Over the last eight months, I’ve amassed a nice little collection of these fancy little fanny packs. I only use them for 25 hours once a month. I have them in an array of colors – purple, light blue, dark blue, pink, tan. Traditionally, fanny packs are meant to hold your essentials around your waist so that your hands can be free while on a run or at concert or simply wearing it to be retro ‘80s chic.

For my purposes, they hold a 50ml ball of chemo while it dispenses into my body overnight in the comfort of my own home. How crazy is that? No more checking into the hospital for a week at a time to get treatment. What’s even more mind blowing to me—no more hair falling out! Which is great, but the major downside is that it impacts my ability to breathe. Like a lot.

Fortunately, I have an amazing team of docs looking out for me, and it’s also a bit convenient that my oncologist is married to my pulmonologist. They both have been helping me troubleshoot the why the treatment is impacting my breathing and how I can manage it during the treatment cycles. Why do we need to manage it? Well, one, I need to be able to breathe, it’s kind of essential. But two, the treatment is working! It’s been shrinking things and keeping them stable over the last eight months. So, sign me up to wear a fanny pack anytime! 🙂