by wsteffenauer | Aug 5, 2023 | Cancer, Life, Tamika
So my body is really trying to kill me! Seriously though, the surgery results are good (details below), but 7 hours is a long time to be in surgery 🙂 oh, and I don’t have a bag LOL I woke up from surgery to my left arm in a lot of pain. I’ve had lymphedema...
by wsteffenauer | Jul 24, 2023 | Cancer, Life, Tamika
It’s not just a hysterectomy. People keep comparing it to that, and I wish I was only having a hysterectomy or no surgery at all (really, this isn’t a choice I wanted to make). I go in for surgery tomorrow, July 25, 2023. They will be removing my uterus,...
by Tamika Steffenauer | Jul 16, 2023 | Tamika
I had to keep my distance from my own kids (and everyone else) for a day after getting injected with a radioactive solution. No hugs from the kids, but William still hugged me 🙂 A PET scan is a strange thing. You walk into a room full of signs warning you that...
by Tamika Steffenauer | Jul 14, 2023 | Cancer, Blog, Tamika
We got some great news during my checkup before Chemo Round 3. The blood test came back and my CA 125 markers have dropped to 165! William asked the doctor if this was normal to see such big changes in only two rounds of chemo and her response was “This is not normal,...
by Tamika Steffenauer | Jun 27, 2023 | Tamika
I know better, but I can sleep when I’m dead. 😂 In the last 2 weeks I managed to plan 3 birthday parties and a fathers day. I ran around like a mad woman. I took walks. I cleaned my house and rearranged the furniture. I kept myself very busy, but today it...
by Tamika Steffenauer | Jun 18, 2023 | Blog, Cancer, Tamika
A lot has happened in the last 12 days! So here is an update to keep you, well…updated 😉 I went in for Chemo Round 2 on June 7th. This time I felt like God helped me change my outlook and I was looking forward to going. I met with my oncologist before we started...
