Kris Carr and her "crazy,sexy cancer"

She inspires me...she has "incurable vascular cancer", tumors on her liver and lungs and has lived with cancer for aleast 5 years! Even traditional chemo and radiation would not help. So she used God's "green " earth to heal her body and now her tumors are stablized- not growing or shrinking-just there. Just take a look...(you may have to pause my music to hear the video)

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#10 and "My Olympics"....

WHEW! # 10 cycle was HARSH! One of the side effects of the drug they give me is headaches...this time my head felt like it as going to split open! My platlets are a bit low ,and I read that ibprophen can lower them ,which is what I take for my headaches when they occur...Chad had to go out and get tylonol...not every effective in my case but I weathered through it for a day and a half! The beginning of this week was very emotional for me. It seems to occur on my first day of treatment...maybe cause the reality of it sinks in again and that I am fighting a disease. For me , I feel like I don't have cancer except when those treatment days come around. And then to top it off I only have 2 more cycles and the end is near for me. As light gets brighter at the end of the tunnel Im reminded that the Olympics correlate well with my journey. Especially those swim races...you know you gotta get to the end of the pool and flip back and head to the finish with all that you've got! Though I know the future holds a PET scan and another colonoscopy, I have to tell myself, worry about today,cause tomorrow will have enough worries of it's own. A "medal of life" is for more important than any Gold medal!

A Labor of love...

I got it! Fed Ex came the other day and received a gift from my dear friend ,Amy, who lives in Michigan. The gift was a afgan/knitted blanket. Those who donated their monies,to the Hope Lodge in Grand Rapids, Michigan, received hand-dyed yarn made by her mother of Briar Rose Fibers.So each person knitted a square and then all came together to make a beautiful,cozy afgan blanket I am such a blanket person,even in the summer,when the A/C is on I cozy-up on the couch(,especially on my chemo days.) So when Im wrapped in this I know it was made with love.

Thanks you all who put their time,effort,knitting skills and love into this "labor of love". And Amy, I truely thank you for this gift, the colors in it remind me so much of you.

Cycles 8 and 9 : DONE!

Sorry I havent posted in a while. Well I have finished cycles 8 and 9! So that means 3 cycles left! I am so ready fo this to be done. I did however get to go on vacation to Michigan on my off chemo week. I will have pictures posted on familyhappenings of the trip soon. This last cycle really made me tired! I felt like I slept for 3 days! But it's Friday and feeling like myself again! Not much to report...but i am awaiting a special package from a friend and will definately be blog worthy! So stay tuned in !