Today is the halfway point!

Today is my official halfway point. I guess that means that it is all downhill from here, right? This entire cancer thing, the chemo, the doctors appointments, the tests, etc. are going by faster than I thought they would. I am thankful to have made it through another week. I must say that I was not expecting this to be a good week. The week that followed my 2nd chemo was hard for me. But this time around, I have been pleasantly surprised. If all goes well next week I would have to rate this as my best chemo yet.

I have not been consistent with my blogging this week but there has not been much to write about. The better my days are the less I have to write about. HURRAY!

Maryam was here on Tuesday morning to help me with the girls. THANKS! By the way, when are you coming again? :-)

Janet brought us taco shop for dinner tonight. The girls ate all of the rolled tacos and I ate one too many pieces of quesadilla. THANK YOU! Now that everyone of us has a full tummy, I am hoping we all can sleep like babies.

Goodnight.

I'm Hanging in There!

Bonnie brought us dinner last night. Her pasta was a hit. She also brought some goodies for the girls. They LOVED the Princess Memory game and have been coloring in the mini coloring books with the new crayons. We are truly grateful for everyone's help.

It was back to work again. I am halfway done and have only missed 2.5 days of work. I am so thankful to be able to get out, work, and continue as normal as possible with very little side effects. I cannot lie, the nausea that I had this past weekend was bad but it seems to have passed. Remind me to stay out of the car or to avoid any and all car rides when I am feeling woosy (sp?).

The people that I work with have been AWESOME! Bringing dinners, helping me in the mornings, being understanding, praying and sending positive thoughts my way, how lucky am I! My family has been AWESOME too! I am SOOOOOO very lucky to have the support that I do.

Thank you Brenda for the dinner tonight. It was great. I loved the micro choc. chip cookie. I ate it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top while it was warm.....ummmm...sooooo yummy! Just like a pizookie from B.J.'s. :-)

Work was good today. The kids were pretty mellow. I have eluded the jaw pain...or it has eluded me. But either way, I am so thankful that it has not made an appearence this time around. All your prayers are working! Please keep them coming. They are the key to my recovery!

I had a pretty good weekend :-)

Sorry that I have not posted in several days. It has been a pretty good weekend for me. I have been more tired than normal but have not had many symptoms other than the tiredness. Yesterday we had a birthday party for Mina at Sylvia and Brent's house. I'll try to post a picture later. It was so nice. Mina had a great time. Many thanks to Sylvia, Brent, Loli, and Rosa for organizing everything. We love you!!

On Saturday, Mayam brought over some of James' chili. It was great! There was SOOOOOO much of it. We barely made a dent. Thank you!

Yesterday Brian was here taking pictures. He had his entire photography set-up. We got to see the shots he took of us the day after Halloween and, of course, he took more. Hopefully we can use one of the new shots for our Christmas card this year. Thank you, Brian!

Also, my parent were here for the weekend. They have been here for each of my treatments. They help us with the girls, help around the house, and most importantly provide moral support. We love you both so much and we could not do it without you! Thank you!

I have a problem with my PICC line. On Saturday afternoon Ray went to flush my line and it would not flush. I went to urgent care and they confirmed that it was clogged but they could not do anything for me there. Today I have to call the department where they put it in to find out how to proceeed. Hopefully they have something that can fix it.

I am on the Neupogen shots again. My WBC (white blood count) was good this last time so the shots need to continue to keeps the level up. Shot #1 (round 2) was last night. That went fine.

So, the latest update from Thursday was that I ONLY have 3 more chemos left to go. Both of my oncologists are in agreement that I am to have 6 total chemos and 17 days of radiation. This is 6 less chemos than I thought I would have to have. What a relief!!!!! My hair is still coming out. I am not sure how much longer I can sustain the immense shedding. I have said that before but it still keeps on coming out yet I still have some that remains. Dr. Sweet was surprised to see that my hair was real and that it had not all fallen out by now. He said that for most people undergoing my drug regimen have no hair left by this point.

The picture that I have posted is one that I took in my yard yesterday. This plant usually only blooms in May/June so the bloom is an unexpected surprise.