I know I can overcome the bad days when she cuddles in bed beside me and says I know you'll be ok mom.
A gift from my friend Anne - Please keep her in your prayers as she just finished her second treatment
Emily made a yummy orange flavored cake to help chase away the awful taste that arrives in my mouth a day after chemo
We are blessed by good friends who help us out with even teh heavy stuff!!
My soul mate & hubby ...so happy that he was well enough to spend the day with me for chemo # 3 .. not sure who found the whole process the hardest though
Ruth knows what we like. Thanks Buddy
A gift from Eric's mother in law, marion. A beautiful angel made just for me. Done in memory of a child who died from AIDS and given an African name which means "victorius , which is what I'll be at the end of this journey
Last but not least, my gorgeous nephew Jake in his Easter outfit. Chicks are a sign of Spring & Hope and let me tell you when Leanne sent me this pic I knew hope is just a baby away. Bring on Easter, Bring on Spring!!! Aunt Kimmy will soon be better and boy will we have fun times then. Bring on eric, Colleen & Charlotte. Bring on Blessings
Hello all my cyber friends. It’s a beautiful afternoon and the blizzard that was supposed to be, never was!!! But hey the kids got a snow day, even MUN was closed but right now the sun is shining and I am on top of the world!!! Well guess what ? I AM HALFWAY THERE!!!! That’s right I had my third treatment which means I only have three more to go. This past one was a little more intense than the last and left me out of commission for a few days. But hey as my good friend Corinne says "This too shall pass" and with lots of TLC from my hubby and kids ( Luke and Emily are awesome at massaging away the leg pains) and some emotional support from my buddy Denise I made it through the worst days ever. It ‘s done, gone, and forgotten and I do not wish to share the details. Instead I will keep you up to date with all the good stuff! By now I hope you have watched the youtube video. I found this online and thought it summed up my attitude perfectly ( not to mention that it has several school analogies hahah). It used to drive me nuts when I was first diagnosed with breast cancer. Everyone would say " well my dear you just got to have a positive attitude" perhaps they didn’t know what else to say but in reality, it is true. Although I would rather frame it as having a positive mind set or determined frame of mind. For those of you who have walked in my shoes , you know exactly what I mean by that and for those of you who have not yet experienced this journey... I hope you never know. Ok back to it...... Oh my I’m feeling the pressure now after my last blog. I received countless emails about it. All messages made remarks about laughing and crying at the same time. I think that may have had something to do with the fact that most of you could visualize a wig and fake boob on my passenger seat and could not keep from laughing. The tears may have come from the reflections about friends and to tell the truth I don’t know what else to write about anymore other than the support of friends ( old and new) that I have been blessed with. Over the past few months I have been able to reconnect via facebook with many of my high school friends ( Connie Worthman , Carolyn Jerrett , Sherrie Brown, Bonnie Evans, Sherry Sooley- just to name a few ) and it has revived me to say the least. Good to hear how they are doing and to reminisce about the old days. Heartwarming to know that they think of me often and are praying for me. Most of them look exactly the same as they did in high school and it was nice to hear about their children and their new experiences. I had a lovely chat with Connie and would love to see her soon. Carolyn helped me through a restless 1-2 a.m period one night and she probably doesn’t even realize what a help she was all the way in the NWT. Likewise my good friends close by have helped me since my last blog. My card club buddies are just awesome. It was so good to get back to a good game of 120's , even if I didn’t win. Special thanks to Helen for helping out at the house this week when I was too sick to do some things, thanks to Ruth & Wayne for the delicious meal that they dropped off on Wednesday when I was finally able to eat again. Thanks to Linda for the lemon cheesecakes and deserts that she has made and a big Thanks you to Clarence who came and snow blowed our driveway and yard this morning after the 20 cm snowfall... Glenn is till not allowed to do these things but he is improving. He will see surgeon on the 19th and I will update you all on his progress then. Corinne , as usual, is here on a daily basis. She always seems to arrive with some goodies in hand. Neil stopped by as well with some homemade treats from Colleen . ANd when I was in bed and couldn't get out Jean & Garfield showed up with soup. No worries about losing weight in this house with all the treats that are dropped off. Colleen has been a great help as well since she stops by the day after my treatment to give me the bone marrow booster needle that I must have. As much as I hat this needle, I really appreciate Colleen doing it for me so I don’t have to make a third trip in one week back to the hospital. Well there’s nothing really funny to share this week unless the fact that I was offered a $250.00 gift certificate for a solution to hair loss from a company called "Bosley Hair Loss Solutions" funny...maybe I have no sense of humour cause I did not laugh at this email. However I nearly died laughing at an email that I got from a guy in the States who told me I was like an angel and if angels were to be taxed he would be the highest taxpayer for me... Needless to say I updated my privacy settings on facebook. However my bubble was somewhat burst when Luke informed me that this email was spam and he had sent it to hundreds , maybe even thousands of women. Guess I’m not so angelic after all . But at least me and Glenn’s sister Paula had a good long hard laugh at the whole email. Before I end off I want to let you all know that Emily is participating in the Richard Simmons Bust a Move for Breast Cancer. She is accepting pledges/sponsors for this event which takes place on March 31. Cheques must be made payable to Bust a Move- St. John’s and tax receipts will be issued for donations of $10.00 or more. If you would like to sponsor her please message me on facebook or email me at sooley24@hotmail.com. I am so proud that she is taking the initiative to raise money for breast cancer research. She is an amazing young woman who brightens my day. And now as tradition dictates here is my joke:
A woman has twins, and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named 'Amal.' The other goes to a family in Spain, they name him Juan'. Years later; Juan sends a picture of himself to his biological mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wished she also had a picture of Amal. Her husband responds, ''But they are twins. If you've seen Juan, you've seen Amal.''
I put this one in cause it 's the advice a friend gave me about my aphrehension about seeing a gynecologist ( or should I say aprehension about a gynecologist seeing me!!!) next week...nothing to be embarassed about ...same thing applies I guess!!! Once you've seen one, you've seen them all!!! ( forgive my lame efforts at trying to make you laugh at this blog)
Your Breast Friend ,KIM
