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Sorry… I apologize to everyone for not making a post for months. It’s been busy around here. My mom came to visit and we surprised her with a trip to Palm Springs. We did a lot of hanging out by the pool and shopping (me- window shopping). It was great having her here for Thanksgiving.Continue reading “December 9, 2021”

Nothing new… On a good note I have nothing new to report. I’ve had some dental work done because treatment and meds has given me dry mouth. So, what used to be bad teeth are worse teeth!! The joys of having bad teeth. I had a crown done yesterday and need two root canals (oneContinue reading “October 28, 2021…”

Ended… So I should have typed this over the weekend but it got away from me. I finished radiation on Friday 9/24 and I am super glad about that. This is the honest truth about my radiation, it sucked. First – I knew that I started on Monday but I had no idea how longContinue reading “September 28, 2021”

Started… I really have no idea where I left off and I don’t feel like reading my blog to see, LOL!! Today I started Cyberknife Radiation and it was not fun. It was an hour long and I won’t even begin to go into details about everything. When it was all finished, the back ofContinue reading “September 20, 2021”

So on Tuesday 9/14 I will get the stereo MRI and CT scan of my brain (these are non-diagnostic so a radiologist won’t see these), and they will make my mask at the same time. My appointment is at 11 am on Tuesday. Just by default, the scheduler wanted to start my radiation on FridayContinue reading “September 10, 2021”

Plan Well I met with Gordon Li and Kate Horst last week and they both feel that ALL of the brain lesions should be treated. The ones the radiologist called “stable or decreased size” and the ones they called “increased size”. That being said it they would treat all 14 lesions with cyberknife radiation. NextContinue reading “September 5, 2021”

Scans…… Hello everyone! I’ve been taking time since I got the results of all my scans to process everything. I also spent the weekend feeling sorry for myself and it felt amazing!!!!! For some silly reason I decided Friday night to get my third (booster) covid vaccine. So I’ll just say I didn’t feel soContinue reading “August 30, 2021”

Busy…. Thankfully I’ve been pretty busy with different company and road trips. My Mom is here until 8/26 and Maria is here with her and leaves tomorrow😞. We’ve had a fun time!! Also, Mark has been gone on his annual golf trip and gets home Wednesday. I’ve thought about how we were with him lastContinue reading “August 16, 2021”

One year!!!! I cannot believe that this day last year I was diagnosed with Stage IV Breast Cancer. It is hard for me not to think back to how sick I was when I was starting treatment. I could barely walk around the block, now I can walk 2-3 miles. I had right sided weakness,Continue reading “July 8, 2021”

Truth… I was listening to the TV yesterday and this lady was discussing how she was just diagnosed with PCOS and that now she can’t have kids. She commented on how she felt the decision to have more kids was taken away from her. This brought back a certain time for me. I’ll be honest,Continue reading “June 23,2021”