Today I finished my radiation treatments!! When I walked out of the treatment room the staff informed me that I need to ring the bell. It’s a special bell that cancer patients ring when they have completed their radiation treatment. next to the bell there’s a plaque on the wall that reads…’MY TREATMENTS HERE ARE FINISHED, [...]
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Well, the month of August has sucked. All of this chemo has really taken a toll on LeAnn. She had the 4 doses of the heavy stuff, then she tried taking Taxol and it had too many side effects and then she has taken about 10 or 11 doses of Abraxine. She has been in so [...] $6000.00 is what our oncologist said it was… reading around on the web, it could be $3800.00….. haven’t seen the bill yet. I also read on a forum that a oncologist posted that it cost $18.00 to produce and wholesaled at $1800.00. So the deal is this… The day after she goes in for her Chemo Treatment, [...] Tonight I had Greg shave my head. I tried as hard as I could to be brave and only shed a few tears. Feels really weird having stubbles on the head. I took a few Ativan before the big moment to help me relax but I have to say that the love from my Husband [...] Today, Melissa took me to my first chemo treatment. It wasn’t all that bad. I was brave enough to have the nurse just stick the port without using any numbing spray, felt like a little bee sting. We watched a movie on a DVD during the chemo. It really helps keeping your mind focused on something [...] Today I had my second surgery, a resection of the left breast and had a port inserted in my right chest area for chemotherapy. The pathologist will examin the tissue removed to see if the margins have cleared this time around. I was out of the hospital by noon and glad to be home. I plan [...] I’ve been so blessed to have such wonderful people at my job who I call my work family. We see each other every day, share stories about our family, complain together and enjoy the times when we goof off. Since my diagnosis, I am overwhelmed by their support. I know I would do the same and [...] My husband and daughter, Ashley, took me to the hospital at 6 a.m. I had to go to Radiology first to have the markers placed for the sentianal node biopsy. They injected the left breast four times with dye to be able to pinpoint the sentinal nodes. The first two injections stung like a bee. The [...] |
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