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Spring seems to have sprung this week in Santiago. The sky has morphed from cloud-covered grey to pristine blue. Chingy and Kubi now spend afternoons sprawling themselves on the sun-kissed patio instead of stealing my blankets on the couch to warm themselves. My hairless head doesn´t scream out in terror when it emerges from the…

It has been awhile since my last blog so I thought I’d update you all on what’s going on… and… that’s not really a whole lot. Jon’s mom came down for about ten days, which was really nice, and gave me a reason to get showered in the morning. Yes- sometimes I need those… The…

It’s been about three weeks since we’ve been back from our travels. School has started again which means, aside from some meetings and social engagements, I’ve been home by myself, recovering. The reason for so much time spent recuperating is I’m a lot more fatigued than I was at the beginning of my treatment. Jon…

Remember when your teachers and coaches told you not to take steroids?? Well, I am in complete accordance with that advice, unless you really have to… I say all this, not for sympathy, but transparency for those who have metastatic breast cancer and need to know what to expect. I am currently taking steroids twice…

The last two weeks have been very odd for me. I haven’t really felt like talking to anyone because I am having a good deal of trouble knowing who I am or what I am all about. If you don’t know me that well, I would describe myself as an active, social person. I love…

I have been trying not to write this blog because it means I have relapsed, my cancer has come back, and I am undergoing treatment again. Although I wish it were not, all of those things are true. A few months ago I started getting these headaches that would start when I turned my head…

Hi all, I’m back to my travel pod blog for my summer travels. If you’d like to follow along use this address: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/eliswift4/3/tpod.html Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I haven´t blogged in awhile, and that´s okay because I have a lot of summer travel plans, so I expect to be blogging regularly about my adventures soon. I prefer to blog about happy times than cancer, so I am very much looking forward to seeing new places and having some time away to think,…