Monday, August 23, 2010

Sorry for not posting earlier but its been a busy week.

I have to admit that starting last weekend I was in somewhat of a depressed mood. After 15 chemo treatments I knew that the testing to see if it was working was coming up and to be honest with you I didn't want to know. As long as I kept going back and forth each week for treatments I could stay within my little world and keep things somewhat normal. The idea of coming back to reality has me a little scared so all week I was on edge. Chemo on Wednesday went as planned and nothing out of the ordinary to report. I did see the doctor and she had me set up for an ECHO (to make sure the chemo hasn't damaged my heart), CAT Scan and Bone Scan all at the end of last week.

I was at the hospital almost all day on Friday mostly waiting (for a bone scan you get injected with a radioactive material and then have to wait 3 hours for it to go through your body). All tests were completed and now its a waiting game until Wednesday. I hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. Not more that I could do - its not in my hands. Once the results are in the doctor will decide to continue current treatments, give me a break or change what they are giving me. I'll keep you posted as I hear anything.

Saturday's Golf Outing to raise money for Breast Cancer Network of Strength kept my mind off things as we had 115 participate in golf and dinner activities. It turned out to be a great day and I think everyone had fun. Our goal was to raise over $10,000 this year and I think we may be close. This was our 7th year and we have already raised over $35,000 through golf, raffles, hole sponsors and silent auctions. We also had many other golfers on the course not with our group giving donations. It seems like everyone knows someone who has been touched by BC. I can't thank our volunteers and participants enough for making this a great day.

So I wait until Wednesday to see how this journey continues. Until then.....thanks for all your love and support.