Thank you!

Thank you all for going to Roman Cucina this month! Thank you all for your support! Thanks to Roman Cucina for putting this benefit together to help me out! I really appreciate all of this very much! I will be eating there often as usual! Hope you all will go back and enjoy some great food and service! Believe

I am back Home!!

So sorry i have not been able to update everyone on my 5th round of chemotherapy. I have no access to the Internet there at Hoag. I will figure out how to update in the hospital once again during the 6th round. On Sunday I started my chemo right away and finished Friday night of round 5. During this week i was feeling ok and did not vomit at all. I was eating well but i did have major stomach and digestive issues. It is always hard to digest the food i eat while going through the treatment. I have figured out a couple of things to help like drink ginger root tea, drink apple juice ,walk and eat tons of fruit to help my stomach. That weekend when i finished, my body was in tons of pain because im off the steroids and chemo. My bones , muscles and my skin felt like they were on fire and stiff. Saturday I started to get 2 shots a day to help my white blood count go up. This makes my pelvic throbe so bad because it was working so hard to make it happen. I had to take potassium pills too since it was low and i hate swallowing them cause they are so huge!! I had to take them for 4 days or so. Around Tuesday my counts dropped really low even with the 2 shots a day! My hemoglobin went down really low also so i had to get 2 units of blood. For some reason i started breaking out in bumps on my face and back. We were thinking it was just from all the chemicals i have been on. I also starting getting some pressure headaches. I tried to take some Motrin to help but it really did not do anything for me. The next day after all this i still felt like crap. I also had a stuffed nose,headache and a red sore throat. That day i drank plenty of fluids and relaxed which ended up helping me out alot. It is amazing how i can feel so crappy then the next couple hours i am feeling well. That is why when i go through these crappy times i relax and meditate the pain away. I let it go and know that everything will be ok. It takes patience, positive thoughts and i believe that in no time i will be back to normal! So i walked plenty of hot laps and also watch movies. Since that day i was feeling much better even though i was neutropenic for the next 3 days. As soon as all my counts were back to normal i was discharged which was this morning. I am out and so happy to breathe fresh air! This weekend i have to go to the cancer day hospital to get my shot for my white blood cells and also hydration. Then on Monday i go to Mahdavis office to get my blood taken to see if I'm doing well. Then from there i will be able to enjoy some time off till Sept 8 for round 6! I will update more as the week goes by. Sorry if i do not make sense. My brain is a little tired..hehe. Thanks everyone for you support and patience!! Believe!!!!

Going in tomorrow

Thanks to everyone that has written me positive thoughts and energy! I am packing and getting myself ready for tomorrow today. Just trying to relax and enjoy the day. Staying positive and strong.Like i have mentioned i will try to update you all on how i am doing once i am in Hoag doing my chemotherapy. Thanks again! BELIEVE

news

Yesterday was not a fun filled day! I had my first appointment with Dr. Mahdavi to go over scans and chemo. From the scan i took on monday it showed that the mass has increased in size! What in the world happened!! i just did 6 weeks of radiation and it grew.. I was shocked. So he wanted a PET scan to see if the larger mass was just the cancer or it could just be swollen from the radiaiton. I hope that it is just swollen from being zapped! They made a stat PET scan and was scheduled after the appointments. Then we talked about admitting me in this Sunday for chemo. So happy to start round 5 of chemo! One thing i am worried about is that my lung is burned so how does it heal when i have no immune system. The doctor said i will be ok and that i will be taken care of in the hospital. Hmmmm that did not make me feel that safe. As always Dr. Mahdavi makes me feel that no matter what happens he will help me kick my cancers ass! i love him! I had my blood taken and everything is ok other than my platelets are low. After that i went down and saw Dr. Chen, my radiation oncologist. He saw the crappy results from ct scan. He wants to look at all other scans and the PET scan to see what is going on. He feels that the radiation is working and it is just swollen. The radiation still works for about a month after the last day of treatment. Soon i will find out what they both believe what is going on. I can not explain how stressed out i was! Then after the PET scan i was able to look at the picture Where the lung is you can see the tumor but it is very light yellow. This means it is not aggressive cancer!! YEAH I BELIEVE!!!!! I will update when i find out all results from the doctors. I will be at Hoag again for a couple of weeks and will try to update my status. Thanks for all your thoughts,prayers and support!!! BELIEVE

CT Scan..done

I had a great fun filled weekend. I started doing acupuncture with Alan again which helps with everything!! Also still going to see Dr. J my favorite chiropractor for adjustments still. Don't know what i would do without either of their help. The days go by too fast! I had my CT scan done today. It is always great to see all my former co workers there. It makes me fight harder so i can get better and start to work again! I'm happy the scan is don't but now i get to wait another 3 more days to find out the results. I did see the pictures of the scan. I was able to check it out on the computer at radiology. It honestly looked like the same size.... I will see with the doctors will say on Thursday. I am hoping that the 6 weeks of radiation did something! I am getting anxiety wondering what the man will be planning next. I am feeling well other than i have a sore throat and scratchy voice. Ill get better before i start chemo next week. Tomorrow i am going to Roman Cucina again. Thanks to all that have been eating there.. Its sooo yummy! Believe

Theres a pic of me and Dr. J

Food

Thanks to everyone that came to Roman Cucina on Tuesday. I was there in Costa Mesa and i seriously can not eat enough there! I am gonna go there again next Tuesday since that will be the only other one i can attend. I will be back into Hoag for more chemo either on the 16th or the 17th. I am relaxing and having a good time before my last 2 chemos. i am feeling great, my skin is pealing and looking wonderful. I am looking forward to my Ct scan next Monday. I will update after i see the doctors next Thursday about the results. Thanks again! hope to see you guys at Roman Cucina next week too!!

Done with radiation!!

Last day of radiation was today!! I can not believe how fast 6 weeks of radiation went! I feel so lucky how smooth this went for me. My skin has been the only issue and im hoping the raw red skin heals soon.I am thinking back to when i started my 6 weeks and how much anxiety i had. I was thinking the worse of what could happen. Why do i still do that.. I do that to myself every time i go through any treatments or scans. It comes and goes but i beat it every time! It is a mind game. I stay positive and believe! That is what helps me flight to live. Today i went to get my blood taken and it is still looking good. I am ready to start my next 2 rounds of chemo!! Next Monday i have a ct scan to see if the radiation helped killing my stupid cancer!! Excited to hear the great news. Thank you for all you support!

Starting this week every Tuesday of august go to Roman Cucina to eat and have some drinks.Make sure to bring a flyer with you.

Believe!!