WOW - it has been a long time!!

Soooooo sorry everyone!
No news is GOOD news though, right??
All is well......I am staying healthy.
Making sure I go to all my appointments and STILL taking my pill everyday.
Trying to exercise as much as I can - which isn't often enough I am sorry to say.

I definitely get scared when I hear of people having re-occurrences (which is OFTEN now that I am working at Cancer Care of WNY).
It makes you feel like, "When is it going to be MY turn??"
I HOPE NEVER!!!!
I try to maintain that line of thinking, but it is NOT always easy.

I had my two year anniversary - but didn't celebrate it because there is no one to celebrate it with and sometimes it feels like people want to forget that I even ever had cancer.
I sure do!!!
It sucks though because I want to talk about it sometimes and there is no one to listen.
Oh well, I guess that is what my counselor is for but it would be nice if I had a friend that was willing to listen, maybe someone that has been through the same thing - that would be even better!

Anywho..... I am doing GREAT and staying healthy.
I will keep you posted of my MRI's & Mammograms!!

Stay healthy.......I know I am!!

Happy Happy Holidays

Hey......so all is going well.
All tests and exams are coming back negative for cancer!!
I continue to KICK ITS ASS and keep it out of my body!!
That's the way we want it, right?!
Well, at least I do anyway!!

Dad is doing excellent with his treatments too!!

Hope everyone has the BEST Holidays ever!!

I know that I am going to try to!!

I'll be back on soon..........

Mammogram results......

NEGATIVE!!!!!!
Yeah....good for another 6 months!!
Let's hope that I continue to stay that way.
It seems like you just never stop wondering whether or not you are TRULY cancer free.
I read an article about a woman that was diagnosed and will not consider herself "cancer free" until she is done with her clinical trial which is 5 years after her treatment is over.
I wonder if she will really consider herself cancer free then?!
Does the worry or wonder ever go away?
They say that by the time you are diagnosed with Breast Cancer, the cancer has already been in your body for years.
I guess you just have to try and think positive, stay positive and laugh daily.
I actually try to think about something thst will make me laugh outloud daily!
Laughter IS the best medicine!

Ooooops......Sorry

All of my results came back.......NEGATIVE!!!!!
Y-E-A-H!!!!!!
I go back in October for a mammogram, I will let you know what happens.
I guess the routine of Roswell has just become NORMAL for me
and I have become lax in keeping up with my blog......sorry.
I am not really sure if that is a good or bad thing.
I will try to keep a better eye on it.

SEPT 5TH 2008 APPOINTMENT

HOPEFULLY AT THIS APPOINTMENT I WILL FIND OUT THE RESULTS OF MY LAST BREAST MRI FROM JULY AND MY HIP AND SPINE BONE SCANS FROM AUGUST 8TH.
NOT SURE WHY THEY NEVER CALLED ME WITH THE RESULTS, BUT I WILL LET YOU KNOW NEXT FRIDAY AFTER MY APPOINTMENT.

KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED THAT NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS.

GO "TEAM MAXIM" Ride For Roswell 2008

UP HILL AT ELLICOTT CREEK PARK

"NO BRAKING, NO BRAKING!!!"

Let me tell you that staying ahead of them so that I could take photographs of them riding was NO EASY TASK to say the least!

But I managed to get to the finish line first......

2ND ONE BACK - JANEEN

3RD & 4TH - JUSTINE & JACKIE

5TH BACK - RENEE

6TH ONE BACK - VALERIE

7TH ONE BACK - SUE

"TEAM MAXIM" AT THE FINISH LINE

20 MILES COMPLETE

NEXT YEAR 30 MILES !!!!!!!

Thank you again to everyone from UPS BUFFALO GATEWAY, the UPS Store on Broadway Ave, my friends and family that sponsored me for this ride - it was greatly appreciated.

Ride for Roswell.............1ST REST STOP

1st rest stop - almost half way done:

Ride For Roswell......Photos 1

was Saturday June 28th, 2008.

We rode 20 miles and it was a blast. I rode with Janeen, Renee, Valerie, Justine, Jackie and Susan from Maxim Management Services.

Here are a few photos:

Janeen and her HELMET.

"TEAM MAXIM "

Sue, Justine & I waiting for it to start.

Me , Janeen & Jackie at the starting line up.

Renee & her helmet

Still waiting..............

MRI Results are in.......

NEGATIVE, NEGATIVE, NEGATIVE !!!!!!!!

WHEW..............What a relief!!!!

That was a scary two weeks!!

To spend two weeks worrying that you have a brain tumor is not an easy thing, let me tell you.

He diagnosed that it IS migraine headaches and put me on the Imitrex. The steroid helped relieve the headaches, but that was a one time thing. He says that if the migraines tend to be an everyday occurrence that he will have to put me on a different medication because Imitrex should only be taken NO MORE THAN 3 times a week. I will go back to see him on June 30th for a follow up.

Headaches.......

OK, so I think I have stated previously that I have been having headaches since this whole thing started, right??
If not, I am letting you know now.

Well, the headaches seem to be on a daily basis, and more severe with the amount of stress I get put under.

Well, once again, my girl VALERIE at Roswell hooked me up with a good Dr. (Kang, Minsoo, MD ) and is getting it taken care of for me.

I went to see Dr Kang on the 16th of May at the Dent Neurologic Institute. He sent me downstairs to have an MRI of my head done. He said that he did not feel that it was anything cancerous because my symptoms were not consistent with that of a tumor, but he wanted me to have the MRI today just to be sure. He gave me some samples of Imitrex because he feels that it is Migraine headaches. He also gave me a prescription for a steroid to take for 5 days.

The MRI went smoothly, and the people there were so very nice! I have to wait until the 30th for the results..........