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I am feeling good.  Just enjoyed a beautiful day with the family & Auntie Cole and her man.  And I’m not feeling sick or in pain. Now I’m just praying my blood counts will be high enough to do chemo tomorrow. Thinking tonight about how fortunate I am to be in a position to pass…

I am still reveling in the glorious beauty and love of last night’s benefit.  What an amazing success! The Graceful Woman Warrior Committee went all out and orchestrated one seriously kick-ass party.  How do I know?  Because I got to be there – even though I was in Ohio – thanks to modern technology.  Yay…

As Vivian just reminded me…  I am not a statistic.  The rules don’t always apply. My proof?  I successfully kept my white blood cell count high enough to do chemo this week – without any help from pharmaceuticals.  Yay!  Take that! And the kicker?  I managed to do it while fighting a cold AND having…

Normally I try to remain optimistic.  I hope and believe that I can beat metastatic breast cancer.  But the reality is that most do not. In the last few days I’ve been googling up metastatic breast cancer blogs to read other women’s stories.  To be honest, I usually try to avoid reading much of anything…

First of all big THANKS goes out to everyone who offered parenting advice and reassurance from my last blog entry.  I have taken a lot of what was said to heart.  I am applying the wisdom I’m gaining.  Things are getting a bit easier. In other news…  My damn cold is back!  Miss M and…

It’s been a rough day.  A rough week actually.  Not impossible.  Just exhausting. Before sitting down to write this, I happened to read my daily meditation from Melody Beattie’s “Journey to the Heart: Daily Meditations on the Path to Freeing Your Soul”…  And of course it was exactly what I needed to hear… Be Gentle…

Wow!  What an intense couple of days! First, I have to admit it’s been a bit of an adjustment flying solo this week.  I realized that if I am gonna be in treatment for the long haul, I will need to hire some help.  Although everyone’s been great about flying out to Ohio to help,…

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!! So the big news you’ve all been waiting for…  My lovely white blood count…  Well, unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you look at it), my count only rose by 200.  Putting me at 1,600 this morning.  Not high enough for chemo. But I did get my Herceptin (and a bonus…

That damn cold has had me in such a funk these last few days!  I blame it for everything!  My days without exercise…  The cravings for sugary and empty carb treats…  Not finding time for meditation or guided imagery…  And for giving me this big ol’ case of the “blahs”.  Thank god it’s on its…