flynn031

Starting the 12-month countdown. As of January 2015 , I’ll have 12 more treatments left of what has seemed like an endless battle. While things should be getting easier, as this final 12 month stage of chemo is less intense, in a truthful simplification, it’s actually been quite the opposite.            1)       The effects of the steroids that I take once a month (turning me into a raging, munchie-consuming maniac) accumulate with each dose; meaning each time I ferry back to Vctoria after receiving treatment, the effects of the steroids are more intensified and my meal purchases from Triple O’s are consequently increased more in size – but as always, I view my food cravings as positives.          2)       The more normalized and routine my life becomes , the harder it is to accept that I am still in the midst of treatment. Each month I come home for my dose of chemo-cocktail, a sen...