Just an Update!!

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while, I guess feeling like the worst is behind me has put me at ease for the moment and thought that it wasn't important to update everyone as often as usual, apparently, I was wrong, so I apologize to my faithful blog followers and will try to do better!!
So, here it is....since surgery, as you all know - I am now Cancer Free!! Whoo Hoo!! I am now back on my Herceptin treatments once every three weeks - not so bad. To be honest I don't really feel like I have gotten anything done, other than another hole in my vein or two! That's a really great feeling - I don't dread that day like I had started to toward the end of the "other" treatment!! I'll tell ya - you know when you have a toothache and you have to go to the dentist, and you know its just gonna hurt - doesn't matter how much Novocaine you get - that dentist office smell hurts your teeth and you know its just gonna suck!! Chemo was 1000 times worse!!! I was tired just thinking about being tired and then I was near death - I swear it was rough - don't get me wrong - I thank all my doctors all the time for the magnificent success they have achieved with me!! But it was ROTTEN!!! And now, not so bad. I'm still tired, but as I say - who in this day and age isn't?? Really - if this is it for the next 6 months - I am good as gold!!!!!
I have not started radiation yet - that will be soon. I have gone for my initial meeting with the radiation oncologist - let me tell you about this guy!!! Those of you who know me well know that Converse are the best and my favorite sneaker in the world!! I love the way they look and I think they are the next best thing to going barefoot. My sister used to get me a pair every year for my birthday so I have quite the collection - really at LEAST 10 pairs in different colors, low tops - high tops - Grateful Dead Dancing Bears and even High Healed Black ones!! I love them - this brings me back to my Radiation Oncologist. I knew we would hit it off when in he comes to my exam room with his Day-Glo ORANGE Converse - Chucky T's as "we" so lovingly call them!!! Great guy - good humor, tattoos and Sneaks!!! Greg had a good laugh at the "only us". We are the 2 people who can appreciate the goodness of this doctor - so he goes into his whole explanation and explains that there should be mild pain - fatigue, yes - pain, not so much!! Whew!!!! I am a big baby when it come to pain - and I think there as a pamphlet that explained - take the pain meds you are given. I don't like to depend on the pain meds but I think I will listen to the advice of whoever and take as needed!!
So, I was supposed to get a CAT Scan last week - showed up to the appointment and they realized I need a pregnancy test!!! COME ON - really??? Nope - not pregnant - really - you all know about the IUD - right? Yeah - not pregnant!!! But - they can't take my word for it - its State law!!!UGH!!!! So, another prick in the arm for some blood - guess what - NOT pregnant!!! SO I go back for my real CAT scan on Tuesday - the day the kids start school. I should know then or a few days from then what my radiation schedule will be!!!
Do you realize its only been 8 months since we found out I had cancer - does it not seem like years??? I feel like I've been out of work forever - I'm sure my co-workers feel the same since they left my job open (thank you) and decided to share my work amongst them - wonder what I'm going back to??? I really can't wait!! I've been "warned" by friends to not push myself, I've tried to explain - I am the baby in the office - not one single person I work with will let me get too exhausted - they will send me home - they will force me to sit and relax - they will not let me overdue anything - I promise - I know these people - they are good to me beyond a "normal" work atmosphere - they are my extended family!! And my family wouldn't let me push too hard and neither will they!!!!
I will try to keep my promise and post my blog more often - I apologize again to those who look forward to my obnoxious sense of humor but humor and love have gotten me through this!! Keep smiling :)