Tag Archives: off-treatment

Happy First Anniversary, Peyton

By Anissa Mayhew | Published: November 12, 2009

It’s been a year. A year since I handed Peyton her last dose of chemotherapy medicine and she downed it like a champ. A year since the clock started ticking….the one that counts off the days to five years. She’s finally gotten to the age where she’s got more days off-chemo than on-chemo in her lifetime. It was [...]

Posted in Faith, life with cancer, living in the aftermath | Also tagged cancer, cured, leukemia, peyton | 30 Comments

There’s not enough candy in the world for this much crazy

By Anissa Mayhew | Published: November 5, 2009

Peyton had an oncology checkup on Tuesday. I had the pukes. They rescheduled it for Wednesday. I still didn’t feel like I was safe to be around the immune-compromised kids, so I canceled that one too. Now, we wait until next week to see her doctor and get her bloodwork. And I’m sort of relieved. It’s been a year off [...]