Happy St Paddy's & Anniversary to us

Today is our 6 year anniversary (together for 8). It was kinda bittersweet. We reminisced about being in Ireland for St. Patrick's Day last year. We had a blast, but I started getting sick the first day there and it peaked on St Patrick's Day in Dublin. So we didn't get to do everything we might have if I wasn't sick (ie. the pub tour by night). At the time we didn't know it was Cancer yet, thought it was the flu. So now we are planning on going back to do everything we didn't get to enjoy 150%! Don't know when for sure yet. YIPPEEE!

When we look back on this year we are very grateful. One year after the bought with the "Flu", we have had and beaten Cancer. My hair is about 1/4 inch long now, but a little thin. My co-workers say it looks like a newborns hair. I will try to put a pic up soon of the growth. Bonnie is so cute! She sat in my lap brushing my hair the other day because "brushing will make it grow Aunt Tina". She told me I had little hair but not to worry soon it would be long like hers!

Massive Hail Storm!!

We got hit with a hail storm like I've never seen today. 6 hours after the hail came it was 80 degrees out and I still had hail in my yard and driveway! It was so deep, as of right now (10 hours later) I still have some hail piles outside.

We now have hail damage to both cars, every solar screen on the house and the master bedroom window casing. The inspector is coming to look at the roof tomorrow.

Check out the pics of the hail:

http://jklineberry.com/gallery/HailStorm


On top of that, I went on a business lunch today and ended up getting violently ill! Not the best day I've ever had.

A little withdrawal

Well everything is going pretty well. I went off of one of my meds on Friday and the withdrawal is extremely annoying. It is giving me vertigo, light headness and making me weepy. Some of the craziest things are making me cry. It's actually amusing and what makes my eyes tear up. The worst is the dizziness. I found the list of possible withdrawal symptoms posted by the FDA and they include:

The Envelope Please...

The results of all my tests are in and it's official... NO MORE CANCER!!!

There are no more active cancer cells in my body. The mass in my chest is only residual scar tissue that surrounded the tumor. The actual tumor is gone. YEAH!!!

It's a Boy!!

Well I got the results of last weeks CT today. Everything is clear, except the mass in my chest hasn't changed since my last CT in November. Dr Guzley thinks the mass is just residual scar tissue, so I am having a PET scan next week to see if there are any active cancer cells.



Also my husband gave me my Valentines present today. Check him out! Isn't he too sute!

Nuttin's up!

Just a quick post to let everyone know I'm fine. Been a little tired, but actually managed to hit the double digits in hours I worked this week (10.5)! Woohoo!

It's Miller Time!

Had my last scheduled Chemo today. Now I get 3 weeks off and will have a CT on Feb 2 to check the progression of the last tumor in my chest. I'll meet with my Hematologist on Feb 10 to go over the results and determine what will happen next. There are 3 possibilities:

1. Everything is gone and I don't need anymore treatment! (I doubt that will happen because the tumor only shrank 1 cm in 4 mos and it is still 4x5 cm as of Dec 1)

2. If the tumor is not responding to Chemo anymore, then radiation.

3. If the tumor is still responding, 4 more sessions of Chemo. (probably starting on Feb 10)

On the plus side, thanks to the break in my chemo schedule, Superbowl is 3.5 weeks after my last treatment, so we will be hosting a Superbowl Party at our house. If you are in the area and would like to stop by, click on the email us link on our Home Page and we will send directions.

Chemo's a No Go

My port was drawing fine, had beautiful blood return and took the drip for all the premeds fine. When they went to push my Adriamycin (the wonder drug that turns your Urine red and makes your hair fall out) it wouldn't go in. So I had too go for a dye study and have a clot dissolved. Chemo is rescheduled for Monday. WhooPee!! At least it means I can go to my office party tomorrow night. As my husband says I'll be sauced up.

Chinese Christmas Party

Well, it's chemo time again. Luckily a couple of friends of ours, Chris & Mary, threw a Christmas party on an off-chemo week. It was so much fun. This is the best group of people I have ever known. They all have such huge hearts and are so kind, but yet you can be a total smart ass with them and it's all cool. Here's a pic of me & Jerry at the party. As you can see the eyebrows are giving up their fight. I'm down to about 12 eyelashes. I thought I'd put some mascara on the other day to make them look larger. HA! Mascara looks pretty funny on just 12 lashes. I looked like some wierd anorexic Tammy Baker!

CT Results

Well I had a CT scan last week and the results are pretty good. The tumors in my neck are completely clear. The tumors on either side of my diaphragm have shrunk to almost gone and the mass under my right sternum/clavical region has gone from 6x5 cm to 5x4 cm. I have 3 more Chemo's left then we'll do another CT. If CT still looks good then we'll do another PET scan. If there are still active cancer cells, but no more shrinkage then we'll have to do radiation.