Tuesday...

So far this new drug hasn't been to nasty to me. It does make me feel achy and I pretty much slept all day on Sunday. Overall though not to bad so far. The advil seem to keep my achiness under control.

I have an appt on May 9th to meet with my surgeon to discuss my options for my masectomy. They feel I will probably have my surgery in mid July. Yikes, the time is going so fast for some things and so slow for others.

This weekend was beautiful, today on the other hand is another story. I think they saved the rain up over the weekend and delivered it all this morning. Well have a terrific week.

Chemo #5 done

Chemo yesterday was pretty good no bumps or hiccups. The new drug has been good to me so far keeping my fingers crossed that it stays like that. The most fantastic thing is no nausea. For my treatment yesterday they had me put my hands in ice gloves during my treatment for about 45 minutes. Ouch it's like putting your hands in a snowbank with no gloves on brrrrr. They say it helps with my nails as this new drug isn't very nice to your nail beds and tends to make them crack and lift so if I wear the ice gloves it helps. My baby sister took me to chemo yesterday as I was nice enough to share my cold I had with Marcel.

I am going to hopefully enjoy my weekend this new drug is being very cooperative so far, I will keep you posted.

Have a great weekend!

Chemo #5

Chemo tomorrow morning at 9am with my new drug. I'm not sure if I am looking forward to it or not. I am looking forward to the fact I only have 3 more treatments after this one. My last treatment can not come soon enough. My mom always said don't wish your life away. I'm not wishing it away, I just wish it would hurry up. I want to get on with being normal again.

I am so blessed to have such a loving and caring group of family and friends. If I haven't thanked you, I am now. I appreciate all of you and your thoughts and prayers for me.

Love ya!

Busy weekend....

We had a pretty busy weekend here at our house. Our friends the Fowle's came down for a visit, it was great to have them. Sunday, Marcel went to my stepdad's with the biggest grin on his face. My stepdad is giving us his 1951 Ford pick up. Well not really giving Marcel has to help build him a workshop. The truck has been sitting in the carport for 24 years. My stepdad bought it when I was in grade 7. So it is now in my carport washed and ready for some TLC. We had many visitors popping by Sunday afternoon to check it out. The Bears came out for dinner and Tiff and Idan came out too we had bbq hamburgers it was a great weekend.

I am still fighting this silly cold, I just can't seem to shake it. I am supposed to have chemo this Thursday so I have 3 days to get rid of it. It is just a silly cough but it comes and goes, so hopefully it goes soon. I hope you have a fantastic week. I will update you again soon.

Inspirational morning...

I have been so sick all week with this silly cold. This morning I woke up and felt a little bit better I think I am on the mend. So today I went to meet my new team. Team you ask? I am joining a dragon boat team, the ladies on this team are all breast cancer survivors. My team is called Spirit Abreast and they practice up at Cultus Lake. It was very inspirational to meet with them this morning and I am not going to lie it brought tears to my eyes. I connected with one team member who is about my age and her and I got to have a good chat. I am looking forward to sharing lots of great stories with my new team. They know I am still going through my treatments, but they said even if I just want to sit on the boat with them I can if I don't feel up to paddling.

Here's to getting better this week so I am ready for Chemo on Thursday.

Spirit Abreast Dragon Boat Team

Chemo postponed

I went to see the oncologist today, thanks to my fantastic cold chemo is postponed until next Thursday. Which means that all my other chemo dates are now pushed back one week so my last chemo appt won't be on my birthday it will be June 21st. This cold sucks, Marcel took this week off so we could hang out and I feel terrible. We did go for a walk at Harrison on Tuesday, it was a beautiful day for it.

I can't wait to be done with all this. I gained 5 pounds in 3 weeks, Dr. uhlman says it's from the steroids. Since I started chemo in January I have managed to gain almost 10 pounds, the cancer clinic keeps saying it's a good thing, I just keep thinking I am going to have a lot of work and dieting to get all this weight back off again.

Have a good rest of the week, I am going to get rid of this cold.

Ugh...

Had a busy weekend over on the Island trying to get my grandpa moved to his new place. Luckily for us we have another month. It is a very slow process to say the least I think we got half of it looked after. We had a nice family dinner on Saturday with my Grandpa and headed home Sunday.

On another note I managed to get a cold that put me in bed all day yesterday. I am hoping I feel a bit better today and great by tomorrow as I have to go for bloodwork tomorrow. I think the busy weekend and lack of sleep got the better of me. I will get over this and have chemo Thursday at 8:30am. I am hoping this new drug is a piece of cake.

Have a great week!

Happy Spring!!!

April 3rd already where does the time go?  Next week I go for treatment #5. I have been feeling really good this time around. I think I am actually going to have almost 2 full weeks of feeling "normal" before my next treatment. I am so thankful that my elephant hasn't disrupted my life to much. Overall the elephant is getting used to my house and family and hasn't caused to many disruptions. Thank you Ellie for fitting in and not being a pain in my side.

I took a picture of myself today to post on my blog. Not that I truly love how I look right now, but I want to remember the no hair days. I think my hair is starting to come back, it's definatley not growing like a weed but some of the little pieces I do have are a bit longer than some others. I wonder what it will look like when it does come back. Curly or straight? Guess we will have to wait and see.

I probably won't post anything till next week because I am going to get out there and enjoy the rest of the week and weekend.

Happy Easter everyone enjoy time with your families!

It worked

So the bigger injections worked. I felt great this weekend, Friday night my temperature climed to 38 but by the next morning I was normal. For the next 2 weeks I should feel a bit better everyday, which is fantastic! My next Chemo appt is April 12th. This weekend we are headed to the island to see my Grandpa.

Marcel was a busy guy this weekend, he moved the cedars beside the house and put up a fence. He also be built me a beautiful deck in the back yard. I can't wait to have bbq's out there this summer.

Enjoy your week I am going to!