What a day….. Pfew!! I am exhausted, but not surprisingly. The onchologist visit results in one extra week of chemo break to give my toes a chance to recover a bit, but he says it will be worse and worse. He is in favor of my Avene cure though and hopes that we might even …
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24 September 2018
One year ago I cut my hair and sported a pixie cut for ten days before I went bald….. and now, my hair looks similar, but boy…. there is so much that happened ….. Shall I tell you what I am looking forward to next?! I am so excited! During the Dreamball, Gaby Wurth, Director …
23 September 2018
It is my 25 year highschool reunion and I fly through the day in a blur…. it is I am too tired and exhausted. It is the last day, which adds to the exhaustion of the past week … Mia joins me at 2:00am and Leo at 5:00am and this is the end of my …
21 September 2018
I am back in my cancer routines, but I am flowing through the day on a Dreamball cloud, my heart is full of happiness, love and wonderful memories. I cannot stop smiling, humming the song that Caro, Marlene and Raliza sang with Barbara Schöneberger! The team of the DKMS LIFE around managing director Ruth Neri …
20 September 2018
When you skydive, you have adrenaline kicks hours afterwards and that is exactly what I am experiencing – what a day at the Dreamball yesterday! Maja and I are being picked up by a BMW shuttle and meet for a Blogger Lunch with press and L’Oréal at Borchardt – a restaurant I only knew from …
18 September 2018
Live and let live…. this is not your gig, it’s mine! Everyone finds a way to deal with cancer differently! My psychologist says a defence mechanism I use is sublimation – I turn my cancer fear into something creative and positive – this is my way of coping with it, but everyone is different and …
17 September 2018
Cancer connections…. we connect with each other, no matter what cancer, we understand each other and it feels good! If it is during music therapy, via the social media or in everyday life… During a cancer Blogger Workshop I met three fellow bloggers from Cologne and today, we visit Conny after her hopefully last operation! …
16 September 2018
I am a Muddy Angel!!! I did it!! I feel like I ran a marathon, which is what I feel like every morning, but this is different! I am full of endorphins, happy, proud and it’s a great! Last year I was supposed to run, but got my diagnosis not even three weeks beforehand! I …
15 September 2018
I drag myself through the day, as I feel exhausted already when waking up, but manage to go to town with Leo, get a haircut, while the kids and Markus have lunch and attend swimming lessons with a Leo, who refuses to go into the water…. and I can barely keep my eyes open afterwards…. …
14 September 2018
One year ago today, I had my first chemo EVER…. I was sooo nervous, tried to do everything right, had a big breakfast despite not being hungry, drank a lot of ginger water (which by now I cannot stand anymore…. just the thought 🤢) and was prepared with a meditation app, a downloaded movie, lots …