Well i have just returned home from seeing Dr. Skelton and it went without a hitch! She checked me out and told me to come and visit her in 3 months! She did give me a prescription for Tamaxofian which once i get will be taken on a daily basis. She also told me to ease back into my daily routine as een though i feel good the fatigue will still be there for a few months. Other than that it was non eventful.
Anyway going to go lay down so till later........
2/27/2007
2/25/2007
Celebrate good times .. C'mon !
Like the heading says .. CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES .. C'MON !!
Well Thursday was a very exciting day for all of us especially Michelle. I cannot beleive that the last chemo has taken place.
Here are some pictures from that day .. Now I don't want to say anything but MOM and DAD both fell asleep .. although dads was for a minute .. but I caught it. He gave me a HUGE struggle to get a photo .. but we got it! :) Us Slovens have issues with pictures .. lol.
Well now that Michelle is on her way back to getting back to a normal schedule, I want to thank everyone for their support during this time. I know that it meant alot to all of us and especially Michelle.
Michelle as always know how proud I am of you and how well you handled this detour in your life. Your children are truly blessed to have such a wonderful mom and remember NOTHING is your fault when it came to this. I am always here for you and whatever you need all you have to do is ask. I love ya!
With that said, I hope that all future blogs Michelle continues to write are those of happy times and laughter!
Signing off for now,
Well Thursday was a very exciting day for all of us especially Michelle. I cannot beleive that the last chemo has taken place.
Here are some pictures from that day .. Now I don't want to say anything but MOM and DAD both fell asleep .. although dads was for a minute .. but I caught it. He gave me a HUGE struggle to get a photo .. but we got it! :) Us Slovens have issues with pictures .. lol.
Well now that Michelle is on her way back to getting back to a normal schedule, I want to thank everyone for their support during this time. I know that it meant alot to all of us and especially Michelle.
Michelle as always know how proud I am of you and how well you handled this detour in your life. Your children are truly blessed to have such a wonderful mom and remember NOTHING is your fault when it came to this. I am always here for you and whatever you need all you have to do is ask. I love ya!
With that said, I hope that all future blogs Michelle continues to write are those of happy times and laughter!
Signing off for now,
2/22/2007
Well its official session 8 is OVER
Well it is now 6:30pm and i am thrilled to say the CHEMO is oficially over!!!!!!
Its been 4 months since the first session and i am proud to say the i did it! I survied the chemo episode and now i am thrilled to put it behind me. I truly feel that i handled it with great finesse and attitude and i also will be glad to start on the road back to normalacy where i can get back to doing things without the fatigue that usually follows after these sessions.
Today at the chemo lab i had a full house with me so i want to say thanks to:
Mom and Dad - its been a real ride and i want to say that you havve been great and daddy even though you didnt look so hot at certain times you did it and for that i am ever grateful! I LOVE YOU!
Barby - well what can i say to you, you have been like my siamese twin in this long and drawn out endevour but now we can do the fun things and put this episode into our memory books
and start an new memory book of good time as we have a lifeload ahead of us! I LOVE YOU!!
Jeff - thanks for being by my side through all of this andd NOW we can look ahead to the future and all the great things we have coming our way! I LOVE YOU!
Shayne - thanks again for picking up the kids!
To the chemo nurses and staff just a huge thank you for doing the great job you do and i hope others like me will persevere and have only good thoughts of there time in chemo like i do as you women and men do an outstanding job......THANKS
Susie - thanks for your daily calls
And last of all, to all of you who have been riding this journey with me THANKS for all your support along the way and i look forward to only writing good things and happy thoughts from here on in.
I will be putting in pictures later of my last session but i wanted to write this while its fresh in my mind.
I will also be writing next week as i go to see the dr on tuesday so tilll then ciao for now.
XOXO
mich
Its been 4 months since the first session and i am proud to say the i did it! I survied the chemo episode and now i am thrilled to put it behind me. I truly feel that i handled it with great finesse and attitude and i also will be glad to start on the road back to normalacy where i can get back to doing things without the fatigue that usually follows after these sessions.
Today at the chemo lab i had a full house with me so i want to say thanks to:
Mom and Dad - its been a real ride and i want to say that you havve been great and daddy even though you didnt look so hot at certain times you did it and for that i am ever grateful! I LOVE YOU!
Barby - well what can i say to you, you have been like my siamese twin in this long and drawn out endevour but now we can do the fun things and put this episode into our memory books
and start an new memory book of good time as we have a lifeload ahead of us! I LOVE YOU!!
Jeff - thanks for being by my side through all of this andd NOW we can look ahead to the future and all the great things we have coming our way! I LOVE YOU!
Shayne - thanks again for picking up the kids!
To the chemo nurses and staff just a huge thank you for doing the great job you do and i hope others like me will persevere and have only good thoughts of there time in chemo like i do as you women and men do an outstanding job......THANKS
Susie - thanks for your daily calls
And last of all, to all of you who have been riding this journey with me THANKS for all your support along the way and i look forward to only writing good things and happy thoughts from here on in.
I will be putting in pictures later of my last session but i wanted to write this while its fresh in my mind.
I will also be writing next week as i go to see the dr on tuesday so tilll then ciao for now.
XOXO
mich
2/11/2007
Rest of the weekend
Well it is now sunday nite and the weekend is coming to an end. thankfully for me it was uneventful but like in weeks past i will take it. Yesterday we met my parents and barby for breakfast at einsteins and then as if we hadnt spent enough time together we went out for dinner as a family and to tell you the truth it went quite well, the kids behaved and i think a good time was had by all.
Today was a little more on the quiet side but at 4:30 we went over to susies as my aunt and uncle were in from toronto and we did the family visit thing. It to went well and it was nice to see them and share some good laffs.
Anyway i am going to try and figure out how to upload some pictures - jordanas win at the bookstore for her poem so hopefully i will figure it out sooner than later :)
Tomorrow i am hoping to go to work as i feel pretty goood and then i will really begin my final countdown as my last chemo is in less than 2 weeks ......so here is to the countdown and i will write again son.
If i haven't said it enough i want to thank everyone for there well wishes and just for being there.
I LOVE YOU ALL!
Mich
Today was a little more on the quiet side but at 4:30 we went over to susies as my aunt and uncle were in from toronto and we did the family visit thing. It to went well and it was nice to see them and share some good laffs.
Anyway i am going to try and figure out how to upload some pictures - jordanas win at the bookstore for her poem so hopefully i will figure it out sooner than later :)
Tomorrow i am hoping to go to work as i feel pretty goood and then i will really begin my final countdown as my last chemo is in less than 2 weeks ......so here is to the countdown and i will write again son.
If i haven't said it enough i want to thank everyone for there well wishes and just for being there.
I LOVE YOU ALL!
Mich
2/10/2007
New Pics!
Ok well it has been a while since we have uploaded some picutures so here you go! These are from Michelle's last chemo 2 weeks ago and dinner 2 weeks ago.
Susie also got a NEW PUPPY - Martini, so she is the dog of the moment! My 3 girls will just have to sit in the wings ;) ... She is very cute although the photo below doesn't do much justice. Enjoy her Susie .. and all we have to say is "It's about time girl! .. welcome to the club !
For Susie's birthday the Pilpels & Rapaports chipped in and got Martini some clothes .. A Juicy style sweatsuit and beaded princess t-shirt! Can you say "gorgeous - dahling!".
Well we have to go get ready to meet everyone for dinner .. but Michelle has been an amazing trouper throughout all this and all we can say is AMEN to that! We are so fortunate that the only side effects she has had throughout this ordeal is tiredness .. so we will take it.
As always Mich I am in awe of you and thanks for being there for me too! I love ya.
Barby
Susie also got a NEW PUPPY - Martini, so she is the dog of the moment! My 3 girls will just have to sit in the wings ;) ... She is very cute although the photo below doesn't do much justice. Enjoy her Susie .. and all we have to say is "It's about time girl! .. welcome to the club !
For Susie's birthday the Pilpels & Rapaports chipped in and got Martini some clothes .. A Juicy style sweatsuit and beaded princess t-shirt! Can you say "gorgeous - dahling!".
Well we have to go get ready to meet everyone for dinner .. but Michelle has been an amazing trouper throughout all this and all we can say is AMEN to that! We are so fortunate that the only side effects she has had throughout this ordeal is tiredness .. so we will take it.
As always Mich I am in awe of you and thanks for being there for me too! I love ya.
Barby
2/08/2007
Session 7
Well today was session 7 and i must say it went well. Jeff and Barby were there with me and it was pretty uneventful......but uneventful is good! So if you do the math then you know i only have 1 left!!!!!!! 2 weeks and my chemo dates are over....YAY!!!! We will definately have to celebrate :)
On another note tonite we went to Barnes and Noble to watch Jordana get 2nd place in a environmental poetry contest for her grade and i muswst say i was the beaming mom!
In anycase not to much to report right now but i will write over the weekend.
Till then....
mich
On another note tonite we went to Barnes and Noble to watch Jordana get 2nd place in a environmental poetry contest for her grade and i muswst say i was the beaming mom!
In anycase not to much to report right now but i will write over the weekend.
Till then....
mich
2/02/2007
Nothin to exciting to report
I had a doctor appointment this week and she said i am looking real good, the lung is working and overall i am in good shape. She also reminded me that i only have 3 weeks left and then i will be done with chemo .....YAY!!!!!
Once the chemotherapy is finished i will be starting a pill called Tamoxifan, and i will be taking this for the next 5 years. This will stop my body from producing estrogen and progesterene. She also informed me that i will be going to see her every 3 months - which i dont mind as she is real nice but then the bad part is that i will have a blood draw at these little visits as well (YUCK).
Other than that she didnt have to much to say...o yah the port (which is how they administer my chemo) has to come out and till it does i will have to go back to there office and get it flushed every 6 weeks so i dont get an infection or worse a clot. I have an appointment in april with my surgeon and i am sure at that time he will let me know when i will have this removed. Although i must tell you that this scares me and i was quite willing to leave it in for life but i dont want to get it flushed every six weeks so i will have to brave it and have it removed.
Tonite jeff and i went for dinner as justin is at his friends and jordana had brownies.
Oh ya and justin lost another tooth!!!!! I will get some pictures up soon (as soon as i figure out how!!).
Anyway not much else.......
More later
Mich
Once the chemotherapy is finished i will be starting a pill called Tamoxifan, and i will be taking this for the next 5 years. This will stop my body from producing estrogen and progesterene. She also informed me that i will be going to see her every 3 months - which i dont mind as she is real nice but then the bad part is that i will have a blood draw at these little visits as well (YUCK).
Other than that she didnt have to much to say...o yah the port (which is how they administer my chemo) has to come out and till it does i will have to go back to there office and get it flushed every 6 weeks so i dont get an infection or worse a clot. I have an appointment in april with my surgeon and i am sure at that time he will let me know when i will have this removed. Although i must tell you that this scares me and i was quite willing to leave it in for life but i dont want to get it flushed every six weeks so i will have to brave it and have it removed.
Tonite jeff and i went for dinner as justin is at his friends and jordana had brownies.
Oh ya and justin lost another tooth!!!!! I will get some pictures up soon (as soon as i figure out how!!).
Anyway not much else.......
More later
Mich
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