I got Deported!!!!!

Now you see it......... (the port is the round bump under the skin)

Now you don't!!!!!!! (what you are looking at is the scar where they ripped the port out!), yes they gave me some lidocane first.

Hot as........

As a very cute little Hungarian/Puerto Rican girl once said ... "it's hot as balls" outside! And with a wig on that cannot be true enough!

Was in the 90's this weekend and my ever-so energetic Isabelle would not let me sit down for a moment. So we spent several hours at the park both Saturday and Sunday. So I went out and bought a short wig, my LAST wig... mark my words, I will not buy another one!

Had radiation treatment #6 this morning. So far so good. By the end of last week I was pretty tired, so as the week goes on I guess that's what will happen until I get to the point of "exhaustion", which I'm told will be around week 3.

Getting my port out tomorrow morning! I have to be at the hospital at 7:45 WITH BELLS ON!!!!!!!!

More reason to smile!

Not even sure I posted about this from the start. I have a port(chemoport), that was surgically placed in my upper arm under the skin. It's very small and has a long catheter that reaches into an artery in my heart. This is used to administer the chemo drugs that I had gotten. Well... my chemogod told me this morning that I can get it removed!!!!!!!! This is a definite in my eyes that I am really done with chemo. He tells me he has every reason to believe that my body is "disease free", due to my recent clear scans and my bloodwork, tumor markers, etc. So I am getting deported on Tuesday the 29th! It will be a good day indeed!

I figured ya'll tired of seeing my face, so I posted someone else's smile:-)

I'M SMILING!

Well... I have to admit for the first time in a while I finally have something to smile about. Well besides my beautiful in-the-terrible 2's baby girl's antics every day....... ALL MY SCANS CAME BACK CLEAR! Not that I didn't think they would:-)... but getting those scans really do cause some anxiety, let me tell you! And I am almost feeling normal, I think the chemo crap is finally leaving my bod!

PHEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

Now... let's get these tanning sessions done so me and my 2 favorite people can go on a well deserved vacation !!!!!!

1 Down, 24 to go!

Had my first radiation treatment today. I am having 3 areas radiated. My neck (lymph nodes), my underarm (lymph nodes) and my chest/breast area. Each area takes under a minute to radiate so it's really no big deal. But the parking at the hospital sucks, and they had me wait a bit for my treatment time.

So here goes the hair update again... I hoep this time I can keep going with no more interruptions! This is 5 weeks out of chemo. My side burns are like 2" long... but I have bald spots on the top and back of my head. Aghs. This weekend was so nice and Saturday was close to 80 degrees and my head under the wig wasn't very happy! So please everyone do a hair growing dance for me!

Why didn't I do this sooner????

I'm bra-less today! at work! AND IT FEELS GREAT! freedom!!!! I'm never wearing a bra again... and guess what? I DON'T HAVE TO!!!!!!!!! cause my foobs are firm and perky and round, and look like... BOOBS. so there!

One more week to get Tan!

I just hope the 5 weeks go by without any problems.

My chemogod has me going for restaging, "to be on the safe side" cause my tumor markers shot up during my last chemo treatments, but now they are back to normal. (sigh of relief).

So this Thursday I have my last mapping before starting the real radiation treatments on the 20th, but in the midst of that I have ct scans and bone scan on Friday, then next Tuesday one hour after my 2nd radiation treatment, I am going for a pet scan... ugg.... I cannot say enough how much I hate scans! My last scans in September, I had a bit of a panic attack, so I am really not looking foward to them.

Trying to force myself out and exericse a bit every day. Yesterday I did a couple of miles in the morning before my Easter cooking frenzy, it did make me feel pretty good, expect it was freezing out... ISN'T IT SPRING?!?!?

We had a great Easter with the family and also celebrated Brian's birthday, he's finally in his last year being a 30 year old... will he ever be 40!?!?!? Isabelle had a blast with her cousins! How cute are they!?!? Joey is getting so big, he is already 6 months old. Mason went on Brian's quad... I think someone needs to get him one:-)

Well, I still can't say I feel "normal", but who knows when that day will ever come. Probably Monday when I start radiation;-)

Having hot flashes every night now, like clock work from 1am to 5am, so my sleep has been nil. I'm told that will subside, some day.

And yes... my daughter started eatting candy at 730AM ! and kept on going.........

Lingering Side Effects

The only thing I am still bothered by is my eyesight. The minute I start to read something or drive my eyes hurt!

Got out for some Easter egg hunting this weekend. Isabelle, Mason and Joey got to sit on the Easter Bunny's lap. Izzy is sooo into Easter this year... she decorated the Easter Bunny's tree outside in the front lawn. When he hops on by he'll fill all the eggs! She even slept with one of the eggs she took from the hunt yesterday, how darn cute is that?!?!