Last shot of my treatment

On Monday August 24th I gave myself my last shot of my year long treatment. I am so glad to be finished. It was a long, tired, achy & foggy year. Next week I have my every 3 month CT Scan & every 6 month MRI of brain. I'll know the results sometime the week of September 7th. I'm thinking clean and clear.

Sorry, it's been awhile

I realize that it has been since June that I updated. Sorry about that. To be honest, I just haven't had the brain power to sit down and write. It was just hard to concentrate. Not to mention, if I tried , Teya would bug me until I went and played with her. Anyway, we had two great trips this summer to visit our families. July was with Todd's family in Ocean City, MD and August was with mine in MI. We had wonderful weather during both trips and had a wonderful time with family.

Teya posing in her new sun shirt

Teya at the beach

Family on the roof of Courtney and Mike's beach house


All the kids on my parents bottom patio & yes, that is my brother relaxing in the background.

Best Friends (Teya and Kristina) on my parents top patio looking over the lake.

Grandparents and kids
Teya, me and my parents
During our visit we went to Cedar Point. We had a blast. Teya rode her first roller coaster The Woodstock Express and my niece Kaelynn who is 8 rode a big one for the first time, for those of you that know - The Gemini. I hadn't been there since Teya was born, so about 6 years. I am a roller coaster addict, so it was great to get back.

Teya and Kristina on the Frog Hopper - hands up everyone!

View from our hotel window of the Magnum, one of my favorite rides.
I rode the Top Thrill Dragster for the first time and let me just say aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!The ride goes from 0 to over 120 miles per hour in four seconds in order to go straight up the 420 foot tower, up and over the top and straight down the other side. There is no over the shoulder harness and only a lap belt/bar. The ride is exhilarating and only lasts 22 seconds. If you love roller coasters and have never been to Cedar Point, your missing out. You can check out their website for info and videos of their coasters. It gave me chills again to watch the one for Top Thrill Dragster. Can't wait to go back!

2 Photos from Cedar Point's website of Top Thrill Dragster

My Little Dancer

This past year Teya took a tap/ballet class and on June 3rd, she had her dance recital. It was cute!! Her and her friends did fantastic. It was awesome seeing her up on stage and she really enjoyed it. Todd and I were very proud of her. Here are a few pictures from the show. Their song was "Build Me Up Buttercup".

And here is a video of her during rehearsals when they were walking onto the stage. She is next to her very best friend, Lauren, who is on the right.

Clean Scan

I got my results for my CT Scan and bloodwork yesterday and everything came back clean and normal. Those are two words I love to hear. Nothing but healthy organs showed on my CT Scan. Even my lung has healed from surgery. We were keeping an eye on a spot which we thought was scar tissue from the surgery - it is now gone. Every month I get bloodwork to determine the function of my liver and kidneys - my treatment can be hard on both - as well as a LDH, which is a test that looks for tissue damage which could mean cancer. All 3 tests came back normal. I am so happy!

Round 9

I am doing 3 treatments with only 1 week in between versus the normal 2 week break. I am at the tail end of round 9 and I am exhausted. I'm barely functioning mentally. Good thing for me I'm a preschool teacher! Everything else is going well - no flu like symptoms and my blood counts look like they typically did while I was on treatment, so that is good. I'll end this round Sunday night and then begin round 10 on Monday, June 15th. I'll then end round 10 on Sunday, June 28th. It's the Sunday before we leave for vacation - we leave Wednesday, July 1st to visit Todd's family.

My next CT scan is scheduled for Thursday, June 11th. I'll get the results on Tuesday the 16th when I see my doctor. Any clean and clean prayers & positive vibes are greatly appreciated. I love technology and that I am able to have these scans to see if anything is going on inside, but it is hard not to worry about the results. I think about the r word (reoccurence) often, but I am able to push those thoughts aside. When it is time for the scan it is hard to get it out of my mind. I'll be glad when I have the results.