Archive for January 2012
Green Light
Got the green light today to go ahead with chemo again. Yay! My white blood cell count needed to be around 2,000 and it was 2,500. Apparently a “normal” person’s WBC count is usually in the range of 5,000 – 10,000. Last week my count was 1,200. Understandably, I’ve now become slightly obsessed with raising…
Read MoreFigure Out What’s Important
When you’re faced with your own mortality it causes you to reevaluate what’s important. At the ripe old age of 37, death is not something I really contemplated before now. And then – wham! You’re diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and your whole perspective changes. I know some people facing serious illness and terminal disease…
Read MoreVisualize The Life You Want
This picture is why I have not blogged in the last few days. I have a little “boo boo” on my finger – the result of an unfortunate encounter with a kitchen knife while chopping veggies for dinner – that makes it a wee bit difficult to type. But I’m soldiering on anyways – determined…
Read MoreEmbrace Change
Just finished watching Obama’s State of the Union address and I’m feeling inspired. Damn that guy is a good speaker! I am reminded not to give up hope. Even though we may sometimes have to bend and flow with life and make adjustments, we do not have to give up or compromise who we are.…
Read MoreGWW Concert and Benefit
Day after day I am continually amazed by the outpouring of love and support being extended to me. If prayer and positivity really do work then I definitely got this cancer licked. People I don’t even know are reaching out, offering to watch Miss M or help with meals, sending money, and praying for me.…
Read MoreCreating Memories
Since posting my last blog entry 2 days ago I’ve experienced both joy and pain – in equal measures. Immediately after posting my last blog I crawled into bed and was overcome with a severe case of the “chills”. Even with 2 sweaters, a bathrobe, towels, and multiple blankets covering me head to toe I…
Read MoreIn It To Win It
Today I am in pain. It’s like the all over body ache you get when you have the flu… My back, my legs, my neck… The pain was sharp at times – until the Tylenol kicked in – and now it’s become more of an all over dull radiating bone ache. This is the Zometa…
Read MoreTake The Good With The Bad
Week 3 chemo treatment done. And I’m still feeling pretty damn good. Each time though, my first chemo drug (Taxol) seems to really hit me in a weird and intense way. My body is definitely not vibing with the Taxol. Last week I swear I could feel it flowing and burning through to the tips…
Read MoreWorkin’ It
Ok, I realize I’ve been slowing down on the posts a wee bit. The good news is that I’ve been slowing down because I’ve been spending my time having fun, creating memories, and living life. Yesterday evening the auntie brigade begun. Auntie L arrived from Massachusetts and all of us couldn’t be happier. Miss M…
Read MoreFeeling Groovy
It’s hard for me to believe sometimes that I really do have cancer. I don’t feel sick. I’ve gone through two rounds of weekly chemo without getting nauseous, or throwing up, or feeling much pain at all. I’m not really feeling any side effects. My hair is still in place. I still have energy. In…
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