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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…

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.…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Second chemo session today.  So far so good. Any day now my hair will start falling out.  I’m actually not feeling too emotional about it.  I know one day it’ll grow back again – And from what I hear it grows back thicker and more beautiful than ever before.  Hell yeah! But I also feel…

Grandpa is gone.  He left bright and early yesterday morning. Today – Miss M is a complete and utter mess.  When I ask her why she’s so fussy and sad she says to me, “because I miss grandpa!”  Poor thing.  After spending over 7 whole weeks with us here in Ohio it was finally time…