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The Rundown – Constipation problems AGAIN

October 23, 2018

After over a week in the hospital, I feel a little more comfortable and in control here. It still definitely isn't home but I am able to concentrate on the things that I need to get a handle on before I will b...

Constipation poop charming and steamed prunes.

Karla Tolstoy

October 22, 2018

The Serious Shit

https://youtu.be/pUKAcIu94WQ When you see someone who has cancer in the movies or whatever, you always hear about chemo and throwing up or hair falling out but there is all sorts of treatments and medicat...

My New Normal

Karla Tolstoy

October 20, 2018

My Klubhouse

https://youtu.be/v9I56tMTD-Q When we started the store and website that is now Stand Up Speak Up, one of the things that we were first talking about was “What Is Your Normal?” I have always believed that ...

Surviving the cancer learning curve

Karla Tolstoy

October 20, 2018

Reality Bites

The first few days in the hospital were a STEEP learning curve. The biggest thing that I learned was that I really knew nothing about cancer. But, I am quickly becoming an expert in my cancer. https://yout...

When you just need to cry: Support for people with cancer

Karla Tolstoy

October 18, 2018

Reality Bites

I try to present a positive attitude and be as hopeful and happy and silly as possible throughout all of this. But, I'm still human and this is a huge scary change in all of my family's life and there is ba...

Start of my cancer journey: How back pain turned out to be CANCER!

Karla Tolstoy

October 15, 2018

The Serious Shit

It all started with a morning when I woke up and my back was in so much pain that I couldn’t move. One trip in the ambulance was followed by several hours waiting in the emergency room – they thought I was jus...

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