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Memorial day sale going on now!

30% off art prints!

20% off original paintings!

10% off of stickers

Plus free shipping in the US on orders over $35!

Yay!

https://AndraMarieStudio.Etsy.com

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I still have more time before my next chemo starts and I have really been enjoying this time of almost feeling like myself again.

I'm on steroids and the dose is going down and I will start the chemo pill soon too. My doctor expects that I will be feeling very tired soon. I'm desperately clawing at the time and energy I do have and am stressed trying to use it to it's fullest.

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The more journals you have the more you have your life together right?

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I have a ton of art supplies I have collected and I'm afraid some of them are getting neglected! So I made a list of all the art supplies and surfaces/sketchbooks I own and my plan is to try to complete the list!

My friend was talking to me about how her favorite part of video games is to try to complete all the collections or certain achievements so I decided to do that with my art supplies.

I have been learning how to paint and draw since 2012 so I have a lot of things collected over the years. I bet some of the markers are dried up though.

I also have more lists of art ideas and games I want to do!

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It's almost been a year since my cancer journey started. One thing that you lose over the course is bit of autonomy over your body. Not only did I loose my hair and part of my body I lost my face shape.

It's called moon face and it's an effect of thr different chemo and steroids. I honestly hate it so much, but it's just a side effects of surviving so we're going to appreciate it anyway. (Although this is also some water retention)

#Cancer #CancerJourney #MoonFace

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I just got out of my third hospital stay. Hopefully this time we for sure know what was causing all the issues. It looks like the immunotherapy kicked my immune system way into overdrive and got confused and decided to attack my lungs.

I've been on oxygen for about a month and know one could figure out why.

I'm now on steroids and I can finally breathe. Even though it doesn't always feel like it.

So I drew this piece to manifest breathing. I also missed a lot of the start of spring while I was in the hospital. The grass grew during my stay.

Hopefully I can continue to take some deep breaths moving forward!

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My hair is growing back and I am recovering from my single masectomy. The scar is intense. It's upsetting honestly.

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5 days until my partial mastectomy!

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Testing out a new watercolor color and playing with my new gold ink. This simple little landscape acts as a swatch page but is a little more interesting. Too bad the paper wasn't the best.

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A little doodle to test out a new watercolor colors. But the paper in this sketchbook isn't the best.

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Do you take requests for birds? If so, may I request the Red-Crested Turaco?

Okay! Here you go!

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31. Spotted Pardalote!

And done! Last bird finished!

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Spotted Pardalote #birbfest day 31.

This is the final bird for the birbfest challenge! It was a lot of fun. THANKS EVERYONE who liked, reblogged and commented my drawings, it means a lot. :D

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Erin Kate Archer on Etsy

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30. Black Headed Gull

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My surgeon hasn't called me yet and this is new in my patient portal. My doctor warned me against googling stuff but...

It looks like a partial mastectomy is like the same as a lumpectomy and an axillary dissection is the removal of a lymph node.

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29. Cuban Tody.

Even though I am done with chemo I am still so tired and I was on the struggle bus with this one.