Shirley Chung

Shirley Chung Instagram – Heyyy loves,it’s been a while since my last update.❤️I have completed a few milestones in my cancer fighting journey in the last 2 months🎉I finished my 10 weeks radiation and chemo in patient treatments at @uchicago,and ring the victory bells with my treatment team and friends family by my side! ❤️And as I thought the toughest part of cancer has passed…I experienced the hardest / worst days of my life during recovery. 2 weeks after the treatment was when the Radiation chemo took full effect on my body. My neck, lips and jawline were covered with blisters from the radiation, my tongue and throat were peeling & bleeding all the time.🩸I couldn’t sleep through the night, was waking up every 2 hours coughing up blood and mucus.🙃My days were filled with clean and rinse my mouth, clean and change dressing on my neck,self inject pain meds every 3 hours, tube feed nutritional shakes and water. 💥My pain finally got better 3 weeks ago.💧The first sip of water was glorious, it was still super painful, but after 3 months of not being able to swallow anything, it was a small win! ❤️I have since learned to drink smoothies, had soups,ice cream and egg custard, my taste buds are coming back, I can taste 50% of sweet and savory and all the warm spices. 🙃Little hiccup, got an emergency surgery to replace GTube. ✌️Since I have been feeling better, I got to enjoyed Chicago a little bit, trips to museums and a play.❄️🐶I even played in the snow with Baxter.💥 As I am getting ready to go back home for the holidays, I can’t thank my team @uchicago , Dr Vokes and Dr Juloori enough for treating and taking great care of me.🙌 My friends and family who visited and texted and checked on me. 🙏Everyone’s prayer, donations,gifts and love, warmed my soul, pushed me forward on this tough road of cancer recovery. I appreciate YOU ❤️. Next step, come back to Chicago in January for my final checkup. I GOT this 💪 #tonguecancer #fuckcancer #cancerwarrior #chefshirleychung #dumplingmafiaqueen | Posted on 18/Dec/2024 03:51:53