Chemo round 2....

Yesterday was round 2 of Taxol. I did awesome! I really just feel like I am getting a saline drip. Aside from a minor local reaction that looked like a few mosquito bites and itched, I did very well. They kept me an extra 45 minutes and gave me a benadryl but they were already subsiding as we were waiting on pharmacy to hand out the pill to my nurse. Knowing me and my stupid allergies, I'm probably allergic to some part of Taxol, but only 10 more to go of those!

So, score is: Tiffany 2....Chemo ZERO!!!

I actually slept 6 hrs last night, which was good compared to last week's 30 minutes of sleep. I remembered to take my sleeping pills when I got home and by 10pm, I was in bed. I woke up at 4am and did some computer work, answered a few emails and looked up a few things I've been meaning to look up but always forget. Balanced the checkbook (OUCH!) and had 2 cups of coffee before the boys woke up. (Kaylee was at a sleepover so they actually slept in because she's sooo noisy when she gets up) Then, I showered and went and had my complimentary massage from my friend and massage therapist Stefanie Stutts. (It was fantastic!) She is hooking me up during my treatments when I need one.

So, all in all, it was a great week! I got a lot accomplished, felt less stressed and I definitely do not look like a girl going through chemo. Now, having said that, I know I have harder days ahead of me, and I will at some point be having hard days or nights, possibly getting sick, but right now, for today...in the moment.... I am feeling great! So, for that......I am thankful!

Me getting ready to leave the house for Round 2....

All hooked up and ready for my "drippings"



Doing my Sudoku puzzles, courtesy of my friend Kelly Ahlberg.




My "Fighting Coach" and handsome, sexy husband Chris.

3 is my limit....I think

I had to go down to MD Anderson today for a mammogram on their machine, and an Ultrasound on the breast. Fun stuff, I tell ya!!! I've never felt like such a celebrity before. Let me tell you.....they must really like my boobies there because they took like 5 million pictures of them, and then 4 different ultrasound techs came in to scan my lymph nodes and breast. I felt pretty secure in myself knowing that all those people wanted to see my boobs. :-)

Seriously though....they found another lump. Same boob, but right by my nipple. They think it's fibrous tissue, but wanted to err on the side of safety, so they did ANOTHER biopsy. So, that makes 3 biopsies in 1 month! They came back 10 minutes or so later and said it looked like it was going to be benign, (non cancerous) but I'll get the results at my follow up appt on Aug 23.

When Chris heard the news (because my awesome friend went with me instead of him since he had so much work to do) he said "great....so what does that mean?" I chuckled to myself as this is all via text and sent back a reply of "not that it matters, honey.....cancer, sarcoid...seriously, babe...this is nothing...even if it is cancerous, it wouldn't matter...."

So, we went by the wig shop, went for lunch, and came home....

I'm exhausted and of course.....THIS is the day the kids are all whining! Ugh..

Is it bedtime yet???? No, I mean for me......hahahaha

I think so! Ta-Ta

The Climb...

"The struggles I'm facing, the chances I'm taking..
Sometimes might knock me down, But No...I'm not breaking...
I may not know it, but these are the moments...
I'm gonna remember most, yeah...just gotta keep going!

And I.....

I gotta be strong, Just keep pushing on....
There's always gonna be another mountain, I'm always gonna wanna make it move...
Always gonna be an uphill battle, sometimes I'm gonna have to lose...
It ain't about how fast I get there, ain't about what's waiting on the other side.....
It's the climb!
Keep on moving, keep climbing, keep the Faith..."

Some powerful lyrics by a young 16 yr old that I found moved me. I found them on my daughter's iPod selections, but hey.....age doesn't mean you are any less full of honesty, wisdom or courage than any adult out there. So, maybe the other side of being Cancer free is the climb up that mountain to get to the other side, and I will do it!

I'll keep on moving, I'll keep on climbing, and I'll fo' sho' Keep the Faith! (Bon Jovi even tells me to do that)

Ta-Ta for now!