TaTa Wars

Episode LXXVIII - duh-nu-nuh-nuh-na My boobs were slightly off... literally and figuratively. My left breast was past due for an annual mammogram and my right breast still had a month or two to go. So last visit with the Radiation Oncologist he scheduled my mammogram in between those times, so for the end of June. Mainly that was because post-surgery and post-radiation the mammogram could be more painful than normal. Sweet!

Episode LXXVII - Are you ready boots? Start walkin'! I left my afternoon Oncologist appointment with barely enough time to make it home and get my family ready for Relay for Life. Of course the people who decided to start roadwork during rush hour did not help me get home on time. Really... Friday... at 5?!?! While I was thrilled with the "looking good" report from the doctor, I was also excited to get out there and walk for the American Cancer Society...

Good News Alert... I had to go back to the Oncologist to hear my scan results. My appointment was right before Relay for Life so I was rocking my faux-hawk. Me waiting on the Oncologist with my Jimmy Neutron hair...

Episode LXXVI - Back on the chain gang... Timed to get scanned again. Normally I get a chest exam, but today I get a more thorough view into my body since they are viewing the chest, abdominal, and pelvic regions. I get the full body works - well - mid-body works! My breakfast was the breakfast of scanners... barium drink. One container I got to drink hours before the exam... thanks for the early wake-up time?!?! And the other has to be drunk during the hour before the procedure... thanks for requiring me to drink and drive?!?!?!  

Episode LXXV - I'll be back! I got to walk back into the cancer center after months of being away. Not sure if absence made the heart grow fonder... but I was back! Bringing smiles to the office... I checked in and made my way to the blood work area. The office was crazy crowded. I was sad to see so many people waiting for blood work and to see the doctors. I was still the young one in the room. I gave a few smiling nods to the bald chemo patients, as if to say - yep, you will be looking like me soon.

What to do on Mother's Day weekend? It was my first Mother's Day post cancer treatment... what should I do? Go to Disney? Have a party? No, for me it was time to lose the mullet... Hair mullet growing here... The family went out for hair cuts and then for food. It would not matter what we did, as I was here and alive to do it with these two crazy kids of mine. Post hair cut lunch with the kids... I am so lucky to be standing here and able to give love, hugs, and occasional fussing. They may drive me crazy, but I love them like crazy too!!!

Episode LXXIV - I'm Back! I had a few months off - sort of - and now it was time to get back to the cancer doctors... Time to get checked... I made my way back to the hospital to visit the Radiation Oncologist. It was nice to see my techs again. They were all happy to see me with hair. They all said I looked younger... being off treatment helped with that! It was awesome to just visit with them and not there for them to blast me with radiation!