Chemo Land
Today is the big infusion 6 of the Taxotere/Perjeta/Herceptin combo. After three infusions we saw BIG things. Tumor markers took a nose dive and my spine and tumors in my lymph nodes disappeared in the night like a ghost (we did call this #chemohauntingof2015). Now we have 3 more infusions under my belt. The tumors in my lungs were shrinking, I am not completely sold on the fact that they are HER2+ like my spine tumors were. I think...
Mandi Got Hair, Flying High and the Big Race!
Last week was a culmination of “ZOMG I can’t get out of bed” and this week was the antithesis. It was an amazing week of busy things, but it was awesome. My week started with the hole in my jaw now being CLOSED. No hole. Bye bye. Healed. Yay! Thursday was the evening I spent with While You Heal. I got a makeover and had a real human hair wig fitted, cut and styled. Many of my friends and family came to see the big...
Jaws, The Mouth Edition
It has been a rough week. Mike and I got in a car accident shortly after I got back from Philadelphia. We were in a turning lane at a dead stop and the car came out of the parking lot barreling at us turning left and expecting to meet the 40 MPH traffic. The sun was setting and apparently he just somehow did not see the car at all. They hit Mike’s side of the car. We were both wearing our seat belts, but I was shook up and my...
Living with Mets, Conference Style
I must be slightly crazy, but I still packed my bags to head to Philadelphia. Chemo Friday, flying the Thursday after. Not that that sounds like much on top of camping, but with camping Mike did most of the work and my chemo side effects really start to kick in late Sunday and are at their finest the Monday and Tuesday after my infusion. Mondays I typically stay home and head in to the office on Tuesday. Tuesday I was sick. The chemo...
Whack a Mole
I couldn’t sleep Wednesday night. I think my brain was trying to process the change in my health this week. The amazingly awesome change. After you prepare yourself for the worst, amazing news takes process time. A glimmer of hope was able to peek into the dark room this week. I had not let myself really conceive of anything beyond the words “stable” or a little bit of shrinkage. Tumors completely obliterated was not...
Mo Butta, Jewels and Tea
When you are taking care of your health, maybe “butter” shouldn’t be on your list of life things, but hey, it is my list and I like butter. Everything in moderation (including moderation). I came across a question posed to people with stage IV breast cancer in a forum – what did you want to accomplish before… well.. you know… and I got to thinking. I had started a bucket list when I was early stage,...