tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89096444695405178662024-02-06T23:06:56.273-05:00Reggie's Flighting Like a Girl vs. Breast CancerI decided to blog my fight against Breast Cancer to share findings, emotions, events, sidetracks, and the many other things Life will throw your way during a personal battle. I particularly like the "Fight Like A Girl" Breast Cancer Campaign, because that's what I do!!! I pray my words of insight, hope, humor, and love will help others FIGHT LIKE A GIRL!!! WITH A SMILE of course! :)
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Reggie DReggie D, FIGHTS LIKE A GIRL!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15111096746389010390noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909644469540517866.post-23350543669072621332018-01-30T10:53:00.000-05:002018-01-30T11:05:12.736-05:00<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">A Year After Tamoxifen</span></u></b><br />
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span>Reggie D, FIGHTS LIKE A GIRL!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15111096746389010390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909644469540517866.post-56616781519412240952016-07-22T19:43:00.000-04:002016-07-22T19:43:08.884-04:00What a Ride
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It's been quite a ride these past 5
years. So much has happened that I should be in a corner shaking or
sitting somewhere singing nursery rhymes. Believe me, I wanted to check
out emotionally and did a few times to survive them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Besides my personal journey (breast
cancer and such), I've had several family members die. Most unexpectedly
and with much grief. Unfortunately, trying to stay strong for other
family members, friends and my other loved ones, I never got a good chance to
grieve and come to terms with who I am now that they are all gone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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- my sister, Maureen "Mo", died in her sleep hours after I spoke to
her on the phone. It was tragic and took all of us by shocking
surprise. I drank a bit, cried a lot, and wallowed to cope. Then I had to
stop my grieving to continue my life.</span></div>
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- the reason this blog was started</span></div>
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- my Uncle Bobby becomes terminal and dies during my chemo treatments. I
do the best I can for him under the circumstances. His death still haunts
me. I wanted to be there for him every step, but my own health prevented
it.</span></div>
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good friends died. One from lung cancer, another from a ripe old age of
97!</span></div>
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- My Father has a stroke and dies within hours. This is the death that
will make me cry just at the mention or thought of it. Tears are welling
up now. I Loved my Daddy so much. Once again, I feel there was more I
could've done for him and his Alzheimer's. </span></div>
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illnesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure the #1 cause was
his broken heart.</span></li>
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moves to Charlotte for a new position with Microsoft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We live apart for a year, seeing each other
when we can. It’s a difficult, emotional year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do everything I can to “avoid” my feelings.</span></div>
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weekend after her birthday, she would’ve died.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had her taken to the hospital and the
ER doctor told me as such.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her journey
begins to end.</span></li>
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Mother dies from CHD after months of battling illness & rehab. I care for
her in her last days, keeping her medicated & clean. I got her last hug and
saw her last breath.</span></div>
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2015</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> – car accident.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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My Brother, Michael, dies after a two-year battle with rectal cancer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His pain was horrible. I’m glad I was
there for him and my sister-in-law.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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because <i>the core </i>family members in my life are now gone. I know I
have two sisters and plenty of other family, but the ones who have raised you
and given you their unlimited love are the ones you will miss the most. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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good things & happy events occurred during these 5 years as well! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-end-of-treatment treat! We also went on several other awesome trips (PR,
Salem, NC, Key West, VT MA, FL, GA, MD, </span></div>
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a smaller home</span></div>
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several issues I had during treatments. Better late than never!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also had a parathyroidectomy Dec.
2014.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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friend, Nancy. I also took a trip to Salem with Rebecca and a road trip
with Ali. Plus, several day trips with friends and my cousin, Patricia.
Even made a gingerbread house with Wendy for the Gingerbread Wonderland Contest.</span></div>
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the High School, and volunteered a lot for H.S.A. fundraisers, the Arboretum,
church, and such.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Saw some plays and a
few concerts.</span></div>
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Precision Machinist school, get a f/t job, a car (on his own), and move out at
22.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There aren’t enough words to express
how proud I am of my guy.</span></div>
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graduations, my Aunt & Uncle’s 50th Anniversary, and other happy events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I even win a radio contest.</span></div>
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venture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I fall in love with my husband
all over again, and again, and again…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and just plain melancholy around November 2015.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I was crying uncontrollably every day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I realized I hadn’t properly grieved my losses and pain these past
years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was always being strong for
others; keeping a stiff upper lip; losing myself in work and caring for those
who remained behind until they were all gone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There was no one left to care for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No one left to remind me who I was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yes, I still have MANY in my life who matter, but all this loss made me wonder
who I really was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I needed to rediscover
me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I saw a psychiatrist and then
settled with a local therapist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Somewhere in between I got some chemical help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank God, because I finally stopped crying
every day!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My sessions are going very
well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m able to identify who I was and
am – to others and to myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve come
to terms with my “caregiver” and “always-available” sides.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m learning how to say, “No” and take myself
under consideration for once in my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s what I’m finding…MY LIFE!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s still a journey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I pray I
find my inner peace again.</span></div>
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Reggie D, FIGHTS LIKE A GIRL!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15111096746389010390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909644469540517866.post-57645309510604300932016-07-10T19:35:00.001-04:002016-07-10T19:35:18.711-04:009/27/2011 I FEEL FINE!!!!The first week after chemo has always been my toughest...NOT THIS TIME!!!<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4SezG4nlIE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4SezG4nlIE</a><br />
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THANKS, DREW!!!</div>
Reggie D, FIGHTS LIKE A GIRL!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15111096746389010390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909644469540517866.post-90636212552535348252016-04-12T15:21:00.000-04:002016-04-12T15:21:13.567-04:004/29/2011 The Email<a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="_MailOriginal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Hiyah,<o:p></o:p></span></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailOriginal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Time to let everyone in on what’s been going on with me medically for the month of April…and why I’ve been off the radar </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailOriginal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(and the map) for a month...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m telling you all via email, cause it’s a lot of info and easier to type once (yeah, I know) and answer questions based on the “same story” I’ll have to tell repeatedly.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailOriginal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _MailOriginal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailOriginal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">On <strong>Sat. 4/9</strong>, I went for my annual mammo at the local Morristown Rippel Breast Ctr</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailOriginal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> .(a GREAT place to start what happens next).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailOriginal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On Monday the 11<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>, I got a call to go back in for follow-up mammos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve never been called back, so I immediately got worried.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _MailOriginal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">On Tuesday the 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>, I got 50 gagillion (that mean s a LOT) mammos on my left breast only and was then sent for an ultrasound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was then I was told they found “a mass” that “looked cancerous” so they wanted to do an immediate biopsy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a small mass, but big enough to do an ultrasound biopsy that afternoon. So we did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bruising, uncomfortable for a few days (and smelly after the 3-day no shower!), but relieved it’s done.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _MailOriginal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Thurs the 14</strong><span style="font-size: small;"><sup><strong>th</strong></sup> I got a call telling me something no one wants to hear, “We’re sorry to tell you, your biopsy came back positive for cancer and is malignant.” It’s called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Invasive Lobular Cancer</i> or ILC. Only 10% of women get this kind and it can very serious. So, I keep my cool on the phone and take their advice to call my OBGYN for a Breast surgeon referral. They give me a couple “specs” on the cancer too. OK, reality sets in, I get choked up, say Thank You, and hang up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chris was away in DC and Kurt was in school, so I was all alone with my “news.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could cry massively alone or continue on by making the OBGYN call.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My Dr. is off for the day, but I ask who they usually recommend then call that office next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I get the appt. & ask if they will want an MRI as well & am told yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I ask who to schedule that with so I can get it all over with the following week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s then I get upset again and call Nancy – who comes to my rescue with the hug I so desperately needed. Thank you, Nancy. </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailOriginal;"><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailOriginal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _MailOriginal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Following week:</strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <strong> </strong></span><strong>Weds., 4/20</strong>, I meet with the surgeon, Dr. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leah Gendler. Long story short…Right breast is GOOD & Dr. said that I “have the best behaved breast cancer” I could get. Yeah, weird, but excellent! Here are the good things:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s Estrogen Receptor + 100%, Progesterone Receptor + 100% (both mean I can skip chemo), Her-2 negative (meaning non-aggressive), <1cm in size, VERY slow replicating (Ki67=<8%) & has not spread to anywhere else (like my lymph nodes). It’s stage 1A (non-lymph node) grade 2 (moderate cell growth).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So it’s operable (lumpectomy) and can be radiated afterward.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailOriginal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Never a dull moment…The <strong>Thurs. 4/21</strong> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailOriginal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">MRI found 2 more spots in the left breast – smaller than the first. One is a “satellite” of the first (<2mm), so they’ll grab that with the first lumpectomy. The 2<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>nd</sup> spot (<3mm) we did an MRI core biopsy on Weds. 4/27 cause they can’t see it very well with ultrasound. That biopsy is more invasive and took much longer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I slept the rest of the day after I was put in what I called a “Quaker binding and bra”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t looked this small in the chest in 16 years!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So now I await these biopsy results (hopefully next week).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chris goes to Jacksonville next week, so once again I’ll be getting results on my own. </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailOriginal;"><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">L</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _MailOriginal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This time, I’m prepared and not as bummed cause I know everything’s gonna be fine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Reggie D, FIGHTS LIKE A GIRL!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15111096746389010390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909644469540517866.post-63282143857374245392012-10-02T18:26:00.003-04:002012-10-02T18:26:56.831-04:009/28/2012 -- Gifts & Losses
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I went to my 3<sup>rd</sup> breast cancer symposium
today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find them very informative and
therapeutic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also get to meet new
people, converse with other survivors, get tips from them and even some
recipes!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, one of the speakers,
Debbie Woodbury (founder of WhereDoWeGoNow.com), gave her personal experiences
and how she would list her <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gifts</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Losses</i> as a result of her experience
with cancer and treatments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
encouraged us to do the same, so here are some of mine (not in any order of
importance):<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">GREAT surgeon,
oncologist & radiation Dr’s<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Great insurance
plan (coverage/PT…)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Knowing who
loves & supports me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I wanna give
back<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Caught cancer
before it got worse<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Meeting new
people & not caring who I know or what I wear<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Blogging my
experiences<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Got closer to
my mother-in-law, Breda<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Loss of hair
humbled me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">More “us” time
with my hubby, Chris<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I take better
care of myself<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2011 lost in a
sea of drugs<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Times I yelled
at my son & husband (see above)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My Dad still
thinks I have cancer – he’s stuck in 2011<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mourning my
sister<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Norm</i> (stamina) & physical self<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Loss of
patience for others<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Natural menopause<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Burden I put on
family, especially after Mo’s death<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Inability to
see my Uncle before his death<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Loss of hair
& self-esteem<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“exercise”
partners<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Understanding from
others<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Reggie D, FIGHTS LIKE A GIRL!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15111096746389010390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909644469540517866.post-17755840284565751152012-08-10T15:41:00.000-04:002012-08-10T15:41:20.749-04:008/10/2012 LISTEN to me!!<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, we’re 6 weeks our from the gallbladder
removal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pretty much all the symptoms
are GONE!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now my liver’s just adjusting to
distributing bile on its’ own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pathology
came back…another 1-2 years and it would’ve burst, so I’m VERY GLAD I listened
to my body and got it removed! So, when your body starts telling you something....LISTEN!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m enjoying the summer heat (having missed it completely
last year) and going away on little trips to further help me make-up for lost
time.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I still get frustrated at what I can’t do yet, but
know it’ll come in time.</span></span><br />
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<br />Reggie D, FIGHTS LIKE A GIRL!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15111096746389010390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909644469540517866.post-87629997798706565172012-06-29T07:00:00.000-04:002012-06-29T07:00:43.154-04:006/29/12 Pain in the A$$!!<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gallbladder removal today – another casualty of my
chemo treatments:<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As my faithful blog-readers know…Last year I was
having horrible pain, bloating, GI issues, pain in my back, etc…we just thought
it was a chemo/treatment reaction. So, when the problems persisted then
got worse in March/April I looked all the symptoms up then put them
together. They all pointed to gallbladder! So, I went to my
oncologist & surgeon with this info and they both concurred and said it was
common for women in my age group (35-50) to have their gallbladder removed
within a year of chemo. LUCKY ME!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, after an ultrasound (to prove no stones or tumors,
etc.), upper/lower GI scopes (to prove no tumors or problems), and then a
HIDA-scan (to prove my gallbladder isn’t functioning properly – which it
AIN’T), I am now insurance-approved to have my nasty little pain in the ass
taken out!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, a year later here I am about to go under the knife
again. I’m bummed, but happy that these pains and problems will go away
within a month!!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can you say lower
than my already low-fat diet?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</tbody></table>Reggie D, FIGHTS LIKE A GIRL!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15111096746389010390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909644469540517866.post-75096091652216141382012-06-29T06:52:00.001-04:002012-06-29T06:52:59.974-04:006/21/12 Graduation!!!<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kurt graduated high school today!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I felt so responsible for his derailment last
year and was ever so stressed about him graduating that I sent my blood
pressure up for a year!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you God
for this beautiful feeling.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">6/23/12 --</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Two days later, I’m back to normal BP.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, I’ll say it again…the mind does terrible
things to our health sometimes!</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>Reggie D, FIGHTS LIKE A GIRL!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15111096746389010390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909644469540517866.post-45048223533302092832012-06-29T06:50:00.001-04:002012-06-29T06:50:26.167-04:006/10/12 Happy & Healthy<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today was Braelyn’s 2<sup>nd</sup> birthday
party!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a scorcher of a day, but
we all had a great time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I got home
I had a text message from my older sister, Kathy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said, “Joe & I both just said how you
look like your old self – happy & healthier.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That made me feel soooo good!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I called her right away...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>She then said they no longer see the “pain”
in my face.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Funny, how we don’t register
the physical pain anymore because it becomes a part of our life at the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m glad it no longer registers on my face!</span></span><br />
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<br />Reggie D, FIGHTS LIKE A GIRL!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15111096746389010390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909644469540517866.post-8167959785114873822012-05-31T21:48:00.001-04:002012-05-31T21:48:26.746-04:005/31/12 --- May Flowers (brought!)<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So I made it through May with:<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A growing head of
hair – YAY!!!!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The knowledge
that I’ll probably have my gallbladder removed…and that’s OK!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Going to physical
therapy 3x/week to strengthen my spaghetti legs – it’s WORKING!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A GREAT TRIP to
Arizona with Michael & Liz where we hung out in Sedona, Phoenix, Tempe and
Tucson with Camille and her family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was AWESOME to see the kids older and meeting the new ones.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And only two more
weeks of school!<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sunday I do my FIRST breast cancer walk – the Michelle
Offsie Walk in Edison, NJ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I named my
team, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fight Like a Girl,</i> and have 7 friends/family
members walking with me!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The weather
prediction is sunny, but not too hot. PERFECT walking weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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biopsy that let me know what I was in for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I find I’m checking off these 1-year anniversaries off to make sure
nothing else goes down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still have side
effects (rashes, itching, fatigue, etc.) from treatments and lately have been having gallbladder attacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re more frequent so I went for an
ultrasound yesterday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yeah, another anniversary
met.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Results should be back next
week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More surgery?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go to a <u>very</u> strict diet?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who knows?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do know that in a month I’ll be flying out to Phoenix to meet my
brother & sister-in-law for a week in AZ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Spend some time north then go south to see Camille and my new
grand-niece & nephew!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can’t wait!!<o:p></o:p></span></span>Reggie D, FIGHTS LIKE A GIRL!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15111096746389010390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909644469540517866.post-35314147654294233832012-04-09T10:21:00.000-04:002012-04-09T10:21:35.583-04:004/9/2012 ... I Can See Clearly Now ...<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A year ago today I had my annual
mammogram and my journey through breast cancer began.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today I went for my first follow-up mammo
& ultrasound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was VERY nervous,
anxious and in the same boat – hubby is away on a business trip and my son is
staying over a friend’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I pray that I
do NOT receive similar news this time around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I slept horribly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My appointment
was at 7am and I got my results by 8am – I AM CLEAR!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank God!!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I also go for a blood test to see where
my iron levels are – hopefully I’m no longer anemic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will also see how the other levels are,
specifically the cancer markers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>THANK YOU to EVERYONE who has helped me
through my treatments and <br />who’ve read my blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It kept me going.<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s been two months since my treatments
ended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t know if I’d have more to
say, but of course I do!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Loquacious</i> is my middle name after all!
:)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We all make New Year’s Resolutions,
hoping to make ourselves better people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I now realize how futile they really are when prayers for a better and
healthier year are what we should be making.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, this year, 2012, I pray it to be a better and healthier year. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’ve been getting iron infusions these
past 2 weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yep, good ‘ole chemo isn’t
done with me yet!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I became anemic, so I’m
getting these IV’s to refill my body’s iron tank (which was ¼ full in
January!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have 3 to go and that
should do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If not, I go for some
more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, being tired these past couple
months, passing out after working for a day…yeah, anemia does that to yah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least I know there’s a reason. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m working some days at the school and
using those stairs to help get my leg and knee muscles back in shape!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel so weak and unfamiliar to myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I can get up those stairs without
stopping, then I know I can re-join Curves and start to REALLY build my muscles
up!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chris took me to St Thomas as an
end-of-treament+birthday+Christmas present!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>BOY WAS IT GORGEOUS!!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a
very relaxing time and I got my sun and sand!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I missed that last year – sun, sand, getting my hands dirty in the
garden, and all the other things I do in the sun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are some pictures, </span></span><strong><span style="color: #474437; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><a href="http://www.tiny9.com/u/my_pix"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.tiny9.com/u/my_pix</span></span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mission now:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>PHYSICAL FITNESS!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I started walking and dong weight loss
programs on the exercise bike this week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Overdid it a little on the walking…I aggravated my sacroiliac.
WAH!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, now I’m seeing my chiropractor
to un-aggravate it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saw Dr. Taylor (my wonderful bone
cracker) 3 times this week and feel better. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will take another week to get back to
exercise shape though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes we want
things too much and over shoot our goals.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today is a day for remembrance…
Beautiful Maureen…today is her year anniversary, as well as ours for
mourning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m gonna head to South Jersey
to see the folks overnight then bring them back up here for a 3-night 4-day
stay over at the Marriott up the street for Christmas weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’ll be a mini-getaway for them and bring
the family together for Christmas. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I VERY THANKFUL to see this Christmas and
look forward to the NEW Year ahead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What
wonders will it bring?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My eyes look to
the future in anticipation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!!</div>
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Today was MY LAST DAY OF RADIATION!!!!!! <br />
The END to a heck of a year.<br />
I am THANKFUL for all my supporters and Loved ones always there to BOOST ME UP and help me out!! It would have been a truly miserable year without YOU ALL!<br />
<br />Reggie D, FIGHTS LIKE A GIRL!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15111096746389010390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909644469540517866.post-58025816275620836602011-12-01T17:48:00.001-05:002011-12-01T17:55:47.318-05:0012/1/2011 -- OK...one more time!<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: red;">HAPPY</span> <span style="color: #6aa84f;">DECEMBER!!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Whelp, tomorrow was SUPPOSED to be the
last boost of radiation day, BUT…this past Monday I saw the doctor before my
scheduled boost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was then she
confirmed what I pretty much already knew (and dreaded).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had severe radiation burn. WAH!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yeah, it hurt reeeaaaalll bad -- enough to
send me into tears over the Thanksgiving weekend and drop some pain killers.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I used the silvadene cream and gauze along
with saline soaks as directed and a week later I am 90% healed!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, the lighter side now is I should be BACK
on track and FINISH treatments next week!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Just in time to enjoy the upcoming parties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Also on the light side….my hair is now
growing faster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am up to a half
inch!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Yep, the same as it was 48 years ago. Wow...it's been that long?!?!? (pun intended)</span></span></span></div>
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This truly is a wonderful Birthday gift.<br />
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IS DONE!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, except for the clearing
of the side effects, but I am seeing the end of the trail and am ready to lie
down in the field. I am ready to look up into the sky, feel the sun on my face,
the breeze through my hair….yes, I don’t ask for much. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am ready to celebrate Thanksgiving
(which my birthday shares this year) and then throw our Neighborhood Christmas Party
and then enjoy the rest of the Holidays!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I normally have great patience, but I feel like a little kid waiting for
Santa to come down the chimney!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I’m no longer skating on thin ice –
Napolitano’s Pond has the thick ice and I’m ready to learn to skate again!</span></div>
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breeze.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought “It doesn’t matter. It’s
a piece of cake!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once again, I am
taught that I don’t know everything and cannot predict everything either.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Radiation is a CONSTANT DAILY REMINDER
of what I was diagnosed with 8 months ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is a DAILY DRUDGERY of what I’ve had to go through, what I’ve missed,
what I’m fighting, what EVERY WOMAN I go through this with is BATTLING. In the
radiation waiting room:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see them cry,
I hear their stories, I see their fears…but I also help celebrate THEIR LAST
DAY.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, I am envious of them,
but know my countdown is in action as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When Friday comes, I’ll be ALMOST halfway through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next week another woman will be done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What do we do when we’re done?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve been living, breathing, and eating this
for MONTHS!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What do we do when it’s
over?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cry some more?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I still have residual chemo side effects
(itching, swelling, moon face…) and don’t feel myself yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will these all go away when radiation is
over?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will my body FINALLY PURGE those
damned steroids!??!?!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will I recognize
myself next year?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will my hair come back
red again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, LOTS of questions that I
have to await answers for. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As Clarice the Reindeer sings every year,
</span><a href="http://www.xmasfun.com/Lyrics.asp?ID=66"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.xmasfun.com/Lyrics.asp?ID=66</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">:
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There's always tomorrow,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">For dreams to
come true,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Believe in
your dreams<o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Come what
may.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There's
always tomorrow,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">With so much
to do,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And so little
time in a day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We all
pretend<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The rainbow
has an end<o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And you'll be
there my friend someday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There's
always tomorrow,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">For dreams to
come true,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tomorrow is
not far away.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />Reggie D, FIGHTS LIKE A GIRL!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15111096746389010390noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909644469540517866.post-69641040136926656082011-10-23T17:59:00.001-04:002011-10-23T17:59:53.650-04:0010/23/2011 DOGZILLA!!<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4 down of my 33 Radiations!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No side-effects to speak of – yet.<br />
I had lunch today with one of my BEST MOTIVATORS, cousin Robert! He’s been a
great influence on my spirits when they get low.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they were at their gloomiest (Blog entry
9/6/11), he rallied behind me and promised Fuddruckers Dogzillas when I was
ready to start eating again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes,
sometimes when you can’t eat anything and you are plied with something juicy and
yummy, it DOES HELP your EMOTIONAL STATE!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, a month later we meet in Paramus and
I get to see one of his race cars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we
make plans for next summer, which helps my mood more because I completely missed
the summer of 2011!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">THEN, I get a call from one of my BEST
BUDDIES, Elise!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s gonna come up
North next weekend for a visit!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This truly
is a GOOD DAY!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saw a GREAT show on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lifetime</i>
last night called, “FIVE.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
produced by Jennifer Aniston and included 5 short stories of women diagnosed
with breast cancer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was VERY
tastefully done, had 5 completely different views, cancer types, reactions, and
outcomes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It started with a story on the day we landed on the moon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How perfect!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I REMEMBER that day, watching the black & white TV, so this hit home
right off the bat!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It showed how far
medicine has come since 1969 and how far we will go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’ve learned it can happen to anyone - just like in the show last night. Those of you reading my blog have
learned it can happen to anyone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">October is breast cancer awareness month – let’s all continue to do our
parts!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next year I plan on doing one of
these or finding another:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Be sure to click here, <a href="http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=2&ThirdPartyClicks=prcnbcf">http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=2&ThirdPartyClicks=prcnbcf</a>, to help give someone a mammo – EARLY DETECTION!!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The way to go!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Reggie D, FIGHTS LIKE A GIRL!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15111096746389010390noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909644469540517866.post-27529798601666604692011-10-04T14:26:00.000-04:002011-10-04T14:26:33.341-04:0010/4/11 Coming to the end of the Road<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As my journey winds down, I find myself writing fewer entries – as it should be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My chemo finished and I am in week #2 after it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I stopped the steroids, so, unfortunately, my hand-foot syndrome came back a little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A small angry red spot with blisters (like my planet Jupiter) developed on the back of my left hand that itched and swelled until I took some scripts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hand-foot swelling, numbness, itching, and peeling are noticeable, but not debilitating. Now the symptoms are <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">slowly</i> abating.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I went for my radiation simulation on Monday and got the tiniest freckle tattoos I <u>never</u> did see. They are blue I’m told, but I still came back with stories as to why Kurt should NEVER get them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He winced and eewed, so maybe they worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ok, OK, I know you wanna hear at least one!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Radiation Tech told me how she sees ALL the older folks tattoos and what I said is correct.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Skin stretches, wrinkles, and goes in different directions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Skin pigment also changes as we age, so those gorgeous colors FADE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was this elderly woman around 68 who fit this bill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her tattoo was around her belly button – ORIGINALLY – but now it was a black-green splotch that oozed down to her nether area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NOT PRETTY!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Yes, radiation is now in sight!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>October 17<sup>th</sup> is my dry run #1 then I start my 5-day-a-week treatments; 25 in all then dry run #2 then 8 “Booster” radiations to follow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, lucky 33 is my number!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4SezG4nlIE"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4SezG4nlIE</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">My little video...damn it's good!</span></div>Reggie D, FIGHTS LIKE A GIRL!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15111096746389010390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909644469540517866.post-62732434873100937212011-09-25T23:05:00.000-04:002011-09-25T23:05:39.011-04:009/25/2011 Lesson Learned!!<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here it is day 6 after my final round and I am DOING WELL!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Side effects are there, BUT less – I AM SO RELIEVED!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took 3 tries, but we finally figured the plan out and it seems to be working!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tomorrow I get a visit from my buddy Jennifer from Maryland for lunch and I FEEL WELL ENOUGH to receive her!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>YAY!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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</tbody></table>Reggie D, FIGHTS LIKE A GIRL!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/15111096746389010390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909644469540517866.post-49132505375408519812011-09-21T04:52:00.000-04:002011-09-21T04:52:22.581-04:009/21/2011 Pink FiretruckLAST CHEMO!!!! and...my name on a PINK FIRE TRUCK thanks to my cousin, Mary Fitzgerald!!!<br />
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