Chemo starting April 2018

My view for the weekend:

Gawarrior, love the new profile pic..

Life—😂😂😂

Ingerp, congratulations!🎊🍾🎉

GAWarrior, great hair!

congrats ingerp! Hope to catch up next week. Enjoy your Sunday everyone!

DebAL, don't leave if you can help it!

Welcome home Duffy. Hope you had a wonderful vacation.

Deb I agree with GaWarrier. Stay as long as you can!

Deb, Love the beach pic..

I got my hair cut and styled for the first time. Goodbye mullet!

Urdrago that is a wonderful cut!! I hope you don't take this the wrong way but did your hair look that good pre-chemo? Honestly--it's lovely.

I had a nice, relaxing weekend away after my last Herceptin but it's been a bit of a scramble since. Work has been busy, I've had several social engagements in the evenings, and I've tried to squeeze in some packing/laundry/shopping for our Costa Rica trip. We leave tomorrow!! I'm feeling a little out of my comfort zone--haven't traveled out of the country hardly at all the past decade or two, plus we *never* take beach vacations. I had to ask a friend for packing suggestions--how lame! Ennyhoo--I'll try to post a pic or two. Might not be gorgeous, sunny beach weather--I believe the pattern down there is afternoon thunderstorms most days, but that's when I plan to nap. ;-) Kinda looking forward to getting the travel part behind me--we fly to San Jose tomorrow, spend the night there, and then do a five-hour drive down to the coast. Be thinking of me late Sunday afternoon, when <hopefully> we've arrived and settled in.

Im sure my hair looks better now since its all new hair growth. .. showing off a bob(cut short in back and my sides are a bit longer) try to blend all the different layers and embrace the curls.

Ingerp, ur vacation sounds like fun and long deserved..

Happy Memorial Day weekend all

urdrago, you look great!

In other news, I had my exchange/oophorectomy surgery on Wednesday and am still not myself. Was in a lot of pain, lymphedema flared up, and today one of my boobs is bright red and hurts a little. Not to mention that one of my drains keeps inflating and I have to constantly keep an eye on it. Called the doctor re my right boob, waiting for the answer. On the bright side, removal of the ovaries was a piece of cake. If it wasn’t for the three tiny incisions, I would’ve forgotten that something was removed down there.

Update: the boob redness is not an infection, but a kind of delayed bruising reaction from my radiated skin. Sent pics to the doctor, discussed coming in, but ultimately decided against it. It’s a little better this morning, and traveling to the NYC on the weekends is just a plains suicide. If anything changes, will decide at that point. I feel a little better. Can move longer, take fewer pain meds, and the drain fluid is clear. I hate the drains!

Urdrago, your hair is gorgeous - l love it!

Ingerp, I hope you are settled and enjoying Costa Rica. Have a great time!

InnaB, so sorry that you aren't feeling so great, but I'm glad there is no infection. That was my first thought. Yeah, drains are a pain. This, too, shall pass - hang in there and feel better.

I had a wonderful birthday weekend on our cruise (except my daughter (also her birthday this weekend) caught a cold). The weather was perfect. We enjoyed a beach day on the cruise line's private island and a day in Nassau (been there, done that, stayed on board). Our ship was the one on the right, behind my hubby. Daughter was bummed because parasailing was cancelled (too windy). Mom was relieved not to have to go with her, lol. Short trip and then reality set back in when the alarm went off this morning...

Have a great week, ladies and gent!

Happy Birthday Gawarrior!!

Happy Birthday, GAWarrior!