We're Done with Chemo!

Well, the chemo treatments are all done! Thankfully, most of the side effects are gone. It will take a while to get my red blood cell counts back up which means life will be a little slow for a while. What a blessing to have chemotherapy drugs that work effectively without making you extremently sick! It is amazing to see how much they have learned about early detection and treatment of cancer. It's been a lot easier to go through this whole process knowing that there is an end in sight and that I will be a survivor. We have an appointment on Feb 9 with a radiation oncologist to discuss the benefits of radiation. We hope to get some good direction on whether or not radiation will significantly improve my chances for a complete cure.

I would like to try to express our gratitude to so many who have supported and carried us through this whole experience. Thanks to Lauren and Teresa, my early morning drivers to get the kids to school. Thanks to many who have gone all the way to Hillcrest and Midvale Middle to fetch the kids at all times of the day and night. Thanks to Rachel for getting Jeremy through his mega-homework nights. Thanks for all my fun hats and scarves - it has made my no-hair days much easier to take. Thanks to wonderful cooks who have taken the extra time to fix dinners for our family and make our load here at home lighter. Thanks for all your words of encouragement and support, your visits, your notes and your prayers. Thank you for encouraging our children and strengthening them. You have carried us through something that could have been very difficult. You have made us stronger and our load lighter. And some of you may be saying to yourselves, "I didn't do much, it was just a little thing." Well, all those little things have come together into one beautiful whole which has filled our lives to overflowing!