Here are photos from July 15th. Guy took pictures of me with Kelric, getting a few close-ups of my tiger-striped nails.
Angela
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Chemotherapy affects the growth of fingernails, creating a pattern of stripes. When I was almost done with chemo I wrote a poem called "Awakening of the Tiger Woman" because my striped nails and determination to survive reminded me of the ferocity of a tiger. This blog chronicles my journey from newly-diagnosed, pregnant, 34-year-old frightened woman to strong survivor and mother. I got breast cancer, but it didn't get me.
About Me
- Angela "Tiger" Patterson
- It is 2015 and I am 40-something years young. I became a mother in 2006 just 10 days after I became a cancer survivor. This blog chronicles my journey through and beyond breast cancer. The blog starts here: 1 Once There Was a Lump
Special Links
- Mesothelioma - for some reason the Mesothelioma people find me, so here is a link (by request) to a site for help
- Pew Trusts - a non-profit that aims to protect sensitive environmental areas so cancer-fighting drugs like Taxol can one day be discovered
- Wonders and Worries - an amazing non-profit in Austin, TX that helps children and their parents cope with the serious illness or death of a loved one
- Fertile Hope - a non-profit that helps people preserve their fertility that might be lost after cancer treatments
- Quack Watch
- Dr. Susan Love's Foundation
- American Cancer Society
- Breast Cancer Resource Centers of Central Texas
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- 43 Tiger-striped nails
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- 41 POEM: On a Good Day
- 40 E-mail: 17 of 33
- 39 E-mail: 14 of 33
- 38 E-mail: 8 down 25 to go
- 37 E-mail: beginning of radiation
- 36 E-mail: port removal surgery and insurance error
- 35 E-mail: after chemo - before radiation
- 34 E-mail: #8 of 8 - final chemo!
- 33 POEM: Awakening of the Tiger Woman
- 32 E-mail: round two at the hospital or, "There a...
- 31 E-mail: the pendulum swings
- 30 E-mail: update after treatment #6
- 29 E-mail: surviving treatment 6 of 8
- 28 E-mail: new hair
- 27 E-mail: new
- 26 E-mail: home from the hospital today
- 25 E-mail: 5th chemo
- 24 E-mail: What are you doing?
- 23 E-mail: returned to work this week
- 22 E-mail: #4 better than #3 so far
- 21 E-mail: genetic test results delayed
- 20 Second round of hair loss
- 19 E-mail: addendum
- 18 E-mail: staying home longer and other current ...
- 17 Before I lost my hair
- 16 E-mail: hair pictures
- 15 POEM and E-mail: "Second Chemotherapy"
- 14 E-mail: update on the arm
- 13 E-mail: my first complication
- 12 E-mail: first chemo
- 11 E-mail: chemo tomorrow
- 10 E-mail: the heart scan
- 9 E-mail: Sentinel nodes
- 8 E-mail to one friend: "RE: pictures"
- 7 E-mail: "baby coming on Monday, March 13 if thi...
- 6 E-mail: update
- 5 The First Email I Sent Out Announcing "Bad News"
- 4 POEM: A Diagnosis of Cancer
- 3 The Baby Comes
- 2 Diagnosis
- 1 Once There Was a Lump...
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