My Breast Cancer Story, Eleven Years Later...here I go again.

I have a funny story to tell. I went to my cousins daughters wedding shower last Saturday.  When I was getting dressed I picked a jacket that had a breast cancer pin on it. Well, I put the jacket on and decided to take the pin off. I took it off because for over a year I have lived and breathed breast cancer. My hair is back, I don't look sick anymore, and I just wanted to go and be me. Not that I don't like to wear the pin. I'm very proud to wear it. I just wanted to have one day to go have fun and not think breast cancer. Well my sister Sue was sitting next to me and I told her, "ya know, I had a breast cancer pin on but I took it off because I just didn't want to be the BC girl today. So she passes me the basket of bread, and I grab a piece and hand it to my sister Pam who was on the other side of me.  I look down at my piece of bread and this is what I see.... We laughed our butts off. It was so funny. Next thing you know Sue is running over showing it to ev...

I am so sad today. I lost another journal friend. She was such an inspiration and a wonderful lady.  Although she was fighting her own battle she had a prayer request on her journal for many people including me.  Irene from  Meet Me At The Breakfast Table  lost her fight with ovarian cancer today.  I just went back and read her very first entry in her journal and it brought tears to my eyes.  In her first entry she explained why her journal was called Meet Me at the Breakfast Table.  It is from a song by Chris Rice called Breakfast Table.  She said it was a song that reminded her sister of her.   Here is the chorus to the song. Save me a seat at the breakfast table. Save me a dance around the Milky Way. And save me a thousand years to whisper in your ears. All I've wanted to say. Save me a smile and an angel's feather. Save me a walk down the streets of gold. And baby, we'll change our minds just like old ...

I have good news. I got a letter in the mail today from the breast center and it says my recent films and ultrasound show no signs of cancer! I had to wait to hear something because the radiologist had to compare my films with my previous ones from 3 months ago. It also says see you in 6 months! YAY!! So now I guess the lump I have is just a cyst so that’s wonderful. I can live with that diagnosis! What I like even better is I don’t have to go have that MRI! Yippie! My moms colonoscopy is next Wednesday. So much for them putting that rush on it that we asked for. We wanted it done and over with this week. I will just be glad when it is done and we have the results. She is feeling much better. We even went shopping yesterday and then had lunch. Jeff came home with flowers for me for Valentines Day. They are beautiful. Happy Valentines Day!!

My mom is doing much better. I took her to the doctor last week and they ordered a colonoscopy, and some vascular tests. She will know tomorrow when she is having the colonoscopy. I told the doctor we want it as soon as possible and he said it would probably be this week.  He checked her Carotid artery and he said it sounded sluggish, so she is having it checked. She had surgery on her leg years ago to fix a problem in her leg and and they are going to check that out too. She was feeling really bad on Wednesday, we were supposed to go out to lunch and she said she just didn't feel right. Sue went right over to take her temp and blood pressure. It turns out she had an upper respiratory infection. She is on antibiotics and is finally feeling good. I went for my mammogram Monday. Ouchy wowwa . It usually doesn't hurt me but with all the surgery on my left breast it was not pleasant. Please don't let this scare anyone off from getting a mammogram. It is worth the discomfor...

                                          When I stared this j ournal I did it to keep my friends and family informed of my o ngoi n g breast cancer treatment. Little did I know I would make so many journal friends. Terri from You think you know , but you have no idea ...picked me for the Nice Matters Award .  Now I have the opportunity to pick five people to pass it on to! Than k you Terri you are such a sweetheart. I enjoy reading your journal and yo u have been here for me through everything! You are such a good journal friend and have given me so much support. So here are my five..this w as really hard to do because there are so many of you out there! Stephanie from in perpetual motion ...She is a grea t lady who is a mother to twin boys. I love reading abou t their adventur...

Thanks everyone for your concern and prayers for my mom.  She is finally home from the hospital. She is doing much better and she is able to eat without getting sick now so that is a good sign. She has to follow up with the surgeon this week and they are going to do another test. She got by with no surgery so far so we are thankful for that. When she got home yesterday she called work and told them she would not be coming back.  She loves to work but she said it was time to quit. It kept her busy and she really enjoyed working there. I told her she can come over my house now and help me watch little Jeffrey. lol I have to go for a mammogram tomorrow. I am not too worried about it. I just hope checks out ok.  Little Jeffrey is so cute. He got his first tooth! He knows it's there too. When I say "you have a tooth" and I put my finger on it, he puts his little tongue on it and smiles...Too cute!!!! Today is the Superbowl . Jeff is going to watch so I am going make him som...