Chemotherapy killed my fingernails…back when the fingernails you see (right hand…left hand was left unscathed…crazy shit) were hidden under the skin, there was a break in their growth caused by the chemicals that also took my hair, eyelashes, eyebrows, and soul, and now they are being pushed out by the new healthy nails. This is a painful process. The old nails are (were) still stuck to the skin, but not attached to the new nail growth…so they crack, and any pressure on them feels like they are being pulled off with pliers. It has basically rendered my right hand almost completely useless for most fine-motor skill functions – opening things, writing, scratching, picking, etc, etc, etc. Thankfully, over the past couple of weeks, the nails on my pointer, middle, and ring fingers have managed to catch themselves on something – blanket, carpet, clothes, dog’s fur – and be wincingly pulled off unexpectedly. Though each one caused a significant outcry of obscenities, and even a tear or ...
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jody
SCt sista. ;) Just wanted to send some love your way and congratulate you for finishing the drugs of cycle one.
You should be incredibly proud of yourself. Hope Luis is spoiling you rotten.
Remember:
Get out of bed. Drink lots of fluids, Walk, shower, repeat.
Knock it down one day at a time cupcake, we're all cheering you on.
xoxo
B
les mandamos muchos abrazos y besos desde guanajuatito, ya saben que aqui tienen a dos exvecinos que siempre seran sus vecinos, los queremos y les mandamos las mejores vibras...
Animo y pa´arriba siempre!!!
con mucho cariño
tito, lulu y ebebe
tito y lulù