Treatment #6!

Very exciting - today is treatment #6! Once today is done - I will only have 2 more treatments to go! Really incredible, how quickly this time has gone!

I am looking forward to today. I will talk with Dr. Yurinek and the nurses about surgery path forward. Hopefully, they will be able to shed additional light on which surgery path I should take. The goal with all of this: do everything now that ensures that I am a breast cancer survivor for another 40 + years!

Another little glitch - I have finally overcome this cold / sinus infection that I managed to hold on to for a month and a half! And last night - CJ started coughing, a very tight, croupy sounding cough! So - Jamie will call the doctor about CJ today, but I need to figure out how to quarantine myself from my sick child (and I am sure, soon to be sick children!). I have only 6 weeks of chemo to go, I really don't want another month and a half cold!

Lastly, we had our first Christy's Crew meeting last night at the local Starbucks. We had a good time and a lot of laughs - we will have so much fun together in Washington DC in May! One of the highlights of the meeting for me: a woman named Regina showed up at our meeting. She is an English teacher at the Victor Middle School, and is the teacher of one of the Carusone twins (Michelle is part of Christy's crew). Regina will be celebrating her 10 year anniversary as a breast cancer survivor on February 16, 2008! In addition, she has also done an Avon Walk for Breast Cancer - at the time is was a 3 day walk and she did it by herself! She talked to us about the experience and it was one of her best experiences ever! Regina also donated $100 to Christy's Crew - raised by the Victor Middle school teachers - they all paid money to wear jeans on Friday and the money goes to support breast cancer!

Regina also has a blog - My Cancer Odyssey - that is a link on our Christy's Crew blog. She is an energetic, inspiring person. Thank you, Regina!