Two more!!!

Hi everyone! I am so thrilled that I have only 2 chemos left! My march 8th completion date is looking good. My counts are very low, but they are allowing me to get treated :) thank you to everyone that has been there for me thought this journey!!!!

Down to one hand aka 5 more chemos!

I had chemo about a week ago. It was less than 14 days since my previous treatment, so everyone thought my counts would be too low for treatment. Yay... somehow they were not! Now I'm down to 5 treatments, so I am on track to a March 2013 treatment completion!!!! Still trying to manage side effects, but they will be gone before I know it!!!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all my family, friends, followers, supporters, fellow fighters, and survivors!

2012 has been extremely rough for me as I lost my mom (and BFF) to cancer, a close friend to cancer, and am coping with my own cancer diagnosis.

I cannot wait for tons of positivity in 2013. My treatment will be completed in March or April, so I'll be celebrating a new year then :) (In the mean time check out my pink wig my friend got me!!!)

Thanks to everyone for all the support, kind words, and thoughts you have been sending my way! They keep me going...xoxo

Half way done

WAHOOO! I am half way done with my chemotherapy treatments! 6 more to go. Cannot wait until March 2013. Happy Holidays everyone :)

Haven't blogged in a while

Hi everyone! I haven't blogged in a while, so I am checking in! I was sick for a week, but now I am much better. I am en route to my 4th chemo this Friday-wahoo! Then there will only be 8 treatments left for me. I am having a PET Scan and monthly oncology appointment in two weeks. I am looking forward to see none, or very few little cancer dots on my body. I am feeling really well and have been juicing often and started yoga. Trying to do anything and everything to keep calm and beat cancer!!!

Weekend

What a great weekend I had! I walked in the Livestrong cancer walk thanks to my boss that put together team Gina's Groupies! Thank you to all my best friends that came.

I cooked a vegan dinner of zucchini pasta, carrot & sweet potato soup, superfoods salad, and cauliflower crust pizza. These are all cancer fighting recipes; I will post them on the recipes tab.

I redid my room...It now is really comfy and promotes healing.

Tomorrow it is back to work for this cancer caddie. Work is followed by a gym sesh with galpals and then a HEAD SHAVING PARTY. It's not right that cancer is slowly taking my hair and I have to watch... TAKE IT stupid c word.

One month follow up

I had a successful one month follow up with my oncologist: my counts are down and my lymph nodes are smaller! I have chemo day 30 on Friday! Then I will be in the single digits with 9 treatments left until I am cancer free!!

Post cycle 2

Hi all! Today is day 4 after treatment and I'm feeling better then cycle one so far! They gave me a new nausea IV called amend. It is supposed to help with the "vertigo/ nausea/ loopy feeling" I experienced right after treatment the first time. Also, the prednisone has worn off, so I'm not as hyper or shaky. Prednisone also bumps up your appetite as the chemo reduces it.

Some interesting things to note are:
1- my really swollen bulging nodes on my neck and throat/chest are much less swollen
2- my CBC was reduced from 16k to 4k
3- Sorry other Hodgkins people that weren't loosing hair either... My hair is now falling out :(.

Enjoy your Columbus Day. Xo, Gina Marie