The Fourth Kardashian Sister

    Guess who is done with chemo? Yep, it's this girl! I had my last chemotherapy treatment on Monday and I am feeling good. I am still a little tired, swollen and winded, but I am on the mend. My last infusion was uneventful, my two wonderful nurses were "WONDERFUL" as usual. April and Ann....I LOVE YOU ! You aren't just my nurses, you are my friends:)  Thank you for everything and for the beautiful plant !!!!  Bye bye Power port, although you have been a life saver, you saved my veins from the RED DEVIL and all other mustard gas derivatives but SOON....very soon you are OUTTA here! Oh and GOOD BYE steroids. You blow my face up like Miss. Puff, make my belly look like a marshmallow and my booty like a Kardashian sister without the boobies. I HATE YOU !
    There is one thing I would like to voice about chemotherapy. It is HARD but with all of the NEW drugs given as premeds and maintenance for nausea and vomiting, etc. It is doable! I never vomited, I did have MILD nausea, which was totally alleviated with these drugs. Don't decide you can't do chemo because you mother, grandfather, friend had chemo and was "sick" during treatment. Today's chemotherapy is very different than the chemotherapy my grandmother had, she was very sick. I was NOT. I was weak, but not violently ill. Chemotherapy is what kills cancer, it shrinks tumors, kills stray cells. Chemotherapy saves lives. So, when I hear people say after being diagnosed that they WILL NOT do chemo, I just want them to know it is doable. Fight that cancer with whatever they give you, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!!!!
    The next step for me is surgery to begin my reconstruction, I am so excited. Please pray, it is March 16. I cannot wait to feel like my self again. I have decided to go bigger with my expansion, pending my skin integrity. I want to give myself a little cushion in case someday I put on a few pounds :) On that note, I am ending chemo at 1lb over my starting weight. If you saw me you would think I have gained a few though, the steroids are HORRIBLE! But soon I will be de puffing. Keep drinking H20 girl! Flush that bloat! I am also starting to exercise daily at least 30 minutes to prevent recurrences. Flax seed, D3, Omega 3's for my heart due to my estrogen suppression, limiting red meat to 2x weekly and trying to find hormone free chicken, beef, pork etc. THEY ARE THE ENEMY! Well, them and soy, soy is bad for ER/PR+cancer too. No soy isolates peeps, they are in protein bars and shakes too. Watch out! Radiation and Tamox to follow.
    Hair.....I have all kinds of hair! My scalp is completely covered with........GREY hair! WHAT! Yeah, it is grey. It is more of a "salt and pepper" color, whatever that is:)  I am a Sparkling Sherry girl and am just waiting for the go ahead from my Oncologist to color this pixie! I will unveil it soon, it is coming in fast. I am still wearing my wigs but hope soon to be going topless as my chemo girls call it:) Going topless used to mean something totally different when I had boobs:) LOL!
   Well, those are just some of the changes I am going through and making since chemo is finished. I am also pleased to announce that I am back in church full time now since my counts have rebounded. I am sooooo excited to be back, I need my church family. I need to be plugged in. I want to sing from the roof tops about all that God has done for me. I hope to share my testimony soon with others. God has been sooo good to me and I give him all the praise and glory. HE is AWESOME!!!!