at a price I hadn't counted on. Aside from the huge section of my thigh being removed, I have some empty spaces, muscles moved around, and ham-string repositioned which feels really weird. I can bend my knee… Continue reading Cancer-free
Not that I want to use this blog to be Captain Bring-Down about my situation, but it appears many people are using it to follow what is happening with my cancer bullshit -- so here's the new scoop. After 8+ hours of testing this week, it was determined my tumor was more aggressive than expected,… Continue reading Getting Butchered
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