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2 down, 14 to go!

This week I’ve had the pleasure of my brother and sister’s company during my long and oh so boring treatments. And on top of that, their cooking too! Yum! I am very luck to have a family filled such culinary talent 🙂

The good news, 2 treatments are done and out of the way! The bad news, the redness on the cancerous side continues to show up after each treatment and this treatment my cheeks turned pink durning my fluids/anti-nausea meds. Talk about funky! So my appointment with my oncologist has been moved from the 10th to the 3rd to talk about what’s happening.

I’m also feeling weaker after this treatment and have been battling dehydration the past few days but I’ve been able to maintain my weight and my blood counts are still looking very good. The pain from the Neulasta shots has paid off, it’s doing its job wonderfully.

These next couple of weeks will be filled with rest and not much more…I figure, on average, I sleep 18 hours a day…and still feel tired lol Go figure.

Hugs and love to all and thanks for the continued show of love and support :). Please keep the guest book posts coming, I enjoy every one of them!

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Mange

Fall out continues in a truly strange style!  Yesterday morning I started losing the hair on my head…but in ‘patches’  Leave it to my awesome sister to come up with the perfect adjective for what my ‘patches’ looked like…Mange.  Haahaahaaa  I totally looked like I had mange!  And for the first time since this mess began, I was embarrassed to show my head even in my own home…  So last night, out came the shaving cream and off came my stubble – thank you sis for a job well done 🙂

Yesterday was a big day for my daughter and without some very awesome people in our lives, it wouldn’t have turned out as great!  One of Sam’s friends let her borrow a very beautiful dress for her to wear to Homecoming so that we wouldn’t have to spend the money on a dress for Sam – Thank you Jojo!  Sam also received her first pair of pointe shoes, compliments of the studio, as a gift for all of her hard work and as a thank you for me creating a logo for them.
People don’t realize what a financial nightmare cancer is…yes, we have insurance, but it doesn’t cover everything and when you add time off from work to the mix, its make the struggle even harder.
Many thanks to our local friends for the wonderful casseroles they’ve brought by and the smiles they’ve brought with them.  For those who aren’t local and would like to help, a special site has been set up – http://www.gofundme.com/189pm0?pc=fb_cr  We understand that times are tough, but every little bit helps and we would truly appreciate it.