Caryn on Cancer Christmas Episode 2 The one where she thanks you so so so much

To say I am blessed by the people in my life would be an understatement. Since telling people about my cancer, I have been sent the most thoughtful and generous gifts and well wishes by so many of you. It has been like Facebook on your birthday and Christmas as a kid, all rolled up into one. I would not wish this on anyone, but I wish every one of you could feel as loved and special as I have felt over the last month. You made my family dinner, you sent cards, you asked people who have been through this what I might need and dropped baskets full of the most creative and useful gifts I have ever received. The coloring books! I love them so much! You have reached out and sent funny memes and got me out of the house and have loved on me in so many unbelievable ways. I don't think thank you will ever be enough but THANK YOU! From the bottom of my heart. I wanted every one of these blog posts to be funny and lighthearted, hence Cancer Christmas but truly...my cup runneth over, I am so very grateful for each one of you. I promise you that I will pay it forward once I am on the other side of this cancery chapter.

Fuck Cancer,

C

Caryn on Cancer Episode 1 The one where she introduces you to her cancer

 It’s been 24 days and 23 minutes since I was diagnosed with grade 3 her2+ invasive ductile carcinoma (are you singing this like “Nothing Compares to You”?). Actually, it’s been that long since the radiologist came back after looking at my ultrasound and said things did NOT look good. It took a lot of tests and scans and biopsies to come to the actual diagnosis. But I digress. This is a sucker punch to the senses and it’s been a lot to digest. I’m thinking I will chronicle this journey (I really hate that word) and give you all the good the bad and the ugly. Writing and humor help me process so here we are. I was supposed to start chemo today but insurance is being difficult. They are fucking exasperating. I don’t even think a human being even looked at anything to do with my treatment and they just kicked it out NOPE!! Thursday will be chemo day, fingers crossed. There’s nothing like being told you have aggressive cancer and then be told to wait to start curing it. F you very much United Healthcare. So hey, I hope you will follow me as I dive into 2023 boob first.  

Fuck Cancer,

C 😘