I was so excited to finish my 5k last Saturday, I only celebrated by posting into Facebook and I forgot to post it here! So for those who follow on CB only, I did actually survive the race and it was awesome! I finished in 40:09 but more importantly I ran the whole thing without stopping! It was an awesome accomplishment and I’m already looking forward to…
Today’s goal = 2.5 miles. Today’s result = 3.1 without stopping. I gotcha on the ropes, cancer…
I posted this on Facebook so apologies for the repeat for some of you, but I know there are many who only follow me on CaringBridge so I can’t let you miss out! I know you wait with baited breath to hear more updates on my life 😉 Cancer does not and will not define me. I’m running a 5K on Oct 20! Because there are other things in…
This Friday begins the butt-kicking of the second half of chemo with the new, single-drug regimen. All signs point to this being easier than the first half, but there’s always some nerves going into something new and you don’t totally know what to expect yet. So I covert your prayers as we jump in, here’s some specific ways to pray; – The one “scary” side…
I play Jedi mind tricks on myself. Ok I don’t know if they are Jedi mind tricks per se, mostly because, much to my husband’s horror, I haven’t actually seen Return of the Jedi. But he’ll be proud I knew the term and threw a Star Wars reference in here, nonetheless. But I digress. Here’s what I mean. When we…
It’s TUESDAY! I’ve made it over the hump and through the side effects of the most recent chemo treatment. That means I’m now officially DONE with the 2-drug treatments and officially HALFWAY through chemo! YAY! From here on out, we move to a 1-drug treatment which supposedly has fewer side effects to deal with. I’ll admit, at first I wasn…
