Warrior Mode Activated

I haven't felt much like writing lately. It's been a rough few weeks to say the least. I am so thankful that we didn't sustain terrible damage from the hurricane. As it is, we just had a couple trees down, some fencing and missing shingles. My fourth treatment (and last red devil) was able to go ahead without delay thankfully. I'm glad it's over and glad to know I will never have to have another one of those in my life! It left me flat on my back, horribly nauseous, my mouth felt like it was stuffed with cotton and every inch of my skin felt like it was severely bruised.  To make matters worse, our AC decided to die. It was 85 inside the house this week. Thankfully, they were able to get it fixed yesterday! Today, Friday, I have finally turned the corner. I still can't taste anything, but I did eat and this afternoon, after the rain stopped, I actually floated in the pool for a while. When I came back in I felt like someone had drained all my energy so I am cur...

What a crazy couple of weeks it has been. Even so, we are so blessed to have minimal damage to our home and to have power, internet & TV working. There are so many suffering...so many that have lost everything. Our neighborhood is a mess, but so many others are much worse. Please keep those affected by Hurricane Florence in your prayers. Recovery for many is going to be a very long process. My last red devil chemo is Monday. I'm so very tired and oh, how I am dreading it. At the same time, I'll be so glad to be done with them. It also marks the halfway point of my treatment plan! The next four are Taxol. I'm a bit nervous about them, to be honest. They've warned me of possible neuropathy in my hands and feet that may not go away afterward. It's scary. Right now, I am still on track and hoping to be able to have my surgery in mid-December. It feels odd to be looking forward to a 7-hour surgery where I will have parts of me I'd rather not part with cut of...

Thought I would check in with everyone. We are still here in Chattanooga, TN at my parent's house. No idea when we will be able to return home as all roads into Wilmington are flooded and closed. We were able to get some photos of our house from friends and it doesn't look like we had too much damage from the outside. We are missing shingles and have a tree down on our shed and our fence but everything else looked ok and the power is back on. Hopefully, the roof is not leaking and we won't find a mess inside when we are finally able to get back home. We are trying to be patient! Flooding in our neighborhood came very close but didn't quite reach our home. We are praying when the rivers crest again today and tomorrow that it won't begin rising again. I am supposed to have another chemo treatment on the 24th but my guess is that will not happen. I'm ok with waiting another week or so. This last treatment was the hardest yet and I could use a little more time to...

So, anyone who is wondering, we are (at this point) sheltering in place for Hurricane Florence. My next chemo is tomorrow. I will be too sick to go anywhere. Unless we are given a mandatory evacuation order, we're staying here. We are well inland. Please pray for everyone in this storm's path. It looks like it will be a nasty one. I will be glad to get another chemo over with, but at the same time, I dread the next four days so much. At least I will too out of it to worry about the weather! We've got lots of water, canned food, flashlights and such. Really hoping we won't lose power. Wish we had a generator!! I got to go to church today! It was great to be there. Funny thing happened though! Mom and Dad were with me, sitting on each side of me so that they could politely fend off anyone wanting to hug me or shake my hand. A few people came up to my mom and spoke to her thinking she was me! LOL! She just nodded and smiled. It certainly boosted her self-esteem! Hah...

GREAT NEWS!!!  I saw my breast surgeon today and got very good news! The cancer is responding wonderfully to the chemo and she could barely feel the tumor anymore! It's nearly gone after only two treatments! This is fabulous news! God is good ya'll!! Prayer's are being answered positively!! I cannot express how thankful I am for your prayers loved ones! Keep them coming! I feel good today. It seems to be every other day that I feel well enough to do things. Yesterday I was pretty much wiped out. But, that's ok. If I feel good I am going to do what I want to do even if I have to rest the day after. Call me stubborn, but I refuse to hole up and do nothing just because I "might" be really tired the next day. I've got to live this chemo life until November and I am going to make the best of the good days. I had a good day on my birthday. I felt good, thankfully, and was able to get out and do a little shopping. I bought a bunch of bandanas. My head is so ...

Just a quick update to let you all know that I am doing pretty good. I get tired quickly, but at least I am able to eat again and I'm feeling good most days. It took me longer to get over chemo this time. I have two more of the "red dcvil" treatments. It can be over soon enough in my opinion. They are horrible and there is no way to put a good spin on it. Once those are over I will have 4 of Taxotere which is supposedly not as hard. I hope that's true. Today is my middle son, Taylor's, birthday and tomorrow is mine. We went out with the family for lunch today to Hiro's Japenese Steakhouse and had a wonderful lunch. Family time is good time. First time I've been out in public in a while. I wore my wig. Honestly, it's not a style I would normally ever have...but it covers my head & keeps it warm so it'll do.  I had a very strange reaction to some of my IV pre-meds last time. One of the anti-nausea meds they gave me made me completely drunk. ...