All Has been Quiet....Getting Ready for Radiation!

Hello to all!

Well, my 3 chemos are done, got 75% of my drugs in when we decided, enough was enough!! I am happy to say we are now moving on to radiation therapy, that has to be a piece of cake after chemo! I went the other day for the simulation, got a few tattoos, and will start October 10th. I have to go 5 days per weeks for 6 1/2 weeks, which gets me finished the Wed after Thanksgiving! Yippee! Then only a few more weeks after that and we can kiss 2007 behind us!! What a sucky year!

The last few weeks have been busy with school, activities (CCD, Swimming, Soccer, open house at school, horse show) (I will put up some photos!) and last night (9/29/07) My mom, Mimi, came over for a sleep over with Emma while Dave and I went to Boston, stayed at the Hyatt overlooking The Charles River in Cambridge and had a very good meal at Morton's Steak House.....it was so good!!!! Thanks Mom!!!

Will keep you posted once I start radiation to let you know how it is going! It should be easy, get Em on the bus, head to Plymouth's Jordan Hospital, get zapped for 10 min, head home!

Enjoy the Emma photos from her horse show!

I think 3 Chemos Will Be Enough, Thank You, Pass The Radiation, Please!

Emma 1st GraderAdeline May Crawford!

Well, the last (3rd) chemo was a doozie. I was so physically exhausted for about 10 days after & my stomach felt like it was burning for those 10 days (ice cream=cool!) Thank God Dave just happened to be home during that time, I could not have done it with out him, nor my mom or sister! I think I slept about 15 hours a day for 10 days! My head also started to break out again, so I guess it was not the Nuelasta. I got on antibiotics quickly, so the head was not as messy, thank goodness!!! So my Oncologist and I decided 3 was enough since I am doing it to lower my chances of a re-occurrence. My nodes are negative and the tumor margins where clear. So we agree to move onto radiation: 6 1/2 weeks 5 days a week! UGH! Easier than chemo I think! So my hair should start to grow back in by the beginning of November, I think, just in time for winter!! Burrr!

On another note, Emma is back in school, an Official First Grader!! She is so grown up, and loves her teacher, Mrs Brady! I need to get back to the gym and Weight Watchers, to much "feeling bad for myself eating" I guess! Now that I have more time, I must get back on track! We are off to Aruba in April 2008, must work at it now!! Most people lose weight on chemo, not me, I gained 5 pounds!

We also have a new member of our family! Tarah, Ken & Big Sis Isabelle had a baby girl on 8/18/07, missed my birthday by one day!! Adeline May Crawford! She is a doll!