Hmmmm…. how did I gain weight in hospital?!? Nevermind! Yesterday I treated myself to a pair of Doc Martens…. delayed by more than 20 years. I wanted to buy some, when I was young and had saved the money, but was told that I was too fat for Docs…. apart from the fact that I …
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12 March 2018
Thank you for the flowers – I have no idea who sent them, but I appreciate it a lot ❤️ It is a bright and sunny day and I meet chemo buddy Katja for a chat and coffee prior to our gyn appointments, which we scheduled ages ago to make sure we meet again. Katja …
11 March 2018
I am on the phone and suddenly Prof. Dr. Warm enters my room. It is Saturday evening – I am well impressed! He says he could not sleep, if he did not check and promises to inform Prof. Dr. Breidenbach that I am behaving myself 😉 …. did I mention that she sent a What’s …
10 March 2018
I think I have the hospital blues….and I am knackered! I have breakfast with the kids though – via FaceTime 🤣 What happened to my left breast?!? Well, during the operation, the 4mm rest of my tumor in my left breast was removed and the surrounding tissue plus the tissue around the spot where the …
9 March 2018
„If you were three centimeters longer, you would get an extended bed!“ Well, I am not and wonder what the nurse is trying to tell me…. stretch?!?! My kids love hospital …. or rather the electric bed and turn and twist it as much as they can – I watch it from a far distance …
8 March 2018
International Women’s Day – great day for a breast operation – chemo buddy Claudia messaged me last night that she will have the operation today in Holweide…. what a coincidence?!?!? Maja wanted to come with me this time, but her daughter has D&V and I am so happy to see Claudia. Prof. Dr. Warm sticks …
7 March 2018
Normally I would tell Leo to get lost at 6:00am, when he said we should bake a Fireman Sam cake, but since I am awake since at least 4:00am, Mia since 5:00am and I am going to hospital tomorrow, I find myself baking a cake 🤦♀️ I do not consider baking a cake as lasting …
6 March 2018
Slight weight improvement – 4kg to go now! I met a breast cancer survivor at Prof. Dr. Warm’s yesterday and asked her about the cortisone …. she said it took her at least six month to get rid of it?!?!? …. will pretend that I am back in a matter of weeks and count on …
5 March 2018
It is sunny, much warmer and the best setting for a hospital day at charming Holweide 😉 On my way to the clinic, the insurance company calls me to inform me that due to the beneficial nature of my trip to Bali, I will get my sick benefits for this period. Whoohoooo, now I only …
4 March 2018
I am still on a high after Bali and I have more energy than ever! Whoohoooo…. unfortunately I also still have this blown up cortisone face more than three weeks past my last chemo, which somehow feels worse now than before and honestly, I cannot wait for these side effects to fade away. I know …