Not Her2

My personal journal with breast cancer #NotHer2

Welcome to Not Her2, my personal journal of my experiences since being diagnosed with breast cancer. I want to use this platform as an opportunity to help educate and inspire my readers. Hopefully we can fight to end breast cancer and we can stop saying, "Not her too!"

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Avegail

Mar 31, 20202 min read

Burn baby burn

One major side effect from radiation is skin changes. These are photos after treatment 22/25. I included a photo of my right armpit for...

Avegail

Mar 27, 20201 min read

Twitch

The video is of the bottom of my right eye twitching. This has been happening for a while now. A couple of weeks ago my right eye lid...

Avegail

Mar 25, 20201 min read

Virtual visit

On Mondays I have a visit with my radiation oncologist to talk about my progress and checking in on any side effects. On Monday (3/23) we...

Avegail

Mar 19, 20201 min read

Hairy chest

My first skin side effect...After 7 radiation treatments I noticed a pimple on my chest. That was on a Friday. Over the weekend I noticed...

Avegail

Feb 28, 20202 min read

4 or 104

Sometimes I feel like a 4-year old needing naps throughout the day and having to eat my greens all the time. And daily I feel like I’m...

Avegail

Feb 26, 20201 min read

Pin cushion

Acupuncture has been one of the things that has been helping me with the various side effects from chemo. With the 2 surgeries within 2...

Avegail

Aug 21, 20192 min read

Two Face

A few weeks ago, I got an infection in one of my eyes. That infection caused half of my face to swell up. I felt like I lookled like Two...

Avegail

Jun 25, 20191 min read

LA gets AD - Celebrate the eyebrows

I was born with a lot of hair. I could’ve been a muppet with Bert and Ernie. So before learning about waxing, I had a unibrow. That hair...

Avegail

Jun 13, 20191 min read

USE CAUTION

My ANC is still a bit low - 1.4 I‘m getting my Taxol #6 along with Herceptin and Perjeta #3 treatment today. Typically if my ANC (WBC)...

Avegail

Jun 7, 20191 min read

Low ANC

This week’s chemo treatment with Taxol #6 and #3 Herceptin-Perjeta has been skipped due to low ANC. Hey Siri/Alexa what’s ANC? Absolute...

Avegail

May 27, 20191 min read

Numbing Memory

Now that I’m on a weekly treatment I have to remember to put some numbing cream (lidocaine) on the handy dandy port. If you haven’t read...

Avegail

Apr 29, 20191 min read

THP side effects

The five-hour long treatment included having my hands and feet in ice to help with neuropathy (numbness and tingling of my extremities)...

Avegail

Apr 26, 20191 min read

THP - what does it mean?

THP is an acronym of the new set of chemo and targeted treatment drugs that I just started on 4/25. T - Taxol (chemo) H - Herceptin...

Avegail

Apr 19, 20191 min read

💤 😴 💤

I’m tired. Other than my body is fighting poison on the daily, I wake up either every hour or every couple of hours through the night. I...

Avegail

Mar 31, 20191 min read

Sunday night fever 🕺🏽

This is the second Sunday in a row that I had a fever all day. This week is slightly higher than last week. I’ve had a lingering cough...

Avegail

Mar 24, 20191 min read

Braving it

I felt “normal” on Friday after my chemo treatment the day before. So I braved not taking any anti nausea all day. I was able to work a...

Avegail

Mar 20, 20191 min read

AC treatment #2 - side effects

Tomorrow I start my 3rd cycle of Adriamycin (Doxorubicin) and Cytoxan. The side effects stayed true from the first cycle so I’m prepared...

Avegail

Mar 18, 20191 min read

Great things about no hair

- Travel size hair products lasts as if they’re COSTCO size - Drying time has been cut drastically - I have the option to go to a salon...

Avegail

Mar 11, 20192 min read

Vulnerability

Yesterday was quite challenging. I had pain in my right groin area. When I checked my monthly female calendar app, I was in the midst of...

Avegail

Mar 10, 20191 min read

My head hurts

I can feel my hair falling off. My scalp hurts. Time for another transition.

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