Starting Chemo Aug 09

thank you lilah.. the one thing I do know is that she does have a hinal hernia and they did biospy a red area close to it. Just stinks that we have to wait until the dr. comes back from vacation to get the results. I will be away for vacation when they come in. I really wish that wasnt the case but Im only a few hours away if Im needed to come back home.

Im so happy its the weekend, work was tough this week and Im taking my girls for a spa day today. We are getting pedis and our hair done before our vacation to the beach for two wonderful weeks!

she saw her onco yesterday and he feels that the lump on her mx side has gotten smaller so that was wonderful news. She is set for another pet scan in sept..

We learned yesterday that a very dear close family friend was told he has lung cancer. It has broken our hearts. He actually went threw school with my mom and we all lived in the same town for many years. They are snow birds now but we all still remain very close.

I hope you all enjoy your weekend with family and friends!

Penny

Jenn,

My mom has a dr. appt with her reg dr on 8/15 and she called him about the biospy that was done and he will see if he can get a copy of it for her appointment. I will still be away but at least she will have some answers next week. I hope you are feeling better. I leave tomorrow for the beach and cant wait!. Hope you all are enjoying your summer.

Penny

LOL on the Smurfs, Weety.  I'm impressed with all the movie going you ladies do.    Now that my son is 14 I can drop him off at the mall where he meets up with friends to see things like Captain America and Transformers II.  I'm not much of an action movie fan and have endured to many crashing, banging, macho fests.  Although I must admit that the Hangover and Role Models rank as two of my favorite movies.  I probably would have skipped them if not for him.

It is amazing that it has been 2-years since we all started chemo!

Patty

Hi everybody!

Hey Jenn, how is your neck feeling?  I've been meaning to ask you,  but never seem to have the time to post.

Yep, 2 years for the August amazons......I think I'll stick to looking forward instead of looking back.

Labor day plans......Going asphalt dancing with DH.  There is a local fest a few towns over that has the same band (our favorite) every  Labor day.  The beer/entertainment tent is set up in a parking lot..thats why we call it asphalt dancing.   Always a good time for us. 

Navy

Jenn -- so sorry to hear about the fever.  How odd that 24 hours of IV antibiotics didn't knock it out -- maybe they should have done 48?  I had a similar thing happen to me when I was doing chemo but they kept me in the hospital for two nights of IV antibiotics and then sent me home and I was fine (though I did have some fevers for a month after but it turned out to be, I think, hot flashes from chemopause).  Hope the fever passes quickly and turns out to be nothing.

Yeah it is quiet here... I suspect it's the summer keeping us busy.  I know that's true for me.  Trying to enjoy what's left of it (and get stuff done).  Take it easy, OK?  And let us know what happens after you see your doctor.

Hi everybody.  I'm still here, too!!  Been busy taking care of FIL that had open heart surgery and Father that had knee surgery and Navyson was home with his family during all that too.  Baby is now 15 months old and very busy.  We call him octopus arms...he is into everything and moves so fast.

Take care, Jenn.  Good Luck Donna....scanxiety is the pits.  Enjoy your movie.  I haven't been to a theater in years.  I live through Jenn and Lilah!

Hugs to all

Navy

Well we are back from vacation from the jersy shore early thanks to hurrican Irene. They have evuacated the island that we were at. It was a intresting vacation to say the least. The day after we got there, they had a days worth of rain and flooded the entire island. Most people were wasit deep in water. A few days later there was a very strong thunder storm and lighting came threw the window and hit the A/C. made the hair on our arms stand right up. On my 25th wedding anniversay we had a earthquake. (I have to say that was very scary). and Now Irene putting a cobosh to the rest of vacation. Glad I have a few more days off to relax a little LOL..

Moms tests have all come back with good news, so there is something to celebrate! woot woot..

 We have gotten some bad news about family members and a very close family friend has been diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer and he just had his first round of chemo yesterday.

Then today we got the news that my brothers wifes mother has passed from her lung cancer last nite.

I hope everyone is enjoying the last few weeks of summer., We are in a hurrican watch where I live and we are to be getting 5-10 inches of rain with winds up to 65-95 mph. and  sence we live next to the delaware river we will more than likely be evuacated from home as well.

Jenn-- sorry for the set backs and I hope you are starting to feel better.

Hugs to you all!

Penny

Penny -- wow that is great news about your mom!  Sorry about the vacation -- wow talk about the wrath of Mother Nature!  I am in the northeast as well and we are bracing ourselves for this weekend's visit from Irene.

Jenn -- please do update us.  I hope your fever is gone. 

Hugs to all!

Patty -- yes we are fine here in NJ!  Had some wetness in the basement (which dried up today -- an absolutely gorgeous day it was too) but were fortunate to have NO power outages, NO trees falling upon us, our house or other things of ours, and no real flooding.  The area around us not so lucky... especially with flooding, which has forced the closure of most the major roads around us.  Today I swept the driveway and front steps of tons of tiny twigs and leaf clusters (shaken from the trees)... but other than that it was business as usual here (except, that is, for the fact that we can't really leave the immediate area yet -- hoping that will improve tomorrow).

Ugh it's always something!

Thanks Lilah - I already did that. Sent a "selection" of tidbits, not having a clue what kind of things were needed. But I have to say, none of mine were very inspired.

Lilah - new picture - woo hoo!!!