Reflections of The Heart

Hey everyone doing better today…went to the doctor…i have bronchitis…go figure…good news is breathing treatments are really helping me to feel much much better   Still coughing but not so much that I can’t function and today I actually feel like I can breathe when I’m not coughing which is a huge improvement from [...]

sorry it’s been so long and this’ll be short.  I caught a summer cold (go figure…the irony is that life threatening illness I can handle…sore throat, runny faucet nose, cough from hell…not so much big baby when it comes to those three!!!)  Anywho, that’s the update right at the moment…in bed being miserable with this [...]

Spoiler Warning…going to discuss the end of the movie here…if you just want an update scroll down
So I rewatched (for like the millionth time) Under the Tuscan Sun a couple nights ago with mama.  Ya’ll know me, I’m more of a Die Hard, Indiana Jones, Lethal Weapon, X-men, LOTR movie girl so finding [...]

Let us know if anyone would like the following postcards to distribute to those they know or flyers to hang up to advertise the benefit.
 

Ok well here’s the scoop peeps…I’m neutropenic, which basically means my immune system (white blood cells and ANC) is so low right now that I’m at risk of developing a serious infection…soooooo I’m pretty much hybernating until that goes up (the neulasta shot I had last week should kick in sometime this weekend hopefully and get that [...]

Ok well this post is mainly to keep my mind off the fact that I feel crappier than I can ever remember feeling in my entire life…apparently chemotherapy is a progressive drug…more effective as you go…and apparently also the side effects grow as you go…no new side effects but seriously kids I can’t remember a [...]

Date of Surgery
Thought some of you may want to know that
I’m liking the symetry of the 11th.  First went to doc on Feb. 11.  Diagnosed on April 11.  Getting out of hospital from last pre surgury chemo tomorrow (July 11) and surgery on August 11 (yay…a full month off not just [...]

That’s the room I’m in   We had to come in yesterday (a day early) because I had to get a transfusion (two bags of red blood cells) b/c my hemoglobin was at 7.8 yesterday morning and falling (7.2 yesterday afternoon).  So now we’re going to start chemo today (the transfusion helped my count [...]

I suck apparently at keeping everyone up to date!  This update is prolly going to be short b/c  lots has gone on in the past couple of days that have quite frankly been totally emotionally draining (and at some times emotionally debilitating) on me so that’s why I really haven’t taken the time to update, too [...]