Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Karen woke up feeling hungry and full of energy to met her chemo head-on. She received her first round of chemo today (02/29) starting at 11:30 and finished around 2:30. She did great and is still feeling pretty "spunky" right now due to the other meds they gave her in addition to the two main cancer meds. She will continue the antibiotics for another 8 days, and will have a chemo shot tomorrow (03/01) This was a great day, first in a long while where Karen has felt like her old self. Still not running marathons, or working in the garage on projects, but she did great...a real "Trooper." Karen expresses her thanks to everyone reading this. The cards, flowers, letters, calls, good wishes and prayers are greatly appreciated by her and her assistants aka "Mom" and "Marghi" Thanks to all of you. Love you much! XOXOXO
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Such wonderful news. Thanks so much for the update!! It's especially nice to hear that she's feeling like her old self today. When I come back for my next visit I want Karen to tell me the story again about the guy in the casino who wanted to buy her dinner. I was laughing my butt off when she told me that story the first time.
ReplyDeleteWe are 'enjoying' a snow storm right now. I use the term 'enjoying' VERY loosely. Wish I was still in sunny Rocklin with all of you.
Sending my daily dose of love and prayers to you all. Xoxo
Praying out here in VA too. Glad to hear she's doing well.
ReplyDeleteHi Karen, I'm a friend of Jamie's, we used to work together in Pennsylvania, and also know her lovely sister, Debbie. I'm sorry to hear about what you are going through and will add you to my prayer list. I've had two mastectomies, and a recurrence of breast cancer a few years after the second mastectomy. I've had more biopsies since 2003 than I can even count! So,I guess what I am trying to say is to hang in there I KNOW it's far from easy, and take one day at a time. If that's too much for you to handle (it is for me lots of times), take the day 15 - or even 5 - minutes at a time. The hardest thing is to put one foot in front of you to get started. Then just keep putting one foot in front of the other, and before you realize it, you will have made it through another day! Best of luck to you, Karen.
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