Archive for April, 2003

Chemo, week 8

Monday, April 21st, 2003
Hair Situation A nimbus of brown. If I were two weeks old, it would be cute.
Weight Down 6 from normal
Symptoms Clumsiness, absent-mindedness, and heartburn. Also some irrational exuberance due to the lack of a PICC line

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Chemo, week 7

Monday, April 14th, 2003
Hair Situation Very very patchy
Weight Down 6 from normal
Symptoms Fatigue, clumsiness, insomnia, absent-mindedness, and heartburn. And a partridge in a pear tree.

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Chemo, week 6

Friday, April 4th, 2003
Hair Situation Pretty darn thin. I can comb it back, without a part, and you don’t really see the bald patches, but then I look like Fonzie. I’m into serious hats now.
Weight Down 6 from normal
Symptoms Fatigue, heartburn

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Bleo Awards Honor Excellence, Wretchedness

Tuesday, April 1st, 2003

SARATOGA, California - Last night’s Bleo Awards ceremony, chemotherapy’s answer to the Oscars and the Emmys, honored the year’s best in side effects, medical procedures, and medication. (more…)