Well, Jon and I celebrated our 11 year wedding anniversary on the 17th of this month! He took me away for the night to the Morongo! It was so nice to just get away and actually forget I am sick for 1 night! Although, when I had to take a billion prescriptions before bed, it kinda reminded me! LOL! But it was a much needed night away without kids! (THANKS MOM AND DAD!)
Feb 20th~ I had my regular appointment today and got great news, my cancer numbers dropped from 19 to 14! These numbers are from 2 weeks ago, they didn't get today's numbers in yet! They also scheduled my CT Scan, it is on March 2nd at 11:30am (PST)! Please pray that I get good results! I know God is in control, but it is so hard not to worry! Then, when do worry, I feel unfaithful! If you know me, you know that this is a vicious cycle I have done my whole life! I am the biggest worrier and guilt ridden person I know! They did also prescribe me new anti-nausea medicine during my infusion that will last 3 days! (It worked awesome too!)
Feb 21st~ YUCK! CHEMO AGAIN!! This round my sister came with me! I have to admit, I was worried for her to come with me because I was afraid it would be too much for her! I mean hearing about what I go through and seeing it up close are two very different things! But she met "Zombie Christi" and did just fine! Of course I slept most of the time! Then I found out from my chemo nurse that they lowered my steriod dose for some reason! I could really tell, I was a lot more tired the following couple days after my treatment! Not good when you have 3 kids to chase after all day! Especially one who is starting the terrible two's! YIKES!! I also mentioned to the nurse that I would like to see my cancer numbers for this week, well, she pulled them for me and guess what?!! They went UP!! Not by much, but still, not the news I was hoping for! They are now at 16. BUMMER!
So, I do have a couple of prayer requests. SHOCKING! I know!! But this coming week on March 1st, my sister is having a colonoscopy done! PLEASE pray they find NOTHING!! I am really confident she is ok! But, every prayer will help solidify that! Also, pray that on the 2nd the scan shows no new cancer and hopefully a reduction in the amount of cancer in me! I really want to have the surgery to put me back together and this scan is what it depends on! Keep praying, God is listening! Love you all so much and I am SO thankful for all the thoughts and prayers!
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Happy Valentine's Day!!
Happy Valentine's Day to all our friends and family! Remember the greatest act of love was Christ laying down his life for our salvation!! I don't want to hear anyone say they don't have a Valentine, CHRIST is our ultimate Valentine!
We had a great day! We went and dropped off a Valentine to our Grandma Turtle (Casey) it was the first VDAY without my grandpa. So it was a bittersweet day for the whole family! Pop made sure all his girls had Valentines every year. That tradition was passed down to his son Russell, who is my God father! Every year I have received candy for Valentines day!! He never forgets me and it means a lot to me! I know its just candy, but I love that he remembers me and shows his love for me year after year!
So on Feb 6, I had my dr appt with the oncologist. He did tell me my cancer numbers were going back down!!! YAY!!! Praise the Lord! It went from 21 to 19 and he hadn't got my numbers from that day in yet because the lab was so busy, but he was sure he would see the numbers still going down. I asked were those numbers good and his answer was, "Well. they were A LOT higher when you first started coming in!!" Not really a clear answer, so I will just take that as, "Don't ask me that please!"
He said he wanted to get me in for a scan in 3 weeks because he wants the ball rolling for the surgery to put me back together and lose the colostomy bag!!! Then, he said once I am healed up and back on my feet from that, he wants to hit this cancer hard!!! He is going to put me on a 4th medication called Avastin. So he will be adding it to my already heavy chemo cocktail. Well, I think its heavy anyway!
The next day, Feb 7th, was chemo again!! It comes along way too quickly!! My friend Susie took me this time! We decided to watch the movie 50/50 on my laptop, well, I fell asleep and she watched it! LOL! I had already seen it and it is a VERY good movie, I highly recommend it if you want to see a true portrayal of cancer treatments and the feelings and actions of a cancer patient.
Chemo went well and we headed home. That's when it started! I got so sick to my stomach! I was in bed for 2 days straight. NOT FUN!! It hit me hard this round! Sick, throwing up and having "D"!! It was terrible. I am going to actually ask the doctor if we can maybe try a different cocktail changing out the cpt-11 to something different. I miss my first chemo drug. I had NO side effects from it at all!! But I can't ever go back on that drug.
well, that's it for now!! I am going to go! Keep praying for me and the whole family! God is listening!!! oh ya! A little more good news! I have not been losing my hair! I should have lost it by now, so I am thinking that is 1 side effect I will not have to deal with PTL!!!! Ahhh, the things that make me happy these days!
We had a great day! We went and dropped off a Valentine to our Grandma Turtle (Casey) it was the first VDAY without my grandpa. So it was a bittersweet day for the whole family! Pop made sure all his girls had Valentines every year. That tradition was passed down to his son Russell, who is my God father! Every year I have received candy for Valentines day!! He never forgets me and it means a lot to me! I know its just candy, but I love that he remembers me and shows his love for me year after year!
So on Feb 6, I had my dr appt with the oncologist. He did tell me my cancer numbers were going back down!!! YAY!!! Praise the Lord! It went from 21 to 19 and he hadn't got my numbers from that day in yet because the lab was so busy, but he was sure he would see the numbers still going down. I asked were those numbers good and his answer was, "Well. they were A LOT higher when you first started coming in!!" Not really a clear answer, so I will just take that as, "Don't ask me that please!"
He said he wanted to get me in for a scan in 3 weeks because he wants the ball rolling for the surgery to put me back together and lose the colostomy bag!!! Then, he said once I am healed up and back on my feet from that, he wants to hit this cancer hard!!! He is going to put me on a 4th medication called Avastin. So he will be adding it to my already heavy chemo cocktail. Well, I think its heavy anyway!
The next day, Feb 7th, was chemo again!! It comes along way too quickly!! My friend Susie took me this time! We decided to watch the movie 50/50 on my laptop, well, I fell asleep and she watched it! LOL! I had already seen it and it is a VERY good movie, I highly recommend it if you want to see a true portrayal of cancer treatments and the feelings and actions of a cancer patient.
Chemo went well and we headed home. That's when it started! I got so sick to my stomach! I was in bed for 2 days straight. NOT FUN!! It hit me hard this round! Sick, throwing up and having "D"!! It was terrible. I am going to actually ask the doctor if we can maybe try a different cocktail changing out the cpt-11 to something different. I miss my first chemo drug. I had NO side effects from it at all!! But I can't ever go back on that drug.
well, that's it for now!! I am going to go! Keep praying for me and the whole family! God is listening!!! oh ya! A little more good news! I have not been losing my hair! I should have lost it by now, so I am thinking that is 1 side effect I will not have to deal with PTL!!!! Ahhh, the things that make me happy these days!
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