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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Again it seems my words and thoughts might fail me, but I'm gonna try to get an entry out anyway....again being stubborn pays off! lol
Saturday was spent out at the lake enjoying watching my friends and family live each moment without a care in the world which helps me to forget some of my cares too....if only for a little while. I socialize when I can, I rest when I need to and I need those days out in the fresh air....even if I get the chills in temperatures in the high 70's...I have no problem sitting by the lake all wrapped up like I'm going to the Chicago Bears game in mid January! lol
I like being on the oral chemo (Xeloda) much better than the AC & T that I had to have through an IV every two weeks at the cancer center...this stuff doesn't bring you to deaths door, but I will be feeling much better come Friday when I have my last radiation...then I think I get a week off, then a new brain MRI to see if that tumor has shrunk, become dormant or has left the building all together! lol No tumor could mean all cancer cells floating around my brain could all be nonexistant too! I promise I will have Jim take a picture of me and my mask on the radiation table my last time around...then you can also see how much hair has grown back before it leaves it's place of residency again! lol
This past Sunday I was able to run my fingers through my hair and see the beginning of my hair loss again....We still haven't told Jim's family that I have been sick all this time, we are going to wait until the family reunion or shortly before to let them know....we decided since they didn't handle it very well the first time around we will let them enjoy these past few months with peace in their hearts. By the time I see them again I will be bald and neither one of them could handle seeing me that way so Goldylocks was forever worn in their presence....small, itchy inconvenience on my part.
Last week My Baby Boy turned 15....I have lost all vision of his sweet baby face....he had a fantastic weekend....caught a rather large Walleye out at the lake (catch and release) and when on a 3D archery hunt with the grown men and outshoot almost all of them......except for his Daddy of course.....so right now I have two fifteen year olds until next month when Rachel turns 16.......did I mention that she has her permit and in Illinois you have to have 50 hours behind the wheel with your permitted child?? There isn't enough XANAX to get me through all that.....so my family has been pitching in and white knuckle driving with the child.........like I don't already have enough stress in my life huh??? lol lol lol
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One tired Pink Warrior....battles on!
Saturday was spent out at the lake enjoying watching my friends and family live each moment without a care in the world which helps me to forget some of my cares too....if only for a little while. I socialize when I can, I rest when I need to and I need those days out in the fresh air....even if I get the chills in temperatures in the high 70's...I have no problem sitting by the lake all wrapped up like I'm going to the Chicago Bears game in mid January! lol
I like being on the oral chemo (Xeloda) much better than the AC & T that I had to have through an IV every two weeks at the cancer center...this stuff doesn't bring you to deaths door, but I will be feeling much better come Friday when I have my last radiation...then I think I get a week off, then a new brain MRI to see if that tumor has shrunk, become dormant or has left the building all together! lol No tumor could mean all cancer cells floating around my brain could all be nonexistant too! I promise I will have Jim take a picture of me and my mask on the radiation table my last time around...then you can also see how much hair has grown back before it leaves it's place of residency again! lol
This past Sunday I was able to run my fingers through my hair and see the beginning of my hair loss again....We still haven't told Jim's family that I have been sick all this time, we are going to wait until the family reunion or shortly before to let them know....we decided since they didn't handle it very well the first time around we will let them enjoy these past few months with peace in their hearts. By the time I see them again I will be bald and neither one of them could handle seeing me that way so Goldylocks was forever worn in their presence....small, itchy inconvenience on my part.
Last week My Baby Boy turned 15....I have lost all vision of his sweet baby face....he had a fantastic weekend....caught a rather large Walleye out at the lake (catch and release) and when on a 3D archery hunt with the grown men and outshoot almost all of them......except for his Daddy of course.....so right now I have two fifteen year olds until next month when Rachel turns 16.......did I mention that she has her permit and in Illinois you have to have 50 hours behind the wheel with your permitted child?? There isn't enough XANAX to get me through all that.....so my family has been pitching in and white knuckle driving with the child.........like I don't already have enough stress in my life huh??? lol lol lol
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You are a warrior. You stay strong for your family and add to their happiness. You are an amazing lady, and I am very honored to know you here in JLand. I wish they would of gave me the pills when I was doing chemo. But they didn't. I had to go every 2 weeks for 5 1/2 hours to have the IV line put into my port and sit there bored crazy while every drop of fluid was put into me. Then I'd be sick for days and days afterwards. I had 24 sessions of this. My port was forever clogging, found out it was recalled. I had the arm port not the chest port. It got infected a few times also. But 24 treatments of chemo, and 20 sessions of radiation and I am in remission and hope to stay in remission a long time to come. I know all too well about the chills too. Man it could be 90 outside, and I felt as though I was freezing. Sleep was awful. My bones hurt so bad, it hurt to lay down, sit, stand, walk. Thank goodness for percosets, lol. I will say a prayer that your MRI shows the cancer is gone. Keep positive, rest, eat well, and remember the most important thing, your needed on this earth, not only by your family but by us here in JLand. I keep you in prayers, and I just know your gonna get some good news soon. (((((((hugs))))))))
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Happy Birthday to your Jimmy.
My Becky also has her learners permit. I hate it. She's badgering us constantly about taking her out. I made my boys wait until their 18th birthday just because I couldn't deal with taking them out. I'm very much in favor of either bringing the date up to 18, or increasing the hours to 100. Thank God for Jesse White.
Jude
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I didn't realize you were in IL too! :-) My niece was 16 in Feb & in her state she only needs 9 hours! YIPES! I remember when I started we just got the schools hours in Driver's ed & that was divided between 2 others in the car. Seeing some of the younger drivers now I think it is a good idea...the more hours the better.
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Rachel is right your do have beautiful eyes and a beautiful heart! Glad you had some time at the lake to be with family. I will be praying for you..praying the tumor left the building all together! Big hugs,TerryAnn
6/12/07 7:27 PM
Jayne