JAMs Jams. Pure. Real. Fresh.: The start of the marathon

Monday, March 19, 2012

The start of the marathon

Partway thru the first chemo session of the 5 I have this week...

We had a wonderful weekend & found ourselves wishing we could freeze time. we had a delicious dinner yesterday brought by some friends from work - truly outstanding!

And Lisa arrived which was wonderful. Eriana insisted on sleeping with her last night. All looked good with my blood work ths morning. I do have to have my left leg ultrasounded Wednesday as it is swelling & hurting quite a bit.

Tomorrow after chemo I have the simulation to get ready or radiation. Not sure what that consists of, something with a CT scanner.

My hair is starting to fall out so tonight is official head shaving night! Am I nuts that I'm looking forward to that? I am anxious to get it over with I think.

I'm really hoping the nausea from this treatment isn't as bad as the CAV. Cross your fingers for me! I had a great treat today when my friend Karla & her mom came to see me during chemo. Looks for pics tomorrow of the baldness!

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I'm a working mom & wife in Franklin, Tennessee. Kendall & I have been married for almost 21 years and have 2 beautiful (well we think they are beautiful) and smart (I've always hated how girls are called beautiful above smart) daughters, who are just about 11 and 17. We live in the country in Franklin with our menagerie of pets (3 cats and our 2 Weimeraners - Syd and Jessie).

I have a really fun and interesting job in marketing. I work for a mutual insurance company that works with physicians. Each day is fun and different, and the people with whom I work are second to none. I truly enjoy each day at work.

Why did I write a blog? I spent most of 2012 undergoing treatment for an extra-skeletal Ewing's sarcoma - surgery, radiation, chemo, etc. I started writing this blog when I received my diagnosis, both as a way of documenting my journey and as a way of keeping family and friends informed of my progress.

Once treatments ended, I continued to write very occasionally as I learned through trial and error how to return to a normal life and discovered what it means to be a cancer survivor. Now, almost five years after my experience, I have resumed writing as means of creative expression and a fun hobby.