Ho Ho Ho!

Merry Christmas to me! Final chemo treatment today! Six months and 16 treatments. I thought this day would never get here. 

Will see the radiation oncologist January 5th, then mapping and radiation will be scheduled. Will be glad for the break in between. 

Four weeks following radiation, PET scan will be done. Six months after PET scan will have CT scan since I had lymph node involvement. Upon normal PET and CT scans, will have my port removed. Will need to have my port flushed monthly until its removal. 

Post radiation I will begin daily oral hormone therapy for 10 years which should reduce the risk of recurrence by 50%. 

Thanks be to God for getting me through this, and without getting sick. Leading an isolated lifestyle helped. I am looking forward to reconnecting with friends. 

Thank you all for your support, prayers, thoughts and kind words. I couldn’t have done this without you! I especially thank my dear husband for being with me every step of the way. Wishing you all a very Merry and Blessed Christmas as we celebrate the birth of our Lord. 

I’m wearing my jingle bells to celebrate! 

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Author: Hope Through Facing Adversity

The year 2015 began as a renewal for me...renewal in body, mind and spirit. After being 150 pounds overweight, I made the decision to have bariatric weight loss surgery. Six months nutrition counseling, psychological counseling, and a myriad of tests culminated in surgery on August 18, 2015. Little did I realize at that time, God had additional renewal plans for me. October 3, 2015, while recovering from bariatric surgery, I was ejected 30 feet from a Cessna 172 airplane upon emergency landing. This resulted in fractures of all but two left ribs, one right rib, left clavicle, left scapula, punctured left lung, degloving of my head and scalp with subarachnoid (brain) hemorrhage. A CT scan taken that day revealed evidence of lymphadenopathy in the right axilla requiring further evaluation when I was stable from my injuries. March 18, 2016, mammogram and ultrasound were suspicious for right breast cancer with lymph node involvement, which was confirmed by biopsy on March 25, 2016. April 18, 2016, right breast lumpectomy and lymph node dissection was performed, of which 7 of 15 lymph nodes were positive for cancer. I was staged at IIIA. This is my story. Through unbelievable adversity, God has been faithful to me. I hope you find this blog to be inspirational to and for you.

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