Friday, July 31, 2009 8:09 PM, EDT
Not alot going on this week treatment wise - I am back in radiation, we'll just have to see how my skin holds up. My hair is trying to come in... sssslllloooooooooooowwwwlllllyyyy. Hopefully I'll have a punked out buzz cut before too long. Work is nuts, but it usually is at the end of the month...paperwork was never my strong point, and Lord knows I put it off as long as possible!! Can't believe school is about to start, Casey is going into second grade, and Logie enters his 3 year old room in a week. Normally I'd say something hokie like "Where did the time go?" - but I know full well where it went - in my car, to Dr.'s offices, work, dropping off and picking up kids, karate, back to Dr. 's offices etc...The school year might actually slow things for a minute. Never mind, that was a brief hallucination. I know things will stay nuts for awhile.
Speaking of nuts - I need to give a shout out to "High on the Hill" for her endurance and general super mojo powered spiritedness. Loved the cards, loved the pictures, love the fact that you are always a cheerleader. Now don't anyone be offended, but handwritten cards and great pictures of your kid deserves a shout out! Hell, I don't manage to communicate past emails and texts these days.
One last thing - mark your calendars - 10/10/09 is this years Susan G Komen Race for the Cure here in Louisville, I'll be putting together a team soon for anyone interested - and true to form, I'll email the details. ;) Have a great weekend!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 5:15 PM, EDT
Hopefully the fact that I am journalling less here is just a sign of things calming down, there's just not as much to say that hasn't been said...or it could be that I've been too busy to take the time to do it!! Either way, I'll take normalcy however I can get it. Cancer wise, not much new, the quote from my radiation MD this week was "We are going to try to push through this week and then you are getting another break" which translates as "your skin is getting even more pissed and we need to quit for a minute before your boob explodes from the heat". OK, maybe not a direct translation, but that's how I hear it. Quite frankly we are taking bets as to whether I even make it through the week. This 6 1/2 week radiation process may take more like 12 to get through...still better than chemo, life is just normal enough for this to get really annoying now.
The kids are great - Casey starts second grade, and Logie started his new room this week - both getting too big too fast - remarkable how they have made it through this year relatively unscathed. I am so looking forward to Casey having a normal school year, not worrying about me being bald, not worrying if his friends will make fun of his pictures or not [he drew family pictures acucrately, with me bald or spiky - was pretty cute to me!!], not me missing all his parties because of bad blood counts...yeah for second grade! I never mention Chris very much here, this has kind of been my thing, he is super crazy and stressed and hopefully excited about his store's new building finally being done - nothing like trying to grow a car lot during a recession to keep your blood pressure perpetually elevated!
I'll do the Race for the Cure stuff soon - trying to come up with a name for the team [any suggestions?], but I'll not wait too much longer for the brain storm to hit and then I'll go ahead and start the process anyway...will be a good milestone I think. Have a good week, think COOL thoughts [though Burn Baby Burn seems to stick in my head for various reasons these days!] I'll check in agin soon!
Friday, August 14, 2009 3:23 PM, EDT
My tata is toast...so needless to say I am on another radiation break b/c these Irish Jugs are not thrilled with the radiation beams being pointed their way...fortunately my underarm is still a bit numb from surgery, or it would really really suck, b/c that area is fried too. Don't get me wrong, could be way worse, my radiation MD sees me every other day to monitor it so my skin stays in tact, I've heard horror stories of women being pushed on through to the end. I'll take slow and easy, thank you very much!
On to more fun subjects - the Komen race. For those of you who I have emails you should have gotten an invite, for those I missed here are the basics:
Race for the Cure 10/10/09 @ Waterfront Park.
http://www.komenlouisville.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Race_Homepage
Team Name: Irish Jugs [thanks Leener!!] or you can search for the team under my name.
This is a 5K run OR walk, OR 1 mile run or walk - so don't be freaked out by the word "race". It is a big hoopla festival celebration of living and surviving and finding a cure, and a nice milestone as I finish treatment with my posse in tow...you can offically register and join our team, donate/sponsor in my name, or just show up. Eileen will also be hosting a brunch afterwards to continue the fun, and celebrate the power of what family, friends, faith, well wishers, and mojo pushers can do...she keeps trying to make me cry with these gestures she comes up with, this one just might do it!
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