Hello family and friends. Happy Holidays! Happy New Year! Yes, it's been a while since I have visited my blog. The last time I was here it was last June. Since then, in July, my doctor decided to place me on a vacation from one of my chemo drugs. I did not argue with that and gladly accepted. However he did keep me on a maintenance chemo pill called Xeloda that seems to be keeping things stable. The regimen for these pills are one week on and one week off. I did have scans last week. They looked really good. No new areas were seen and nothing moved around or grew. It all stayed in place. My tumor markers were up a bit and of course Dr. Ibrahim was not bothered by it. Was I? Well...it concerned me a little, but I'm not stressing about it. When I see him again in June, I plan to have those numbers back down. God has truly blessed me. He has placed people in my path that is helping me and supporting me through all this. I read a lot of stories, some inspiring and some not so inspiring which keeps it real. I also read about new research being done, trials and new medicines being developed for advanced stage breast cancers. I started going to a Metastatic support group at M.D. Anderson and have met some courageous women. We share our stories and feelings with one another.
Yall pray for me some will power please. I love good food and love to cook and it's showing. Wait...maybe it's the steroid in the meds. I think I will use that as an excuse. LOL.
I'm looking forward to a few important life events happening this year. Graduations, my 50th birthday, ny niece Nicole is getting married soon, spring baseball season is here...right now it's track and softball season that's keeping me going and I'm happy I can go.
This month five years ago I received the news that I had Stage IV breast cancer. To God be the glory I'm living my life one day at a time. I've been pondering on a celebration, but to me each day I wake up is a celebration of life and I thank Him every morning when I open my eyes.
Love yall and thanks for all of the love and support.
