I had round 2 of chemo on Monday. They gave me less of one of the meds in hopes I have a better response this time. I felt great yesterday. Today, I woke up with a sore throat similar to last time. I still plan to go to work because it’s not that bad yet.…

A common side effect of the chemo I am taking is hair loss. On Wednesday morning in the shower, my hair started coming out in chunks, right about when I was told it would. Jeff got out his razor and shaved my head for me. One of the teachers at our school surprised me today…

I’m feeling much better today. I hope this means I’m in for a good week. If you don’t hear from me on here for now, I’m getting stuff done and doing fun things before my next chemo treatment on 11/24. ❤️

I got clarification. I should have no problem hitting the threshold to get my benefits because as it turns out, I need to work X amount of hours in a school year, which started for me in August, versus a calendar year. And that actually, makes a lot of sense. ❤️

This is a picture of me just before getting my port placed this morning. It went well and I’m doing okay as far as that goes. But for some unknown reason, I have lost my voice. I have no idea why. I wasn’t intubated when I was sedated. So I’m feeling better than I was…

I started feeling bad on Thursday and terrible on Friday. I got hives everywhere starting yesterday morning. Benadryl wasn’t working. Zyrtec wasn’t working. I couldn’t stay awake. I felt like my throat was starting to close up, experiencing chest pain and body aches, so Jeff drove me to urgent care this morning. They gave me…

I got so tired at 8:30 that I went to bed. But I have been awake off and on for 2.5 hours now – insomnia, so lovely! Things are going okay so far. I have had some waves of nausea despite the nausea meds. They pass quickly, so I haven’t needed to take extra. I…

Currently finishing my first infusion treatment. Getting educated on chemo medicine, and sitting here waiting while the stuff gets put into me – Docetaxel, Carboplatin, Trastuzumab, and Pertuzumab. I had a hypersensitive reaction to the Docetaxel. They were watching out for it. I guess it is pretty common. I suddenly got a headache and throbbing…

My MRI results came back. There is no evidence of metastatic disease in the liver. Everything else looked good! This means it is local and has not spread beyond my left breast and lymph nodes near there. Thank you for your prayers, good thoughts and wishes. They worked and we felt the love! Thank you…