Tim and I enjoyed 3 days in The Big Apple this past weekend. We had a great time forgetting all our cares and just having fun! We took a charter bus from D.C. and stayed in a 4 star hotel. What a treat!
Here are just a few pictures from our adventures! Click HERE to [...]
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A weekend away
Posted in Uncategorized on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On The Move!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged biopsy, breast, breast cancer mastectomy chemo therapy wigs hair loss, herceptin, infection, lump, lymph, lymphedema, mammogram, mass, MRSA, node on November 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The training has begun! I am walking an average of 3.5 miles a day to prepare for the Avon Walk that I will be doing in just 6 months. The fall foliage and cooler days makes this an enjoyable activity and I also frequent the gym for additional weight lifting and endurance work outs. I [...]
I’m In It To END it!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Click HERE to view my Avon Walk page and to follow my fund raising progress!
As many of you know, I will be walking in the Avon Walk for breast cancer next May 1-2, 2010, which is just 6 months from now! I must raise $1,800 in order to participate in the walk. The funds [...]
Dangerous Encounter
Posted in Uncategorized on October 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I am home from the hospital now, after 3 days on IV antibiotics. This was quite an ordeal! After my last post my arm became worse and worse, more painful, and visibly infected. My neighbor took one look at it and was so concerned she pleaded that I go to the emergency room. I did [...]
MRSA me!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Mercy! I finally think we have discovered what has been causing the lesions/abscesses on my neck, abdomen and arm. I developed one last week on my right upper inside arm area (they start out looking like a boil) and by Saturday was miserable with pain, hot red swelling so went to the doctor. She put [...]
One Year – Year One!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 2, 2009 | 7 Comments »
On this day last year, OCTOBER 1st, 2008, I was sitting in a doctor’s office receiving the news that I had breast cancer. What a difference a year makes! This is <——-me one year ago on my 45th birthday in October. It’s been one year and this is year #1 of my survival, and hopefully [...]
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 »
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 [...]
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. [...]
For Charlotte
Posted in Uncategorized on August 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing
while it is still dark.” ~ Anonymous
I awoke this morning to an e-mail from a college student named “Sam”. She was writing to remind me that one year ago her mother, Charlotte, found me on the internet. Charlotte and I [...]
The New Do’s Debut!
Posted in Uncategorized on August 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Women know. It’s the single most identifying feature of us all….our hair. Straight, curly, permed, highlighted, low lighted, we have done it all. Women pay big bucks to have the looks they desire for their hair, and they do it often and without remorse. They feel entitled. It comes with the territory of femininity [...]
Just Keep Swimming
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged breast cancer meat poultry dairy farmers government research mammogram early detection melanoma malignancy biopsy ultrasound mam on August 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I just love the Disney movie Finding Nemo, don’t you? And my favorite quote from the movie is “Just keep swimming…just keep swimming…” as Dori tries to encourage Nemo to not give up. Can’t you hear her singing it now?
This week will mark my 25th infusion of Herceptin. I will have 6 more after this on [...]
I have been blessed!
Posted in Uncategorized on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wiped Out
Posted in Uncategorized on August 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This week I went to see my oncologist about the extreme fatigue and weight loss I have been experiencing for the last 4 months. My weight has been dropping about a pound per week and I am not even trying! My appetite is just w-a-y down from what it use to be. I didn’t have [...]
Celebration!
Posted in Uncategorized on August 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This video was created by Jane and A.J. Ali on their cross country road trip celebrating the survival of cancer! Listen to this song’s inspirational words and message by clicking the arrow in the box below. Jane and A.J. are educating and inspiring women and men all across America with their message, bringing awareness to [...]
My Heros!
Posted in Uncategorized on July 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today’s Washington Post front page article <—highlights a scene I see every week when I go to Walter Reed for treatments. Young men who have lost a part of their body to a battle they did not choose, much like me. They have lost friends to the same fight, much like me. They “soldier on” [...]
No Longer An Option
Posted in Uncategorized on July 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have always loved Mary Engelbreit’s artwork, but this particular print has taken on new meaning for me! Just when I wish I could go back in time to where I use to be “before” cancer, THAT road is no longer an option.
Imagine you fall asleep and one day you wake up in a strange [...]
