First of all, I know its been about a month since my last post. My goal at that time was to keep you up to date with posts as Patty and Nicole were walking the Komen 3-Day walk. It turned out that I got pretty sick with what I thought was just a cold, but it turned out to be pneumonia which, to say the least… kicked my butt! I’ve since recovered and am feeling pretty much back to myself but this past month has been rough.
Patty and Nicole completed the Komen 3-Day! I will say, they had some tired and sore feet by the end of the weekend, but, the bottom line is that they put their minds and feet to the test and did it. Unfortunately I wasn’t there except for the closing ceremonies, which, by the way, were pretty emotional! Nicole blogged about their experience so I think I’ll just give you the link to her site so you can read about their journey from her perspective… http://hipfitmom.com/
I do have a couple of pictures from day three of the walk to share…
Amazing how a shot of tequilla can relieve foot pain!
Thank you El Dorado County!
December 14th… a special day for Patty and me. December 14, 2010 was the day Patty received her 6th and final chemotherapy infusion of her breast cancer treatment. December 14, 2010 marked the end of one chapter of our lives and the beginning of a new one.
I took a few minutes this morning and read through old posts of this blog. Wow, it brought back so many memories. Patty was so sick just one year ago. She had lost so much weight. She had lost her hair, eyebrows and eyelashes. She was so weak and fatigued… she’d even passed out several times. I remember referring to those times as “Adventures in Chemo – the bathroom Chronicles!” Twice she required medical attention and stitches from passing out. It was a pretty scary time in our lives, but you know what? We made it. Not having ever faced a health issue like this, not knowing what day to day issues we’d face, I think we did pretty good as a team… mostly flying by the seat of our pants! Even as scary as the whole experience was, and I mean it was scary, our love and respect for each other kept us going! And that love and respect has grown 100 times over since then, if not more! The other thing that kept us going was keeping our sense of humor… when dealing with breast cancer you can either laugh or cry and we found a combination of both worked for us!
Now look where we are… one year later. Patty has come so far. She has a head full of curly hair. Her eyebrows and eyelashes are back and have been back for months. She looks healthy and feels healthy! She goes to Jazzercise a couple times a week and, as you know, she was able to walk 60 miles in the Komen 3-Day for the cure. A year and a half ago, we didn’t even know if she’d be alive today. But you know what? She is and she’s doing great!
Patty had an appointment with her oncologist this past Monday. Everything looks great and the oncologist had no issues where she is with her recovery! Next appointment with her is in three months. Patty goes back to see the reconstruction surgeon in mid-January for her next to last procedure.
Everything is just falling into place…
So, as I said, yesterday was a big day for Patty. Sure, she’s still dealing with some issues from the chemotherapy. But the bottom line is that she’s come so far and has a whole life ahead of her…
That’s my girl!!!
My wife has breast cancer! 