I love this song. I have heard it many times over the course of my storm called cancer and am well aware that sometimes God doesn’t take away the storms in my life. But I have felt Him calm me within. I am at that place now. A calm place. Sure, the dangers that lurk [...]
Archive for September, 2009
The Storm
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged breast cancer, breast cancer mastectomy chemo therapy, doctor, fear, fibroadenoma, hair loss, lump, mass, wigs, worry on September 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Topless!
Posted in Uncategorized on September 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Okay, so I knew that title would get your attention! This is me at my first social function in 8 1/2 months without a wig, a hat or a scarf! Last weekend I went to a friend’s birthday party “as is” with my fuzzy head of hair. I have to gel it a bit [...]
The Numbers Don’t Lie!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged breast, breast cancer mamogram biopsy doctor lump mass lesion, breast cancer mastectomy chemo therapy wigs hair loss, cancer, herceptin, infusion, muga scan on September 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This week I had a MUGA scan of my heart. This is a nuclear scan of the heart. Muga stands for Multiple-Gated Acquisition, a 40 minute test where the radioactive tracer injected into my bloodstream is tracked and followed by a gamma camera as I lay on a table with electrodes stuck to me and [...]
The countdown begins!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged biopsy, breast, breast cancer mamogram biopsy doctor lump mass lesion, breast cancer mastectomy chemo therapy wigs hair loss, hair, herceptin, infusion, nurse on September 11, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I finished my 25th infusion of Herceptin yesterday and have just 5 more to go now before completion, just before Christmas. Then I will officially be done with one year of chemo therapy! While at the hospital, I got to meet with my new oncologist. This new doctor is actually the head of oncology [...]
Courage To Fly
Posted in Uncategorized on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I want to share a wonderful song called Courage To Fly, by a group called Dichroic Glass. They are two couples making music together and recording CD’s to raise money for breast cancer research. Kristin, one of the members, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006. I met her by chance (well, by divine appointment [...]
Iron and Gold
Posted in Uncategorized on September 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Well this past weekend Tim and I were kayaking out on The Occoquan again (this is practically an every week outing for us). The season is drawing to a close and we are hoping to purchase our own kayaks soon as the marina where we normally rent them is closing the end of this month. [...]
