Today, one year ago, my life changed forever.
I was diagnosed with an aggressive breast cancer and was sure that I was dying.
Since then, I have received my miracle from the Lord and am now completely cancer-free. I was blessed with an amazing medical team who pulled out all of the stops and provided me with the best care possible.
My friends, both near and far, are the greatest I could ever ask for and my family has supported and loved me more than I deserved.
I don't think about breast cancer every day anymore. I don't panic that the aches I do have are a recurrence waiting to happen. I live my life and I thank God every single day that I wake up; it's how I
should have been living all along.
I'm almost at the end of my cancer journey. I will have my final Herceptin infusion on August 20th and my last Breast Reconstruction surgery on August 30th.
I am looking forward to less appointments and finally getting my chemo port removed.
Here are some pics of us since I've last posted.
This is at one of my July infusions, in serious need of a haircut.
I was texted this picture from the Relay for Life in Watertown, SD. My brother and his family walked for me. It's so weird to see your name on a bag. It's just one of those crazy times that you think, Wow, my name is on a fucking cancer bag...this sucks. A second later, you realize that you're damn happy that the bag says "in honor of" instead of "in memory of."
This was probably the highlight of my summer. Eric and I chose to be baptized along with 900 other people from our church in Lake Johanna. It was amazing and we came out of the water completely different people.
These are my new magic glasses. My job allows me to work from home and requires a lot of time on the phone and computer. I bought these glasses so my kids would be able to tell when mom was just surfing the web or actually working. I tell them that when Mom's magic glasses are on, my ears don't hear anyone who is not on the phone. So far, it has been working. :)
This is my lovely family.
My new ring. Eric and the kids gave me a Cancerversary ring. It's pink and sparkly and I love it!
Life has been great. Summer is coming to an end and Karsyn starts school Monday.
I have been richly blessed. I think I should eat cake.
