Cruisin For Cleavage September 13th!

Kelsey has been BUSY!

The poker run is coming up in just over 2 weeks.
So far looks like we're going to have a lot of great people there, I'm looking forward to seeing everyone!

There are quite a few that will be doing the ride as a drive in their cars/trucks.
We're happy to see this as well, you don't have to have a bike to have fun!
There will be games at each stop, silent auction and one more surprise at the end.

Come join for the fun before it snows!
If you have any questions please let me or Kelsey know.

There is a link at the bottom to download the PDF as well.

Description from Facebook event:

We are cruisin' for Cleavage!!

Registration will begin at 10:00 am in Severance, CO at Bruce's Bar. Last bike out by 11:00.

Cost- $15.00 for a single rider
$20.00 for a couple

Starting at Bruce's bar in Severance
1st Canyon Grill, Ft. Collins
2nd Wind Jammer, Loveland
3rd Derby Grille, Berthoud
4th Office Lounge, Loveland

The top two best poker hands will win cash!! 


Link to download the PDF:
Flier PDF Download

When you get to the new page click "Click here to start download from sendspace"
Don't click on any of the other advertising BS!

New Chemo and Radiation Decision

It's been almost 3 weeks since my last post.
Sorry about that!

I ended up in the ER 2 weeks ago (Sunday) for a few hours.
Blood counts were low.
Had to go for more blood tests Monday and Tuesday.
Weird, you go to the ER because you're loosing too much blood and the first thing do is take more blood.

I'm better now though.



Last Monday I started new chemo, Taxol.

This is every Monday until October 20th. (12 treatments)
Every third week I also have Herceptin and Perjeta. (These are antibodies, not chemo)
I will have Herceptin every third week until August 2015.
Perjeta just until October.

While this chemo takes much longer the side effects aren't nearly as bad as the AC I was on before this. I'm very thankful for that.

The first thing they do is give me Benadryl.
I'm back to involuntary naps now. :)
Then steroids and stomach meds.
Then Herceptin (90 min)
Then Perjeta (90 min)
Then Taxol (90 min)

All of the meds are put in saline and 'delivered' that way, makes me very cold!

The first treatment that included all 3 I was there from 9:30-4:30.
I'm glad Mom was there to help get me food and watch me sleep.
I would be very appreciative if I could get 'volunteers' to maybe help bring food on the long days.
I do sleep and work during treatments so I don't need people to sit with me the whole time, but I do get very hungry!

After all this is done I will have a month 'off'.

Then I have decided with the help of others that radiation is the best idea for me.
This will start around November 20th and will go for 5 weeks.
I will get 25 treatments in that time.
Going there everyday is going to take a toll on me I'm sure but we feel it's the right thing to do.

Hope to see everyone on September 13th!

10K Views and the Last Slurpee of my life

WOW!
The blog has received 10,000 views.
Reached 30+ countries. (Estonia being second after the US for views)
Made it to a few Latvian websites.
and more!

I'm currently sitting getting my last RED DEVIL chemo treatment.
I think I have drank the last slurpee of my life too.
I don't think I can ever even look at one the same again.
Never before did I believe it was possible to get nauseated just from the thought of something.
Guess I've learned, anything is possible!
(In case I didn't cover it before, during 15 minutes of the treatment you have to keep your mouth as cold as possible to avoid mouth sores. During the first treatment they suggested chewing on ice. I didn't want to do this because it hurts my teeth. Not thinking, I got a slurpee instead.)

Not much else to update.
I'm still bald.
Haven't lost anymore weight, haven't gained any back either.
Still miss being able to have coffee every morning. :)

My sister, Kelsey, is putting together a fundraising event for September 13th.
Details will come sometime in the next 2 weeks but please save the date!

Round B of chemo is 12 weeks long.
This starts in 2 weeks, July 28th.
It is going to take 6-8 hours, going to be a long day!

Hope everyone had a nice weekend and happy Monday.

Chemo process

Ok, in my last post I promised I would let you know how a chemo treatment goes so here it is:

Monday

11:45 visit with doctor about how things are going and address any questions.
12:00 sit down in the chemo area (this time I opted for a private room)
12:15 nurse comes in and introduces herself and taps the port
12:30 port flush just to realize it's 'clogged'
12:45 put in meds to flush port, wait 30 min
13:15 still clogged, wait 30 min
13:50 ok, it's good to go, draw blood to be tested (if the counts aren't high enough there is no chemo)
14:15 everything is ok start steroid drip
14:45 start anti nausea drip
15:15 flush
15:30 start chemo 1 (red nasty stuff)
15:45 start second chemo
16:45 flush
17:00 DONE - what a day.

17:15 Get hair chopped off since clumps are coming out.


Tuesday
15:00 Sit down in chemo area
15:05-15:15 everyone comes looks at my hair :)
15:15 Start IV hydration drip
4:30 get immune system shot (this is what messes up everything for the next 2 days!)


What a time consuming process!
I have a faux hawk now. When the rest falls out I'll post all the pictures, sometime later this week I'm sure it'll happen!

Thanx for stopping by.

Scolded by the oncologist

Whoops!! Somehow I lost 13lbs in a week so.... who wants to go out to eat this week? :)

Other than that no bad news at the docs today.

I seem to be almost back to normal feeling today, bit tired this morning.
Hair is supposed to fall out by Sunday, 4 days sooner than I was ready for, but guess it's time to brush those wigs!

I did get a FaceBook message today telling me it wasn't appropriate for me to post cancer stuff there.
Any guesses what happened after that?
Oh, I have one less FB friend.

That's all the updates I have until chemo on the 16th, hope everyone has a great week!

Chemo is kicking my ass

Hi everyone.

I know I said I'd post more often but I gotta be honest it's taking everything I have to post this right now.

The very short of it;

Chemo started Monday, IV drip and immune shot Tuesday.
It's kicking my ass, I'm tired but can't sleep.
Yesterday my bones hurt from the inside, mostly from the waist up, strange and painful feeling.

Today I'm not sure how I got the energy to shower, but thankfully I did and Dayna braided my hair again.
Mom brought dinner 3 hours ago and is on her way back to clean up after me right now, just to give you an idea of how little energy I have. Yes, I called my mom to help me clean up my plates after the dinner she bought and brought me.

When I have more energy I'll post more about what's been happening.
Next chemo treatment is June 16th, likely that is when I'll post exact details of what it consists of.
(Red devil chemo, google it if you're bored)

Good night everyone.

CT Scan results

I swear, PVH doesn't have anything together!

I had my CT scan on Friday...
Because of the type of surgery and risks with getting IVs in my arm it was a mess to get the right team of nurses to 'tap' my port. Then to get it all of the crap out after the scan.

This was an interesting experience, they sterilize the area just as much as if I was getting surgery. I can't even watch them put the needle in because I might breathe on it and it won't be sterile anymore. So they make me look away and put a paper on my face.

CT Scan came back great, no cancer! No pneumonia! No blood clots!

Chemo starts Monday... dun dun dun.

Got another wig today.