My first weekly treatment went alright, but I was super tired and didn't do much over the weekend. The nausea stayed mostly at bay, just some bone pain, body aches, headache, and dizziness. I went back to work on Monday and by Wednesday, I needed a day to

We headed to New Orleans for a much needed vacation last Saturday. We stayed in a beautiful house built in 1851 and decorated exactly as you would expect for the area. The Spanish style colors and architecture inside and the outdoor area were amazing. We cooked out, had a fondue

It's been a busy few weeks but time for treatment is here again. Mom and Mike got moved into their new place and we've been decorating, Cade has been keeping us busy learning how to drive, and Brie and Corey finally got moved to their new

Sorry it's been so long; I've missed you ;-)  A week ago Friday night, I had some pain in my right jaw. It turned much worse just 24 hours later and I was in tears from the pain. I got in to see my dentist on

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I'm so excited to say that this time has been so much better than the first. I was really dreading it and everything Rhys and I were reading said the second and third are progressively harder than the first and the last was the easiest to go for

And I'm back! Sorry it's been so long, but rough week is an understatement. I can handle mental and emotional stress like nobody's business, but a Mack truck...that takes a few to come back from. :-)  I had my first chemo treatment last

Three different techs, six sticks, and two locations later, I got an IV placed for my breast MRI Thursday afternoon. The first tech had a runner on my left arm and tried a couple times, but couldn't get in. The second tech checked my right arm, which they

My port placement was yesterday afternoon and other than waking up a little slowly and some nausea, all went well. Rhys brought me home and there was the cutest bag hanging on our door from Brandon and Stacy. Filled with tons of stuff I can use throughout chemo AND I

One sunny day a couple summers ago, a friend invited me to play hooky and hang at the winery with some friends for the afternoon. Somehow we got on the topic of OBGYNs, realized that we all saw the same one, and that got us talking mammograms. Since there'