Happy Easter

A gift from Terrie whose partner has battled and fought breast cancer.  Yup...those two "knobs" are battery operated and blink red! :)

I Hate This

It's midnight and I am crying.  I guess it finally hit me that my sister has to endure chemo for a year starting next Tuesday and it just sucks.  Do you know the thing that really gets me?  The whole reason that I chose the mastectomy is to not have to have chemo (hopefully) in my lifetime and, lo and behold, my sister gets diagnosed with breast cancer, has her mastectomy and NOW has to endure chemo!  So, to say the least...I am sad, mad and hurting that she has to go through this.  It was bad enough to watch my mom go through it years and years ago and, here we are again.  The only thing that is different is that my mom did not do preventative chemo but, instead, had to go through it years later when the cancer returned in the form of bone cancer.  At least my sister is going through all of this as a preventative measure.

If you have LCIS and are contemplating what to do, my opinion strongly says to go through with the mastectomy.  My sister had the "wait and see and be vigilent" stance and now look what she has to do.  You can't predict the future but if you can prevent this misery, then by golly, give up those boobs and get on with life.  I will get off my soapbox now.  I feel better. Thank you for listening....and please say a prayer for my sister that this gets easier.

This is the video that my sister made for me for the Atlanta 3-day Walk for a Cure.  Absolutely fantastic!!!!  If you would like to donate and help me reach my goal, please go to http://www.the3day.org/goto/Arlene

Recent pictures so you can see that I am 95% back to normal after three months. The top picture is my husband, Bob, and his grand-daughter, Makina.  (He was married super young at 18..thus the 13 year old grand-daughter!)  The second picture is from this past weekend when I tried paddleboarding on the SC marshes for the first time.  Great core exercise and I know I will be doing more of this!!