It's December in Chicago

December is such a beautiful month!! Patti and her fiance' Rob came with Robbin and I this time. We had planned to go to downtown Chicago to show them the Christmas lights and oh my, there were tons of people. We arrived here friday night, rented a car and drove to Chicago saturday morning. Of course all the Christmas shoppers were out in full force. One of our favorite restaurants is Gino's East Pizza. No one should come to Chicago without going there!!! We went back for more shopping Sunday and another favorite restaurant, The Tilted Kilt Sports Bar so of course we watched the Broncos ;( and Chicago Bears. That was fun! Oh and the food, well, it's another place you don't want to miss!! Sounds like all we did was eat and shop. LOL Monday I had a mammogram then we went shopping again. Yes day three!!! Rob and Patti finished their Christmas list and we got a good start.

Today we arrived at the hospital at 9:30am and the appointments started. My doctor came into the room and she had all good things to say. All but one test was back and the results were steady from last month. This month I started taking 2 anti-hormone shots, which the doctor says research shows is more effective. My prayer is that I don't have reactions to this. So far all that happened is a headache which was controlled with Aleve. We got back to the hotel, had dinner and I got packed and got PJs on. I'm ready to come home. We will get home tomorrow around 3:00.

Thanks Robbin, Patti and Rob for keeping me entertained. We did lots of laughing and made some great memories! Thanks to all my followers also. I couldn't do this without you!!! Love to all!! And Merry Christmas!!

It's November at CTCA

Seems this month has been so stressful. My mind plays games with me. For some reason I felt like there was something more going on with my cancer. As always God shows me His way. This month my doctor wanted me to have a Pet Scan and a CT Scan. Why? Some of the cancer markers that she watches, had changed just a little. This isn't alarming to her because the numbers have only gone up no more than 30 marks. She says if they double that's when she will be concerned. Hugh relief! She watches the markers so closely that any change and she begins more detailed testing. Well, with two scans yesterday, I just felt worn out and sick to my stomach. Also had a bad headache. This is so normal because of the radioactive formula for the pet scan and the dye for the ct scan. That's a lot of foreign stuff in me! Today my appointments started at 9:15. I saw my whole team today but was most interested in seeing my breast cancer doctor! She entered the room and my heart sunk. She began telling me that the blood tests haven't changed and then went into the results of the scans. All the cancer activity on the bone shows a decrease. What? Did I hear right? Yes, I did and all I could say when she said that was Praise The Lord! I'm telling you, it felt so good to know that all is going well. Especially after my feelings of despair. She does want to start a double dose of the faslodex. This is because studies show that double dosing decreases the activity of the tumors. So next month I will start those. Whatever it takes. I'm here because I feel the team of doctors here have saved my life and I will do what they want me to do. I believe this is my second home and second family. It is so comfortable here. After we got back to the hotel, Robbin and I went for a long walk together. The weather was so nice and to have my soul mate here with me just made it a perfect day. As I have said every month....thank you again for all the support and prayers!!! God bless you all!!!