by Nicole Cooper | May 9, 2017 | Cancer
Last night, my beautiful baby boy feel asleep in my arms. In our dark bedroom, a little after midnight, I felt his head relax into the crook of my elbow, and saw his eyes rest shut. It was a moment of pure perfection. This was the first time I have had a sleeping baby...
by Nicole Cooper | Apr 20, 2017 | Cancer
The tears fell thick and fast. I felt confused. Defeated. It had been a nice morning. I had woken up feeling good, feeling strong. My body ached from yesterday’s workout – and that was a great thing. Joshua was having a morning nap and I had a chance to think about...
by Nicole Cooper | Apr 14, 2017 | Cancer, Chemotherapy
I know it may seem like a bizarre wish – but I wanted to lose my hair. In my mind, chemotherapy that was killing my abundant head of hair would surely really be giving it to that nasty cancer. So when my first oncologist told me that I would keep my hair, I was...
by Nicole Cooper | Apr 9, 2017 | Cancer
“Would you like to listen to some music while you are lying here, Nicole?”. I was stretched out on a very skinny bed with my arms above my head, waiting to be pushed into my PET scan. Music was the last thing I expected. Well, perhaps a glass of Veuve was the last...
by Nicole Cooper | Apr 6, 2017 | Cancer
I have been beautifully sheltered from the burden of breaking my news. I can count on one hand the number of times I have had to say “I have cancer”. My husband, Tim, and my family have taken all of my tough conversations away from me. Social media also...
by Nicole Cooper | Apr 6, 2017 | Cancer
The ward doctor entered the room with “I hear you have meds that are uncharted”. Um, sorry? I deciphered this statement at the time as follows: it appeared one of my Zarzio immunity injections hadn’t been included in the documented medication list...
