So today I saw the facial plastic surgeon and on Thursday I will be having some of my cheek removed. Not what I wanted to do 2 days shy of one year, but it has to be done and sooner rather than later.
The type is a kind that can spread and one of the places it can spread to is lymph nodes and since I have already gone down that road, we do not want to go there again... so away I go again. Luckily it is in office and I can drive myself too and from.
So there you have it.....Cancer still sucks!
Monday, July 30, 2012
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Rain, rain, go away.....
I wish it would just stop with the daily dowsings! I am trying to be better about updating but it just isn't working. I am one week away from my one year anniversary of diagnosis. It will be a busy day with work, so for that I think I am grateful I was sitting here looking through the get-well cards that I have received over the past year (I keep them in a crocheted bag with a hope charm on it that came in my chemo kit hanging over my desk) and am once again overwhelmed with the out pouring of support I received from people near and far. If there is one thing that the last year has shown me is who is really there for you when the going gets tough.
Tomorrow I see the new doctor about the cancer on my face... saying prayers it is an easy and quick, fix! Otherwise things are plodding along. I still do not have a ton of energy and most of it is going into trying to rebuild my strength and working what I can. I also go back to PT tomorrow as the fluid is building up in my arm since I have not been able to get the drainage massage regularly. So hopefully that will help things out a bit.
Thanks for checking in and stay dry and cool!
Tomorrow I see the new doctor about the cancer on my face... saying prayers it is an easy and quick, fix! Otherwise things are plodding along. I still do not have a ton of energy and most of it is going into trying to rebuild my strength and working what I can. I also go back to PT tomorrow as the fluid is building up in my arm since I have not been able to get the drainage massage regularly. So hopefully that will help things out a bit.
Thanks for checking in and stay dry and cool!
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
So.......
last Thursday I had a growth removed from my left cheek. It came up pretty quickly and was pretty itchy. I got the results yesterday and it is Squamous Cell Carcinoma, fortunately I caught it early and my doctor doe snot think it is too big of a deal. Unfortunately, I have to go see a facial plastic surgeon to get the rest of it removed.
I am focusing on the not a big deal part of this news.
I am focusing on the not a big deal part of this news.
Monday, July 16, 2012
ugh...
So in addition to all of the other lovely post treatment issues, my ovaries have been apparently killed off by the chemo... this means I am now pre-menopausal.. or in menopause.. I don't know which and there is no way to find out if they will ever function again. The really sucky part of this is...hot freakin flashes! It is not bad enough that it is almost 100 degrees outside daily.. but I have my A/C set on 70 at night and I am laying there sweating.
My snuggly pugs are not too happy with the fact that I can not stand to have them all curled up on my legs like they usually sleep. Going to try putting an ice pack under my neck and see if it helps...one word.. YUCK!
Happy new week!
My snuggly pugs are not too happy with the fact that I can not stand to have them all curled up on my legs like they usually sleep. Going to try putting an ice pack under my neck and see if it helps...one word.. YUCK!
Happy new week!
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
What a month!
Sorry I have been lax in updating here, it has been a bit of a crazy month. June was full of weddings, six of them to be exact, unfortunately they were all scrunched into three days. So I spent June 8 & 9 working 3 of them and then June 23rd doing the other three, yes three in one day. Needless to say it took me about a week after each of those weekends to recover. The pain was ridiculous to be quite honest.
I really thought this year would be a big birthday for me, but it kind of came and went without too much fan fare. I did come home from a very long day at work, to Lydia and her daughter holding a pizza box holding the most amazing canolli filling topped brownies from the amazing Annette at Main Street Pizza. They were delish of course and we had a small family dinner the next day. All in all it was wonderful to have the people I love be with me to celebrate another year.
Since then I have just really been trying to get back to some sense of normal...it is so much more difficult than I expected. It is so frustrating to not be able to do things that I enjoyed doing before.. mowing my lawn (it is about 2 feet high), cooking and being able to clean up afterwards, spending a full day doing a thorough house cleaning. Simple things really that I now have to do in 15-30 minute bursts. And I totally suck at math now.. even with a calculator.. apparently my brain process things differently and makes my fingers transpose things.. I imagine it is what it is like to be dyslexic.
I had started over at Shands Medical Fitness but after the triple header weddings I had to take a break as I could barely stand up straight. I am looking forward to getting back to some type of program to help with my strength, it was helping, but it also took about a 3 hour chunk out of my day do to location from my house.
July is normally a quiet month for my industry, so apart from one event in a couple of weeks and a bust day on August 4 things are pretty quiet.
Biggest news is I was given the gift of a new member for my family. Bella now has a new little brother named Raffaello (means healed by God in Italian) and we call him Ralphie. He is biologically her uncle as his parents are Bella's grandparents. Many thanks to Doreen for this wonderful gift. They get along well and Bella is no longer chewing things to death out of boredom.
I had my God daughter and her twin sister spend a few days with me a couple of weeks ago and they seemed to have fun, we were able to go see the movie Brave, swim in the pool and play a fun new game called Dcecapades. It is such a joy to have these two in my life and watch them and their brother and sister grow into such good young adults.
This week has brought some frustrations... car broke down (to the tune of 530 bucks) TV died the next day and wit will be 4 days before I can get a tech. A friend's husband checked it out last night and shortly after they left it came back on so I am just crossing my fingers, but still having tech come out. I am a little worried about the end of the week since it is Friday 13th with the way the beginning has gone. Can't afford anything else to go wrong at this point. Income tax finally made it to me, but it quickly got the medical stuff paid off and what little was left went to the car.
As always thanks for checking on me, I think I will lay low today and not risk anything else breaking! Happy Summer!
I really thought this year would be a big birthday for me, but it kind of came and went without too much fan fare. I did come home from a very long day at work, to Lydia and her daughter holding a pizza box holding the most amazing canolli filling topped brownies from the amazing Annette at Main Street Pizza. They were delish of course and we had a small family dinner the next day. All in all it was wonderful to have the people I love be with me to celebrate another year.
Since then I have just really been trying to get back to some sense of normal...it is so much more difficult than I expected. It is so frustrating to not be able to do things that I enjoyed doing before.. mowing my lawn (it is about 2 feet high), cooking and being able to clean up afterwards, spending a full day doing a thorough house cleaning. Simple things really that I now have to do in 15-30 minute bursts. And I totally suck at math now.. even with a calculator.. apparently my brain process things differently and makes my fingers transpose things.. I imagine it is what it is like to be dyslexic.
I had started over at Shands Medical Fitness but after the triple header weddings I had to take a break as I could barely stand up straight. I am looking forward to getting back to some type of program to help with my strength, it was helping, but it also took about a 3 hour chunk out of my day do to location from my house.
July is normally a quiet month for my industry, so apart from one event in a couple of weeks and a bust day on August 4 things are pretty quiet.
Biggest news is I was given the gift of a new member for my family. Bella now has a new little brother named Raffaello (means healed by God in Italian) and we call him Ralphie. He is biologically her uncle as his parents are Bella's grandparents. Many thanks to Doreen for this wonderful gift. They get along well and Bella is no longer chewing things to death out of boredom.
I had my God daughter and her twin sister spend a few days with me a couple of weeks ago and they seemed to have fun, we were able to go see the movie Brave, swim in the pool and play a fun new game called Dcecapades. It is such a joy to have these two in my life and watch them and their brother and sister grow into such good young adults.
This week has brought some frustrations... car broke down (to the tune of 530 bucks) TV died the next day and wit will be 4 days before I can get a tech. A friend's husband checked it out last night and shortly after they left it came back on so I am just crossing my fingers, but still having tech come out. I am a little worried about the end of the week since it is Friday 13th with the way the beginning has gone. Can't afford anything else to go wrong at this point. Income tax finally made it to me, but it quickly got the medical stuff paid off and what little was left went to the car.
As always thanks for checking on me, I think I will lay low today and not risk anything else breaking! Happy Summer!
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