Happy, Alive, Built to Survive

Almost Done!

I started my first pills of my last cycle of chemo today! I'll be done on March 30th and I'm celebrating that night! It can't come fast enough! It's been a bit of a week and next week will be more of

And the Saga Continues...

So yay! I miscounted my chemo cycles and only have two more which means only 280 pills left! Well, less the ones I've taken since Friday, but who's counting? This girl is! 😁 I'll be done in six weeks with this shit and excited to

Ringing the Bell... Again

I'm sitting at my last immunotherapy appointment and ready to ring that damn bell again. I'm one step closer to being done with all this! 😁 I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and I'm ready to get there already. I

Living Life

I've been quiet for a bit since the holidays have kept all of us so busy. We usually host during the holidays and love it, but Mom said I wasn't up to it this year. Challenge accepted. We hosted other things including euchre tournaments, but both

Latest Update

I haven't had much time to write lately because I've been so busy. My last doctor's appointment showed signs of hand and foot syndrome so my doctor put me on a two week break instead of one and I've had all kinds

Second Verse, Same as the First

This morning started my second cycle of this chemo. I'm making sure to slather my hands and feet day and night and I haven't had anything crazy happen. I celebrated by enjoying my old lady protein shake and rocking out to some Coolio this morning. Don&

Here's Goes Nothing

We've been keeping busy and I'm enjoying having some energy back. Bre came into town a couple weeks ago for a work conference and we snuck in a couple hours for dinner the second night. We don't get to see her nearly enough, but

Busy Times

I went for my echo last Tuesday and the results weren't great. Go figure. 🙄 My GLS score increased so the onco cardiologist called and set a follow-up appointment for last Thursday. I went in and they basically said there's some heart damage from chemo, which we

I Have PMS

No seriously. It's been officially documented. I bet my open rate just shot through the roof with that title. 🤣🤣🤣 My genetic results came back and they tested 52 additional genes. Fantastic news! I just have one gene that came back with an inconclusive mutation: PMS2. Some of you

One More Day

You heard me, just one more rad and I'm done! I did 15 rads over the whole breast and these last five were targeted. I don't have to hold my breath for these since they control the depth to the area where the mass was. They

Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

I was feeling young, cute, and cool driving to the hospital this morning when I realized I'm actually a 42yo going on 60yo now, just driving a cool car and drinking my old lady drink to hit the protein goal my oncologist gave me. At least I'

Back to the Slave and Grind 🙂

We started off with a cross country meet on Saturday morning in Plainfield. Cade has been conditioning over the summer and developed some serious blisters and peeling on his feet. He had his annual physical a couple weeks ago and the doctor said to rest his feet as much as

All The Things

I just finished this week of radiation and no crazy side effects so far. I'm not expecting much, just fatigue, some skin changes, and shoulder pain. There's a slightly darker color that I noticed yesterday and a little shoulder soreness, but other than that, we'

No Bad News 😁

First and foremost - can you see my hair? Well, my five o'clock shadow anyway?! It's coming back slowly, but surely and like an old man with just the sides and back. I even have a little comb over section on top. 🤣 I mentioned in my

Back at It

I had a great couple weeks without having to go to the doctor frequently, other than a couple of checkup appointments. I've been taking the time to scrapbook Cade's senior album. Christian got a baby book with fancy (and time-consuming) pages. Cade had colic and wouldn&

Moving Forward

I'm getting my energy back, slowly, but surely and was even awake until 11pm on Saturday night! We went to see a Journey tribute band in southern Indiana and us girls even managed a sunset photo 🙂  I went to the surgeon for my follow-up appointment today and she

Kenworthy, 10-29-79

My surgery was Tuesday and I repeated that about 17 times. I went in at 9:45am and they did a wire localization where they shoot you up with lidocaine and then insert a wire to the marker that was placed during the biopsy using ultrasound. While they were doing

Surgery is Almost Here!

I pulled another disappearing act, but in all fairness, there hasn't been much to report. I finished my last chemo treatment on June 17th with only the Carboplatin. Due to the neuropathy in my feet and hands, they stopped the Taxol and my oncologist said it will get

Chemo Complete!

My final chemo treatment was yesterday! Grandma took me and Mom met us there to see me ring the bell on my way out. 😁 Afterwards, we went to lunch at Olive Garden to celebrate with soup, salad and bread sticks, oh my! Grandma told our waitress and she left us

Back Home Again in Indiana

Last week's treatments showed low numbers, but keeping steady so we went on our road trip. 🚘 Cade and I left on Tuesday morning for Canton to visit the NFL Professional Hall of Fame.  It's a pretty neat place for football fans and we had a good

Summer is Here!

Well, almost anyway. We had some 80+ degree days and then back to 60's which is just fine with me and now headed to the upper 90s this weekend. Christian is already done with his first year of college and did fantastic with his grades. He's

Counting Our Blessings

As I move further into this journey and get frustrated with my lack of energy and increased need for sleep, I remember all the things I am thankful for. I'm so thankful for my family and friends who have wrapped me in so much love and comfort. I&

CAUTION: Emotional Post Ahead

I've been all up in my feels lately as Cade would say. We were raised with a great work ethic by my parents and my brothers and I go to work every day, don't call out unless it's absolutely necessary and we give 110%

Woah, We're Halfway There...

Who just sang that in an 80's style Bon Jovi voice? YOU ARE MY PEOPLE! 😎 So we've finally hit the halfway mark of chemo at my eighth treatment yesterday. I had a rough week and felt terrible on Wednesday, but came home and napped and then

Ready for Spring

This weather is giving me whip lash! I'm ready for the spring so I can sit outside and read in the swing my crazy daughter left behind when she went to Des Moines. At some point, she's going to realize that I have it still and