RELAY FOR LIFE IS TODAY....

This evening I will be participating in my 1st Relay for Life event. I get to wear a purple shirt cause Im a SURVIVOR! and still surviving. There are games for the kids, contests, food ,music and celebration! Stayed tuned into my blog so you can see the pictures!coming soon...

New Energy!

WOW! Your prayers worked this week! At the beginning of the week I thought to myself,"this is going to be a tough week". After wed. when they take off my pump,Im still tired...that day I slept A LOT! the next day or two USUALLY Im groggy and tired....well on thurs, I was out doing yard work! I was so glad it was a good week and Im able to enjoy the beautiful weather this Memorial Day weekend with my family. On June 10th I'll be having my ileostomy reversed! eeeks! I'm excited yet apprehensive...As much as I hate having to depart from my ostomy bag I think I will miss it. I ask for your prayers once again for God to continue healing my colon and rectum for me to "use the bathroom" without worry and be discouraged...I know it will take time for my body to adjust, but along with the lists of physicans I have, Jesus is the most powerful one I have! He can do great things! and I praise him for doing them in my life and the journey he has sent me on.

WIPE OUT WEEK...

Im posting before I even started my 5th chemo cycle. For some reason I'm starting to get aggitated with this chemo. I just hate the feeling of being wiped out. My eyelids feel like they are weighted down with bricks on some days. Wish I had a time machine or a "life remote control" to fastforward through this.(just the chemo part) . Im sure I'll get through it like have the past cycles...pray for my energy level to be up this week:-)

1/3 of the way!

Cycle #4 done! I guess it's a positive way of looking at it. 1/3 is close to 1/2 way right? And about that time is when I'm planning on having my ileostomy reversed.YIKES! so I'll get a week off of my chemo schedule. This past weekend we had our neighborhood 24 blocks of yard sales! It was car crazy where I live. I got rid of some clothes and books that the boys had out grown and clothes that I didn't fit into anymore(Since oct-07 Ive lost about 25 lbs and gained 7lbs back.) also we had a Relay 4 Life "bake sale" to raise some money.This year I'm doing Relay 4 Life. It's where you raise money for the American Cancer Society and they have a "walk" where the community meets for an overnight celebration of survivors and remembrance of those lost their battle with cancer. The overnight part of it represents cancer and that it never takes a break ... so a least one team member is suppose to keep walking and you alternate. It should be fun, tiring, emotional and something I know I won't forget. By the way today is LIVESTRONG DAY !

Me and my friend/co-worker from Old Navy, Ricki...me workin the yard sale...and my boys "raising money" for new toys.