Shirley Chung

Shirley Chung Instagram – Hey Loves 💕 Hello from Chicago! Thank you all so so much for the out pouring love and support since my announcement, your love helped carried me through the hardest and the most painful weeks of my life. ❤️ I have completed 2 weeks of radiation and chemo treatment at @uchicago, I can’t thank my doctors and nurses enough for taking good care of me. My mouth, tongue and throat are peeling because of radiation, so after 1 week of treatment, my pain was so bad that drinking water felt like pouring salt on my raw flesh, so I chose to install Gtube, feeding tube on my stomach, so I can get all the nutrients and meds through it, without torturing my mouth. It was a hard decision to be make, but I felt so blessed that my doctor push me to do it. I was losing weight too rapidly,10 pounds in 10 days. I ended up stay in the hospital for 2 weeks for the surgery, also figure out the best solution for my pain control. With my new shining weapon G-Tube, I am feeling much stronger and have been able to maintain my weight this check up! 💕 Having tongue cancer, even though I am surrounded by so much love, but I can still feel lonely, because no one can imagine the pain and not be able to talk and even drink water. I definitely had some of the darkest days of my life. 💕 But I met a new friend! Aubryn, my cancer warrior sister when we were in the waiting room for radiation ☢️ We bounded over our love of fashion ( we were the only 2 girls continued to dress up and put on makeup for our appointments) and Love of Food! She is one week ahead of me on treatments, so her experience gave me a sense of clarity, and she is tougher than me! Handling all the pain with such grace. We text each other everyday, she even checks on me when we are having the off week at home. We exchange list of food that we crave and wanna go eat after we are healed, and promised to cook for each other after we kick cancer’s ass. I am so grateful to have met my cancer warrior sister here and I know our friendship will continue long after we are healed❤️👯‍♀️. #chefshirleychung #dumplingmafiaqueen #unicorn #cancerwarrior #tonguecancer #fuckcancer | Posted on 03/Oct/2024 22:24:48