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Motherhood, Marriage, Health, and Life
Posted on February 23, 2015 Leave a Comment
So things have been pretty great. I’m currently watching Hart of Dixie, and thinking about what I’m going to eat for lunch after this blog. Al is home today. We have a Texas winter storm today, which basically means the entire county and surrounding counties have been shut down because we got a quarter-inch of […]
That Time We Got Engaged
Posted on February 17, 2015 Leave a Comment
Two years ago today, the hott guy in this pic asked me to be his wife. I had just had brain surgery 3 weeks prior and started radiation 4 days before. Felt so gross from weight gain, weight loss from steroids/surgery, being skinny with a belly lol. Felt so crazy from roid-rages (be grateful if […]
New Tattoo
Posted on February 9, 2015 Leave a Comment
Hubster and I decided for Valentineβs Day gifts this year we would both get phoenix tattoos. This tattoo means more to me than any other Iβve gotten so far. It represents the past few years, which have been both the hardest and best years of my life. Joy after depression. Good health after malignant cancer. […]
Grateful
Posted on December 8, 2014 Leave a Comment
Two years ago, I had recently ended a long-term on and off relationship, found out I had to have another brain surgery, was told the surgery might not work, that I might be paralyzed, might have to freeze my eggs, might have to have chemo (which might not work for the type of tumor that […]
Brain Cancer Rant
Posted on October 13, 2014 Leave a Comment
So thereβs this article that people have been posting on Facebook recently about this woman with brain cancer, and it has really left Al and I baffled. The woman was originally diagnosed with a grade 2 astrocytoma, same kind of tumor that I have. Her doctor told her she had 10 more years to live. […]
The Ongoings of The Richburgs
Posted on September 18, 2014 Leave a Comment
So my love is out of the Marine Corps now. He started his new job last week, which he seems to really like, so thatβs awesome. And even more awesome that we get to keep Tricare for the rest of our lives, so insurance wasnβt an issue in him accepting a job. Monday weβre moving […]
β₯ Christmas, Cancer and Marriage β₯
Posted on December 18, 2013 Leave a Comment
So Iβm typing on my new Asus Windows tablet. Al and I bought two for ourselves yesterday. Itβs pretty nice. I canβt decide if I want to keep it or exchange it for a Chromebook. Google over Windows any day. Anyway, this week has been a real roller coaster. Last week was bad; I was […]
β€ My Life β€
Posted on October 10, 2013 Leave a Comment
Al and I drove to Houston Monday night. I had appointments at MD Anderson Tuesday and Wednesday. The radiation department was a drag as always, but everything else was awesome. Originally, all 4 of my appointments were on Wednesday, but the radiation department called and said my radio-oncologist (the one who incorrectly told me that […]
The Fight Goes On…
Posted on August 3, 2013 Leave a Comment
This past week has been crazy-stressful. Apparently I have to be registered as an Exceptional Family Member for the Marines, because I havenβt been cancer-free for at least five years. So I logged on to MD Anderson website to print my diagnosis, and I checked the report I had on July 3rd. You know, the […]
Cancer Sucks, Glad It’s Gone
Posted on July 11, 2013 Leave a Comment
So last week I went for my first checkup since radiation has been over. I had to wait three months to verify whether the cancer was gone or not because radiation the radiation had to be out of my body; apparently it makes the MRI look βfoggy.β My first appointment was at 11 and my […]
