101 Degrees At The Park

Yesterday I went with Loyce, Madisyne and Preston to Gonzales. The twins and I stayed at the park while their Mom took care of some business. The kids had fun, but it was very hot and all the playground equipment was in the sun.

Dr Report: I had my first chemo treatment today. I took my book to read as it was supposed to take 3.5-4 hrs. They put Benadryl in my drip and it made me so sleepy that I only was able to read a few pages. After the treatment they connected me to an infusion pump to bring home for the next 46 hours. I had the pump with my last chemo, but this one is so much better. It is much smaller and lighter. I'm feeling good, but tired from being out and about all day!

Me and Chemo-sabe

Me and my Chemo-sabe are best friends again. I saw my oncologist this morning and we both think I should go back on chemo. I will have my first treatment next Tuesday. I will be on a different one this time. One chemical will be the same but the other will be changed. Basically the difference will be that I trade one side effect for another. I don't expect to have any problems at all with this new one. In fact I have a feeling that I will do much better now that I am so experienced. :o)

An update on my previous blog entry..... I told about the unlikely meeting between Yvonne Williams and myself. I must tell you that she and I have been corresponding daily and she has been such an inspiration to me. I know she's right when she says there are no chance meetings in life.

There Are No Chance Meetings In Life.

Since I've been on Facebook I've had many requests to be my friend. If I know them, I approve the friendship. If I don't know them, I click on "ignore". For over a week I have had one request that I didn't do anything with. Her photo showed a very lovely lady and said she was from MA. I looked at her photo and knew I didn't know her. It said she had found me through Friend Finder. Finally I decided to send her a message to ask her how she knew me. She quickly wrote back and said my e-mail address was in her address book. She said she was an author and gave talks around the country and that maybe we had met at one of those events. Her last sentence said. "You know, there are no chance meetings in life."

Wow, I didn't know what to think. I hadn't been to any events or met any authors in years. I decided to Google her to see what she had written. I was so surprised to see the first book listed was Tested Faith : The Power of Mind Over Cancer. A reviewer of the book states, "This book amply defines and elucidates the author's epic struggles, challenges, and renewed faith in God, family, and friends as she relentlessly fought and won the battle over cancer."

Needless to say......Yvonne L. Williams is now a Facebook friend and I am looking forward to reading her book. I'll write a review here soon.

FaceBook, MySpace, Twitter........

I have a MySpace page, but seldom go there. And I haven't done any Tweeting yet, however I do enjoy FaceBook! It's a fun way to find old friends, family and new friends, and to stay in touch with them. Some of my friends are really into the applications that FaceBook has to offer. Many of them are farmers at FarmTown. They raise animals, plant gardens and crops, visit other people's farms and sometimes help them out. It is so entertaining to hear them talk about their farms. I've been invited by 2 friends to get a farm, but don't think I have the time for it. I have a hard enough time keeping my real-life garden going, much less taking care of a cyber farm. But who knows.....I might just have to see what it's all about one of these days.

Today I took 2 "MySpace" photos. You know what they are, don't you? That's when you pose with friends and snap your own picture.

The first one I took at breakfast club this morning.

Me, Maggie & Lisa

The second one I took at an Italian Restaurant in Sutherland Springs. Yes, you read that right! Sutherland Springs is moving up in the world.

Me, Jande & Elaine

Speaking of farms......Madisyne and Preston stopped by for a visit after Vacation Bible School today. Madisyne went out to the garden and picked some tomatoes.

Preston used my old rusty pruning shears to prune the pomegranate tree.

You Are What You Eat

What is that saying supposed to mean? I always thought I was a sweet person and I've always had a sweet tooth, but I am eating healthier now and have cut white sugar out of my diet. So if I sound mean instead of sweet....there is a reason. :o)

Last year I read the book Crazy Sexy cancer Tips and enjoyed it. I took it to Orlando to my sister's, Faith's, house and we read parts of it together. Kris Carr highly recommends drinking wheat grass cocktails. Faith and I tried it at a juice bar and it tasted veeeery green! I finished the book, but decided not to follow her diet tips as I really needed to eat lots of everything so that I could gain some of my weight back. I have gained some of the weight back and have decided that now is the time to start living a healthier lifestyle. I've had 2 people recommend barley grass cocktails. They both even gave me some to try, so I now have several months supply. I have been drinking it for several days now and will report after a few months if I can tell a difference.

I've been eating organic veggies from our garden, but I'm not sure how long that will last as the squash bugs are about to take over!

Dr Report: I had an appointment with my surgeon today. She said I seem to have healed very well from my surgery in March. There was a 4 month healing period as my tissue was damaged from the radiation. I will see her again in 3 months. After we leave her examining room she always walks into the hall with me and we chat for awhile. I usually have to try to control myself because I start to get teary. I don't want her to see the tears and think that I'm sad or scared or anything bad. I have tears because I am so happy that I have such wonderful, caring doctors.