Wordless Wednesday.....no more of this!!!!

So much ging through my mind....

Mostly what amazing people I have in my life....as I was getting my last chemo, Lauri reveals to me that she has contacted everyone on my facebook list regarding an account she has set up for me to hep me pay bills while I go through treatment. Included in the things she gave me was the list of people who have donated to this account. I am just floored by everyone's generosity. I cried for quite some time. The hormones make this happen often.

The nurses and staff loved all of their treats and I was not allowed to get banded until I shared the cracker candy recipe...they all had hugs for me upon departure...it is amazing how much these women love what they do and it shows.

Today was the last of these treatments. I am relieved but it was a tuff day.. took 5 tries to get my IV going, I think my veins are tired. I will miss them, so I am sure I will go by and visit when I go for radiation, armed with cracker candy of course.

Surgery has now been scheduled for Dec 14 @ 9am. Same thing NFR.. if you want to send flowers, make a donation to the cure instead.. if you still want to send flowers, please call The Plant Shoppe Florist 352-371-6249.. then Betsy and Dave and my little bald buddy can get out of the shoppe to come and visit. Plus so much more bang for your buck than an online flower service. :)

So, with Wordless Wednesday looming I wanted to get this out there tonight.

Thank you seems so small but it truly comes from the heart. You all are amazing.

Last Chemo Tuesday

That about sums it up, waiting for Lauri to pick me up so we can get this done! Loaded down with cupcakes, brownies, cracker candy and chex mix for my AMAZING nurses who got me through this!

Rescheduled...

surgery that is... Most likely will be the following week. Dec 12 or 14th. All because of the damn hives. Ugh!

Oh well at least tomorrow is the last chemo. Yay for that.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am thankful for so many things and so many people this year. Most of all my family, my amazing friends and my Doctors and Nurses who have taken care of me these past few months and those who will finish things up in the next couple of weeks.

If you are taking a minute to read this today, thank you.. and please hug your loved ones tighter than ever and never be afraid to tell someone you love them.

I am off to my folks to get my grub on... I hope I can taste everything!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Yay!

My brother and his family WILL be here for Thanksgiving.. makes me very happy.

Had a great lunch with Kim today and a friend of a friend said I was bald AND Bold....hmmm I think that is a good thing!

Oh and got my pre-registration done for surgery.. so now I just have to wait..........

Lunch date....

looking forward to having lunch with Kimmie today..... then going to pre-register for surgery. At least I am starting on a high note!

Randomness...

Yesterday I had my last wedding for the year. Thank goodness it was for a great coupleand kept me occupied. Now I justhave to get through the next 2 and a half weeks.

It is times like this that I wish I came from a big family and would have lots of people around. It is looking like it is going to be me and Momand Dad for Thanksgiving...I think my brother and his wife will end up going doing Thanksgiving with her family, which means they will be out of town. My cousin and his family will be here and will come over Thursday evening for dessert, but that will be it.

I also need to get all of my Christmas shopping done before Nov.29 in case my chemo wipes me out again as surgery is one week and a day later.

Too much time to think about the surgery....I don't think I have ever been so scared of anything in my life. I try to out on a brave face, but I would be lying if I said I was not scared..

I sure do wish you guys lived closer........

So....

last Thursday I was supposed to get a call from Medicaid to have my phone interview. Obviously this is a difficult enough situation for me to have to even apply for this type of assistance, but due to no hospitalization insurance and having to give up my full time gig for now, I had no choice. And like everyone says.. I have paid into it for all of these years, so why not.

So they never called.. Thursday was not a good day for me pain wise and them blowing  me off did not help. It  took me until Tuesday to get someone on the phone and they tell me that there was NO attempt made by my case worker, but I was missing a pay stub, they would send a message and I should hear something in 48 hours, so I faxed in the missing pay stub (from my part time job) and waited my 48 hours.. nothing. I called back today and of course nothing is showing in the system still. So another message has been sent.

In the mean time... I have to pre-register for my surgery on Tuesday and unless the government changes the way its people communicate I am feeling pretty screwed right now. It takes 45 days to process all of this and I started back in September and am still waiting. This makes the fact that I worked two jobs, neither of which offered health benefits, and this person with a State job has this type of control over my situation no less frustrating. Especially at a time when I have so many other things to be worrying about...like oh maybe my health and my surgery! Ugh.....................

Surgery is set

for December 7, this is a Wednesday, I should be home by Friday. I should be at North Florida Regional, flowers are nice, but a donation to help find a cure would be nicer! But if you insist on flowers, call Betsy and Dave at The Plant Shoppe Florist! It will give them a reason to come visit  and support local business and get more bang for your buck that an online order service!

Find a cure pink is not my color!

Gotta love Dads....

My Dad stopped by to check on me today and was glad to hear I was doing better... I told hime I just keep telling myself only one more time! He said that is what he toldn himself last week when he gsve me my shot last week. I had no odea it really bothered him.. so sweet.

Monday blues...

So the bone pain continues... it is getting a little less each day. I do find that being on hard floors makes it worse. Tried to help fix Mom's birthday dinner yesterday but the tile floors in her kitchen were a bit too much to bear.. so I ended up laid out on the couch.

Was supposed to have a call with the Medicaid office on Thursday at 2 but they never called.. and of course you can never get through on the phone to them so who knows when that will get rescheduled.

Tomorrow I have an appointment with the surgeon's office to get my surgery scheduled. Supposed to be the 2nd week of December..hope so I need to be somewhat mobile for Christmas Eve.

I have my last wedding of the year on Saturday.. super sweet couple and it looks like they will have PERFECT weather for an outside ceremony and cocktail hour.

Funky Friday..

So of course since it is 11-11-11 I had a wedding today. The only one that has fallen on a chemo week....and I ended up having to come home. Thankfully there was a wedding planner that was "supposed" to be doing the set-up...some of it was doen upon our arrival...some of it was not....thankfully I work with some fantastic people whogot everything else done.

I am having so much hip and leg pain it is unbeleivable, the wedding was in a barn space and with the cold weather today it was rough....I am so disappointed to not have been able to stay, but I am grateful for my co-workers for being so supportive to me.

I came home and fell into bed to get warm and will be heading back there soon. Tomorrow is my Mom's birthday so I need to rest up!

Thrillless Thursday...

So, I think we have established that the Thursday after chemo pretty much stinks. Was up every 2 hours last night in the bathroom, had a hard time finding food that would go down last night and am in awful pain in my legs today.

As always I am trying to look on the bright side and be happy in the knowledge that I only have to go through this one more time.

Hoping my sweet God daughter Jamie is feeling better.. she had a fever last night and did not make school today. Hopefully the long weekend will help her recover quickly.. I hope nobody else in their house gets it!

Wordless Wednesday.....take 2

Wordless Wednesday.....

Five down and only one more to go.....

and the best news is after 4 treatments my tumor is pretty much gone!!!!! Dr. Carroll could not feel it today at all. So that means my surgery will go much easier for the surgeon and from what I am told my radiation will be easier too.

So the prayers and positive energy are working so keep it up, there is still much to get done!

And thank you as always for checking in on me.... I love you all!

More fun mail

This week brought some more very thoughtful mail.. a super fun card from LeeAnne and some earrings from Cindy!

So nice of people to think of me and send thoughtful things.. it brightens my days for sure.

Not much new this week....sorry to not post very much but things are pretty quiet.

Wordless Wednesday.....