Better, Stronger
Finally no more poking! Or that is what we thought… I haven't written a blog since my first chemo as it has been such a long journey, I couldn't find the time nor the energy to do so. Now the chemo is behind me, I can start processing what happened over the last 6 months, taking a bit of time to reflect on how challenging and painful this process has been for me and my family. I was not really motivated for chemo session number 3 and that lack of motivation and negative headspace came back like a smack in the face when the nurse failed to find a vein which was extremely painful. The cold cap that they used was not the correct size and was not fitting correctly causing immense pain on the skull. I was already trying to focus on getting through the freezing sensation, so adding physical pain was not a great help. The third chemo session just felt hard. Everything seemed to be going wrong. Let's just say I was not feeling the best coming out of that one. I put on a very brave...