Hey, everyone! Headed to the beach again today. We also went on Friday. It's finally stopped raining long enough for us to go. The girls and I were getting cabin fever, and we even broke down and played outside in the rain on Thursday. But, we needed it, and our grass looks beautiful now!
We're trying to get as many trips to the beach in as we can before Tuesday. I didn't get my big dose of chemo last week, because my platelets were still to low... only 91,000, and they have to be over 100,000 before they'll even consider giving it to me. So, it's been six weeks since my last large dose. Just been getting herceptin every week in between. At this rate, I'll never get my last two big doses (fine by me, if you want my real opinion).
Anyhoo, also on the agenda, Tim's been working a tile job with a friend to get a little extra income, and I'm thinking about helping a friend's mom with cleaning houses after they are built before the buyers do their final walk-through. It would be work, but Tim and I could really use the money.
In other news, I think Judy and Jerry are on the way down from Tennessee this week (Thursday, I believe). They're coming to get the girls so they can spend 2 weeks up there with them. Tim and I won't know what to do with ourselves! I'm sure we'll get into something, though... lol!
Not too much else going on. I've been feeling pretty well, but I'll probably be down and out most of this week, after Wednesday. The big dose that I get on Tuesday usually kicks in by Wednesday afternoon, and I'm out until Sunday or Monday. So, I doubt I'll be on here again before next week.
Hugs, kisses and all that jazzzz to you. Hope you're all doing well. I miss you! ~Brenda
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Friday, June 15, 2007
Here I am!
Hey, everyone! It's been a while because I've had a LOT going on! The girls are on summer vacation, keeping me pretty busy, plus the amount of birthdays in June is overwhelming! Seems like we have a new one to celebrate every couple of days.
As for how I've been... I've been fine. Just busy! I still have 2 chemo sessions left to do, because my platelets were really low for the past couple of weeks. In the forties 2 weeks ago, and in the eighties this past week. Since it's been going up about forty a week or so, I should be up over 100 by this Tuesday, and ready to take my big dose of chemo again. Then I'll be down to only one more to go! YAY!
After that, I need to do 6 weeks of radiation, but I'm thinking that I'll wait until after the girls start school back up before I do that. It's supposed to make you really tired, and I don't want it to ruin the summer, or what's left of it.
Speaking of the girls, they are getting ready to spend 2 weeks in Tennessee with Tim's mom, so we'll be kid-free for a little while.... what shall we do???
Not much else going on. My hair is growing in nice and soft. The new puppy is a hellion, and we probably should have named her Lucifer or something like that instead... lol. Anyhoo, hugs to all. Hope you're doing well!
As for how I've been... I've been fine. Just busy! I still have 2 chemo sessions left to do, because my platelets were really low for the past couple of weeks. In the forties 2 weeks ago, and in the eighties this past week. Since it's been going up about forty a week or so, I should be up over 100 by this Tuesday, and ready to take my big dose of chemo again. Then I'll be down to only one more to go! YAY!
After that, I need to do 6 weeks of radiation, but I'm thinking that I'll wait until after the girls start school back up before I do that. It's supposed to make you really tired, and I don't want it to ruin the summer, or what's left of it.
Speaking of the girls, they are getting ready to spend 2 weeks in Tennessee with Tim's mom, so we'll be kid-free for a little while.... what shall we do???
Not much else going on. My hair is growing in nice and soft. The new puppy is a hellion, and we probably should have named her Lucifer or something like that instead... lol. Anyhoo, hugs to all. Hope you're doing well!
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
The light at the end of the tunnel!
Well, I had a dr. appointment today, and although I only had Herceptin today, I have only 2 more big doses of chemo. One is next week, and the last one should be on June 26, provided all of my blood work looks good and I can get my doses on time! I'm finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. I'm so tired of being bald, pale, heavy (larger than I'm used to), and just all-around unhappy with myself. My hair has started to grow back, but I'm thinking it'll fall back out, because my scalp has started to get really tender just like it did the last time it fell out. We shall see. I'm really bummed about that. I don't have much choice, though.
On to other news... The girls are out of school now, so I officially have a 10th grader and a 1st grader. My babies are getting so big so fast! We're talking about getting Ash into driver's ed classes this summer! Look out world! lol.
So, to celebrate the beginning of summer, Tammy and I took Ash, Carley and Brittany (her daughter) to the beach on Saturday. We all wore sunscreen, but still got burnt! It was pretty hot out. But, we managed to try to teach Carley to body surf... she loves it! Ash was working on learning to skim board. If I were about 10 years younger, I'd try, but as many times as she wiped out, I'd probably break a hip or something! lol. I guess I'll pass on that one.
Then, on Sunday, Tim and I, and Kevin and Tammy took a bike ride. We just went out to the Red Rooster and watched Big Engine play for a while. That was fun. Then we ate at Applebee's and headed home.
The girls spent the night at Tammy's on Sunday night, and then Tammy and I took them to Box Seats (sports bar) for lunch. It was a pretty quiet day on Monday. I think everyone was pretty tuckered out from the weekend. While we were out with the girls, Kevin Jr. took Kevin on a day-trip for his birthday. He rented jet ski's for 2 hours and they had a blast. The trip was a surprise, because nobody would tell Kevin where they were going.
Finally, since Kevin's birthday is tomorrow (Wednesday), we're going to have dinner and cake at their house tomorrow, and then we're planning a big party for him at the Fleet for Friday night (June 1st). We're all pretty excited about that.
I guess that's about all the news for now. Not much else going on. I hope you all had a fun weekend! Hope the weather was as beautiful for you as it was for us!
On to other news... The girls are out of school now, so I officially have a 10th grader and a 1st grader. My babies are getting so big so fast! We're talking about getting Ash into driver's ed classes this summer! Look out world! lol.
So, to celebrate the beginning of summer, Tammy and I took Ash, Carley and Brittany (her daughter) to the beach on Saturday. We all wore sunscreen, but still got burnt! It was pretty hot out. But, we managed to try to teach Carley to body surf... she loves it! Ash was working on learning to skim board. If I were about 10 years younger, I'd try, but as many times as she wiped out, I'd probably break a hip or something! lol. I guess I'll pass on that one.
Then, on Sunday, Tim and I, and Kevin and Tammy took a bike ride. We just went out to the Red Rooster and watched Big Engine play for a while. That was fun. Then we ate at Applebee's and headed home.
The girls spent the night at Tammy's on Sunday night, and then Tammy and I took them to Box Seats (sports bar) for lunch. It was a pretty quiet day on Monday. I think everyone was pretty tuckered out from the weekend. While we were out with the girls, Kevin Jr. took Kevin on a day-trip for his birthday. He rented jet ski's for 2 hours and they had a blast. The trip was a surprise, because nobody would tell Kevin where they were going.
Finally, since Kevin's birthday is tomorrow (Wednesday), we're going to have dinner and cake at their house tomorrow, and then we're planning a big party for him at the Fleet for Friday night (June 1st). We're all pretty excited about that.
I guess that's about all the news for now. Not much else going on. I hope you all had a fun weekend! Hope the weather was as beautiful for you as it was for us!
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Feeling Normal
Good News! I'm finally starting to start to feel a little more like a human being again! I'm not 100%, but I'm getting some more energy back, and the cold is starting to go away. Also, not too many nose bleeds this time around. That's always good, in my opinion.
Otherwise, not a whole lot going on. My pumpkin plants are getting huge, the blackberries are getting small berries on them, and the tomato plants are blossoming. The bugs really seem to like the sunflowers and the strawberries, though. So, I'll have to try a different bug spray on those, I guess.
The addition is moving along nicely, and we're HOPING to paint this weekend. We shall see, because I don't really think the mudding will be done in time. That's ok, though. I'm just happy to see any progress at all. I am told that I'll be able to actually USE my jacuzzi tub for the first time this weekend because it'll be totally hooked up. So, that's nice.
Oh, and two more things...
HAPPY RETIREMENT to Judy and Jerry! How very exciting! Congrats, you've both earned it. We love you!
Congratulations to the new SENIOR CHEIF Ray Hager! We all knew you could do it! Of course, you needed the pay raise, with all those kids... j/k! We love you, and are so proud of you!!!
Hugz, kisses, and all that jazzzzzzz.... ~B
Otherwise, not a whole lot going on. My pumpkin plants are getting huge, the blackberries are getting small berries on them, and the tomato plants are blossoming. The bugs really seem to like the sunflowers and the strawberries, though. So, I'll have to try a different bug spray on those, I guess.
The addition is moving along nicely, and we're HOPING to paint this weekend. We shall see, because I don't really think the mudding will be done in time. That's ok, though. I'm just happy to see any progress at all. I am told that I'll be able to actually USE my jacuzzi tub for the first time this weekend because it'll be totally hooked up. So, that's nice.
Oh, and two more things...
HAPPY RETIREMENT to Judy and Jerry! How very exciting! Congrats, you've both earned it. We love you!
Congratulations to the new SENIOR CHEIF Ray Hager! We all knew you could do it! Of course, you needed the pay raise, with all those kids... j/k! We love you, and are so proud of you!!!
Hugz, kisses, and all that jazzzzzzz.... ~B
Monday, May 21, 2007
Yup, it's Monday.
So, I pretty much slept the whole weekend away. On top of the chemo making me feel crappy, I managed to catch Carley's cold. Is there anything that kindergartners don't catch and bring home? Those kids are just crawling with germs!!! I have completely lost count of how many times I've been sick this school year because of my low tolerance for germs and Carley being a disease-ridden child. Yucky!! She's lucky she's cute, or I'd sell her off to the Gypsies.
In other news, we had found a mole last week and toyed with the idea of building a little habitat and keeping it, but decided not to. So instead, we set it free in the "wild" (down the street by some trees) and got Carley a Guinea Pig, which we named "Igpay" (pig Latin for Pig). So, now everyone in the house has a pet. D.O.G. is mine, Paxil (the cat) pretty much adopted Tim, the puppy will be Ash's when she comes to live with us (she's D.O.G.'s daughter), and Carley has Igpa. As Tim puts it, "Nobody's allowed to ask for anything else!" lol.
Otherwise, we're all doing fine. We're hoping to be painting the upstairs by next weekend, but we shall see. We do have the colors picked out, though. I'm very excited about that. Also, this is the last week of school for the girls, so I'm sure we'll be spending a lot of time at the pool during the next couple of months until they go to spend a couple of weeks in Tennessee with Tim's Mom.
Not much else going on. Hope you all had a nice weekend. Hugs, ~B
In other news, we had found a mole last week and toyed with the idea of building a little habitat and keeping it, but decided not to. So instead, we set it free in the "wild" (down the street by some trees) and got Carley a Guinea Pig, which we named "Igpay" (pig Latin for Pig). So, now everyone in the house has a pet. D.O.G. is mine, Paxil (the cat) pretty much adopted Tim, the puppy will be Ash's when she comes to live with us (she's D.O.G.'s daughter), and Carley has Igpa. As Tim puts it, "Nobody's allowed to ask for anything else!" lol.
Otherwise, we're all doing fine. We're hoping to be painting the upstairs by next weekend, but we shall see. We do have the colors picked out, though. I'm very excited about that. Also, this is the last week of school for the girls, so I'm sure we'll be spending a lot of time at the pool during the next couple of months until they go to spend a couple of weeks in Tennessee with Tim's Mom.
Not much else going on. Hope you all had a nice weekend. Hugs, ~B
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Not feeling so hot.
Hey everyone. This is going to be pretty short today, because I'm not feeling so hot. I had my large dose of chemo on Tuesday, and I think that since it's been 5 weeks, it's worse than usual. My hair was finally starting to grow back in, and I'm wondering if it'll all fall back out now. My head hurts, my stomach is upset, I can't decide if I'm going to throw up or just sit next to the toilet, and my muscles ache everywhere. I feel like I've been beaten with a lead pipe. So, I'm going to take Carley to school, and go back to bed today.
Oh, one more thing. See the picture of our baby? She's 4 weeks old today. Her name is Solie.
Hugs to all, ~B
Oh, one more thing. See the picture of our baby? She's 4 weeks old today. Her name is Solie.
Hugs to all, ~B
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Chemo Day Update
Hey, everyone!
It's Tuesday, aka Chemo Day. Not a whole lot to report. My last post mentioned how my white blood cells were low... I MEANT that the platelets were low, not the white blood cells. I'd had so many problems with the WBC's that I must have had them stuck in my head when I posted the other day. Anyways, I got my blood work done again this week, and the platelets were still too low to do my big dose of chemo, so it was just Herceptin again today. The good news is that they were up to 92, and once they reach 100, I'm in the "safe zone" to do my chemo again. So, although I'm 2 weeks behind schedule, they are going up on their own. That means that I don't have to come in for injections every day this week, and I am no longer in danger of needing a transfusion! YAY! Thank you to everyone that offered to help out, though! It means so much!!!
Ok, as for this weekend, Tim had some friends over helping with the house again. They're getting so much done, and we're even starting to pick out colors for the walls! One of his buddies used to do drywall work, so he's been doing the mudding for free! I can't express to him how much we appreciate all his hard work. He's invaluable!!! So, that's moving along at a nice pace.
On Sunday, I planted mine and Carley's pumpkins and sunflowers into large pots to be outside. I didn't want to plant them in the ground because the St. Augustine grass will probably strangle out anything I plant. I also planted several strawberry plants, and some tomato plants. Today, I was cleaning up around the trees out back and found that raspberry plants are growing wild back there, amongst the bushes. So, I've made an attempt to dig up as many larger plants as I could and have put them into a large planter, too. Also, Tim bought me 4 large blackberry bushes today. So, I'm a happy little camper. I don't have a very green thumb when it comes to flowering plants (unless it's something simple like a hibiscus), but I can grow fruits and veggies! Tim wants to get me a greenhouse, but it's going to be on hold for a while, until we can get caught up on the upstairs addition.
Mother's Day is coming up this weekend, and in case I don't get on here again before Sunday, I want to wish all of you Mom's a Happy Day! I hope you have a nice weekend!!! Hugs and love from our family.
It's Tuesday, aka Chemo Day. Not a whole lot to report. My last post mentioned how my white blood cells were low... I MEANT that the platelets were low, not the white blood cells. I'd had so many problems with the WBC's that I must have had them stuck in my head when I posted the other day. Anyways, I got my blood work done again this week, and the platelets were still too low to do my big dose of chemo, so it was just Herceptin again today. The good news is that they were up to 92, and once they reach 100, I'm in the "safe zone" to do my chemo again. So, although I'm 2 weeks behind schedule, they are going up on their own. That means that I don't have to come in for injections every day this week, and I am no longer in danger of needing a transfusion! YAY! Thank you to everyone that offered to help out, though! It means so much!!!
Ok, as for this weekend, Tim had some friends over helping with the house again. They're getting so much done, and we're even starting to pick out colors for the walls! One of his buddies used to do drywall work, so he's been doing the mudding for free! I can't express to him how much we appreciate all his hard work. He's invaluable!!! So, that's moving along at a nice pace.
On Sunday, I planted mine and Carley's pumpkins and sunflowers into large pots to be outside. I didn't want to plant them in the ground because the St. Augustine grass will probably strangle out anything I plant. I also planted several strawberry plants, and some tomato plants. Today, I was cleaning up around the trees out back and found that raspberry plants are growing wild back there, amongst the bushes. So, I've made an attempt to dig up as many larger plants as I could and have put them into a large planter, too. Also, Tim bought me 4 large blackberry bushes today. So, I'm a happy little camper. I don't have a very green thumb when it comes to flowering plants (unless it's something simple like a hibiscus), but I can grow fruits and veggies! Tim wants to get me a greenhouse, but it's going to be on hold for a while, until we can get caught up on the upstairs addition.
Mother's Day is coming up this weekend, and in case I don't get on here again before Sunday, I want to wish all of you Mom's a Happy Day! I hope you have a nice weekend!!! Hugs and love from our family.
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