Holly's Coming out Party to Celebrate Negative Gentetic Testing!!!

Here's to Negative Braca I and II Genetic Tests!!!  What a relief to know I do not have a genetic mutation and this does not run in my family, they are safe!  I get to keep my boobs and ovaries too!!! Kind of weird to celebrate that but nothing seems to shock me these days!  So treatment as scheduled....no changes needed since these tests are negative. 

Chemo #4, man these are flying by

Sushi after Chemo #4, Guest: Cheri!!!!

Chemo went fine as usual.  It was great to have Cheri with me the entire time.  Matt stopped by on the way to practice, Sam stopped by for a bit with lunch, and Anna Marie came right after school.  I remember saying to Cheri, "well I never thought we would be doing this together."  But there we were, talking about her journey and mine. It was so great to see her and to catch up on all aspects of our lives.  I hope she comes again!  We went to sushi after chemo this has become my typical craving. We have had Julie, our waitress everytime after chemo so she had to get in the picture too.   

Upcoming Appointments

Chemo #5 Thursday May 5th, Chemo 12:30.  Scheduled guest, Anne T., Anna Marie, and Matt

Thursday May 12th, Appointment with Amy Wing, Nurse Practioner for measurement at (will she even be able to measure it after 5 chemos?) 8:00am and chemo #6 at 8:45am.

Chemo #7 Thursday May 19th, at 12:30, no guests scheduled, any takers???

Chemo #3 Guest: Scarlett

Scarlett joined me for my 3rd chemo.  We shopped for fancy hats after chemo then Anna Marie met us for sushi and a little sake. 

Chemo #2 Guest: Aunt Cheryle

Aunt Cheryle and Matt at Chemo #2

Holly is Here!!!

Bella is watching Holly.

 Holly, is in the bag!!!

She's here!!!!  I picked up my wig on Friday and named her Holly.  I don't need her yet but I have her for when the time comes....it is drawing near.  Anna Marie and I went to the Rio after we picked her up.  We had to introduce her to our favorite spot and of course toast to her joining in on all the "fun."  We took her home and practiced all kinds of different do's.  It was a fun night!

It SHRUNK! And Chemo round 3

Oh what fun it is to infuse.... Taxol still remains my friend, well sort of.  Started to get a rash and itchy ears went back into the office after lunch (sushi with Scarlett and Anna Marie) and had to get a steroid treatment. Rash went away in 15 min. 

Appointment with Dr. Medgesey this morning.  "Your progress is fantastic"  She measured my mass on the skin which measured 5.5cm on March 28th (prior to any chemo) and is down to 3.3cm after 2 rounds of chemo, no wonder that thing throbs like hell from time to time!  So glad the mass is responding to the treatment!  Everything is working as planned....do I dare say that?

My dear friend Scarlett and Matt were my chemo buddies today.  Mom came to my appointment then had to head to work.  Dad is on a field experiment in Oklahoma so he was with me just via text.  It was great to hear the excitement/relief in his voice when I told him the drastic change in my mass.  After chemo we met up with Anna Marie for some sushi and sake....mmmmm!

Beacuse Scarlett is the amazing person she is she brought materials for me to design the tattoo I have been talking about.  I designed it and will post a pic soon.  I am so excited about it and cant wait to sport it when my treatment is over....SEPTEMBER, a hair style by Christmas!

Happy Anniversary to Mom and Dad today, you know I love you and you are my pillars of strength even before I was diagnosed with cancer.

Good night!