A tougher day today :(

Hi all! I worked the better part of the day today. As the day went on I started to feel really tired and have been plagued with a headache. I have been able to keep nausea pretty under control. I just get really tired as the day goes on. Tonight, I just don't feel really well. It makes me feel sad. I don't want to be sick. I am still doing really well. I just don't feel normal. I really want to make it to work tomorrow, then I have made it through my work week.

Si and Vonnie brought us dinner :)

Our friends Si and Vonnie Smith came over and visited us last night. They brought their yummy chili and corn bread. We had such a great visit and dinner. We hadn't seen then in way to long we all realized after we started chatting.

There daughter Alyssa and Karley played basketball together and against each other all through middle school and high school. Now they both play in the Big Sky Conference. We are proud parents :) Alyssa plays for University of Montana.

I loved how Vonnie had so many questions. As I know many of friends have.  We talked about my diagnosis. How I found it. All the test I have been through. And, just how we are doing. We laughed we cried. I just enjoyed every minute of the evening. Thank you Si and Vonnie so much.

Of course I had to get a picture for my blog. I looked like a big leopard sitting in between them on the couch haha. It took Dan a few photos before we found one we all liked.

We love you Si and Vonnie :)

 

Day 4 & 5 of chemo and I made it to work :)

Day four of chemo was pretty uneventful. Yay!  I stayed home all day and just finished decorating my house for Christmas. I must say, it has been a bit hard to really get into Christmas so far. I did have to lay down and rest a couple of times, which is just weird. I am not one to ever take a nap during the day, so to truly feel the need to rest is just different.

Then just before I went to bed I got out the "tlc" (tender loving care) American Cancer Society catalog and ordered some head coverings for my soon to be bald head. This is going to be really hard for me guys. I just can't even wrap my mind around having no hair. Dan is amazing, he keeps telling me how beautiful I am going to be with a bald head. Love him so much!  I have an appointment to get my hair cut on Friday the 16th of December :( 

Today, day five of chemo I went to work. I was so happy that I felt good enough to go to work today. I made it through most of the day, but did leave about one hour early. I all of a sudden had a wave of nausea, tired, heat, sweaty, ill feeling. Just needed to get home to my couch. 

I am now home on my couch :) I feel very tired and just a little off. But doing okay.

Our beautiful friends Si & Vonnie Smith are bringing us chili and corn bread for dinner tonight. I am so excited to see them and eat their chili. It's the best!!

Day 3 of Chemo

I am doing really well. I am surprised at how good I feel. Maybe just a little nauseous, but not really. I had a little head ache for a couple of days, but not to bad. Today we are putting up our Christmas decorations and My Man is complaining as usual that I have to much Christmas stuff. How could that be? Guys just don't get it. hahaha
So, very happy to report that our house is very normal today. YAY!!!

First "big" week a success

I am still feeling really normal. Maybe a little slow, but no nausea and no fatigue :) Please God lets just keep it this way haha.
Big thank you to Nancy, Sammy and Amanda. Loved your visit last night. Was just great!

I need to share with you how wonderful my daughter was this week. Its been difficult for me and her because she is a college athlete and just doesn't have the time to get home very often once season has started. So, on Wednesday I got my port in. I'm thinking no big deal, get this port in and head back to work, right? Well, no. It kicked my butt so Dan brought me home after. I get a call from Karley. She is at Harborview with a surprise for me. I was so sad and glad at the same time. Felt horrible that I wasn't there for the surprise and to see her. So glad that she would take a day and drive eight hours just to see me. Makes me cry again just thinking about how special that was and she is. Thank you so much Karley. I love you so so so much.
These are the flowers and the beautiful card (that also makes me cry every time I read it) that she brought for me...

She is going to be mad at me for putting up the card because she signed it in the car and she didn't like her hand writing hehe 

                                                Love my girls so much....

I also need to add that my neighbor Tonya has been the sweetest neighbor ever. When we got home yesterday from my chemo treatment she had beautiful flowers on my door step. Was so sweet. Also her boys help us out all the time. Thank you Tyler and Kyle. Tyler is our new handy car mechanic and many other handy things we ask him to help with. And Kyle is a little stud that came up and helped Dan get our couch up stairs the other day because I am a total woos and have no arm strength. Thanks Kyle for making it look like it weighed two pounds. :)  The whole Moser family is truly a blessing to have as neighbors and Dan and I appreciate every little or big thing you do for us. Oh I must not forget Jon was the mastermind that assisted his son Tyler in tearing our boat motor into a million pieces that I could not even look at because I thought it would never be the same. It was. We boated this summer. Thanks guys. Love you all


These are Tonya's, Karley's and Paul Kulits office flowers. The scarf Ms. Sammy brought me last night and the BC bug is from my man Danno.  Thank you all so much!!

 

My beautiful friends came to be with me

Nancy, Sammy and Amanda came over to visit me tonight. They brought Olive Garden for dinner and it was yummy.  I guess I better still enjoy eating what I like because I may not have an appetite in a few days. 
Sammy is so excited because "how the Grinch stole Christmas"  movie is on.  I love it!  So, we are all watching the "Grinch".
 Dan had to go to a wrestling match tonight and we had no idea how I was going to be so I am so glad my friends are here

                         Me and my beautiful friends

First chemo treatment

So, my day started with Dan waking me up and telling me to check my phone because so many people were already wishing me well. I looked at my phone and couldn't even read them because I started to cry. I moved on to getting ready to head to Seattle. Dan fixed me breakfast and made me eat it. He's so mean...haha  Later on I checked my phone and got these wonderful photo's from my grand kids.
Are these the cutest pictures you ever seen or what......

 Love these!!!! Thank you Jack and Reese. These poster put a big smile on Nana's face.

Then we headed to Seattle to Swedish Cancer Institute. We met with Dr. Kaplan last night and he is a wonderful Doctor. He made us feel very comfortable. Swedish is where I will be getting my treatments.

I was very emotional all the way here. Once we got here things have went fine. It is so weird how I still feel totally normal. I am almost done receiving my chemo. We have been here about five hours. The first treatment takes a little longer, because they do a lot of teaching. My remaining treatments will take about 3 hours or so.
Just before we walked into the clinic

My nurse Stephanie getting me all hooked up

 We will be heading home shortly.  Sounds like I should feel pretty normal until Sunday then things could change.