Warrior Mode Activated

    Don't worry, I am doing GREAT!! However, due to slight damage the AC chemo did to my heart 2 years ago, I am going to be starting the CORE Cardiac Rehab program at Cape Fear Heart Associates! It begins December 1st and goes through the end of February. I'm very excited about this! But let's go back to the beginning for a minute.     On this date 2 years ago, I had my LAST chemo! I had such a big bag of mixed emotions that day. I was SO glad it was going to be OVER but I was also totally dreading the next week because let's face it, chemo sucks! Unless you've been through it there is no way to describe how horrible it makes you feel. But, here I sit 2 years later having survived it and the nasty cancer that caused me to have to be poisoned in the first place. Today, I don't feel that sickness anymore, but I do have the residual side effects it caused.      The first four rounds of chemo I had was called AC (short for Adriamycin and Cyclophosami...

I realized that it is probably about time I updated my blog with pertinent information regarding my journey as I am now approaching two years as a breast cancer survivor. I of course still have regular checkups with my oncologist, cardiologist and radiation oncologist for blood tests and such. This has been a mentally & emotionally exhausting week as I await some decisions at work and my next appointments. We made the very hard decision to rehome our youngest pup, Milo. He is a very high strung, needy little guy and to be honest we just were not able to spend enough time with him to train him properly. He was definitely more than we could handle. We found a wonderful, retired couple who couldn’t wait to spoil him rotten and spend loads of time with him. I am certain he will flourish with them. I am not sorry I rescued him from where he came from. I could never have left him where he was and I believe we have readied him for where he is now. It was still hard to let him go, but I kn...