Where did my hair go?

Not sure if this is side effect of 4 months of Tagrisso, anyway loosing hair. Comparing selfies of nowadays and a year ago, definitely it’s volume is different. I started to take biotin that my oncologist suggested me to take. Hope it works.

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Selfie against to my lung cancer stage4.

I’ve taken selfies in restroom for a while. Naming it as “selfie against to my lung cancer stage 4”.  トイレセルフィー気に入って暫く撮って来てますが、最近診断された私自身の肺癌に因んで、「セルフィー:肺癌ステージ4に逆らう」(日本語タイトルイマイチかな。。。)と命名。

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liked this with facial expression and hair, long bathroom tissue hanging down from dispenser and leak stain on the ceiling.

at the fried chicken place in Flatbush, brooklyn. June 20, 2019. Right before the last class teaching this year. Happy summer.

 ブルックリンカリブ街学校での、今年教える仕事最終日。フライドチキン店で。表情、トイレットペーパーの流れ具合、天井のシミが気に入ってる。

素敵な夏休みを:) 

Treatment started

Over a month and 2 weeks, since unexpected hospitalization from ER, finally medical treatment has started today. June 20th, 2019. It was my last day of teaching this year and first day of my medical treatment. 緊急入院から1月半。やっと、治療開始。6月20日、2019年。くしくも、今年の教える仕事最終日が、治療初日になった。

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Meeting nutritionist

Very first time experience in my 56 years of life. The nutritionist who works oncology department said that not to lose more weight. She said that add 1or 2 nutritious snacks addition to three meals a day. Use whole milk, add silken tohu, peanut butter or avocado into smoothie since each of my meal is getting smaller and as a result I have lost several pounds last one month. My sense of taste seems like changed since taking tagrisso. I feel too sweet of what I used to enjoy such as bottle of kombucha or ice cream. Rather enjoying blended frozen mango and home made unsweetened yogurt and milk :)

With Susan Gonzalez at Columbia Uni. Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

With Susan Gonzalez at Columbia Uni. Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

癌科と仕事をする栄養士に会った。56年生きて始めて、体重をこれ以上減らすなと言われた。うーん、妊娠以来20年体重増えっ放しだから、食欲減って嬉しい所なんだけどね。この一月、1回の食事の量が減って、特にタグリッソを飲み始めてから、味覚が変わり今迄好きだった甘い物が甘過ぎに感じて食べたく無い。我慢する必要が無いのは素晴らしい。1回の食事が小さくなってる分、栄養のあるオヤツや、喉越しの良いスムージー等(ピーナッツバターや絹ごし豆腐、ココア、アボカドを入れる事をススメられた)で補えという事だ。体内で癌細胞と闘ってる筈だから、長期戦で戦える余裕を作れって事の様だ。凍ったマンゴーに無糖ヨーグルトと牛乳をブレンダーに掛けたのは、暑い日は美味しい。あと、麻婆豆腐も、喉越しがいいので食べ易い。辛めの物は食欲を刺激してくれる様で、カレーも美味しく感じる。体重減って喜んでる場合では無いらしい。あはは。