by Twyla Campbell | Aug 16, 2019 | Life
My third round of cupcakes kicked my butt. I kept telling myself that the wicked side effects were evidence that the drugs were working, but my words did little to buoy my spirits. My chemical therapy program involves eight drugs. Two of them start a day before...
by Twyla Campbell | Jul 20, 2019 | Life, Travel
I spent my birthday camping near Gull Lake with my sister, my friend and my daughter. The last time I camped was around 2003 when my common-law husband and I loaded up his kids and mine and hauled his father’s trailer to Bield, Manitoba for my family reunion. I...
by Twyla Campbell | Jul 10, 2019 | Food, Life
In preparation of the impending side effects I knew would come from chemo, I ran myself ragged trying to keep on top of work deadlines and readying my kitchen to sustain me through the downtime. I was hoping to make a batch of bone broth but had run out of time. When...
by Twyla Campbell | Jul 3, 2019 | Life
For weeks, I’ve been pep-talking myself into acceptance of the inevitable baldness that comes from (most) chemo treatments. Save for a couple of years of short styles during the early 90s and right around the time I had my babies, my hair has always been...
by Twyla Campbell | Jun 28, 2019 | Life
When Dr. Olson told me that my breast cancer had a high rate of curability with chemo, my heart dropped. I should’ve felt joy or relief or gratitude…but all I felt was dread. “I know,” he said, “When you hear chemo, you think of sickly people with no hair.” Exactly....
by Twyla Campbell | Jun 25, 2019 | Life
The wall I have around me isn’t new—the first row of “bricks” were set in place over a decade ago when my marriage was in trouble. The rows grew over the years to become an impenetrable shield that I used to keep people out and prevent them from knowing...
