Month: May 2018

Sorry for slacking! It’s so hard to remember to post your status when you have Monday off and you’re feeling great!  It’s been a good week though. It was amazing having Aubrey here, and I’ve been feeling “normal” with lots of energy. I even started working out again. 2 days in a row! Plus, I got myself a new FitBit Read More …

Look Good Feel Better Seminar So Monday, Aubrey and I attending the Look Good Feel Better Seminar, a collaboration between the American Cancer Society, Professional Beauty Association, Look Good Feel Better Foundation and P&G Beauty.  It’s a free workshop offered to those in treatment, where they talk through beauty tips (clothes, wigs, makeup) and they give you an awesome swag Read More …

Monday, May 22: Feeling Great The Ativan was great on Friday to ensure I didn’t have any nausea, though I did fall asleep everywhere I went.  Saturday, Sunday and Monday I’ve felt great.  Having Aubrey in town is awesome – she takes care of me or yells at me for doing too much and not taking it easy.   My cold Read More …

3 of 4 AC Treatment Done and Successful! The third AC treatment went extremely well! No nausea either!  Check out the play by play: 7:30 – Got there early and got some breakfast Eggs, avocado and bacon- Yum 7:45 – Arrive to see Dr. M. And good news the hat did come! And even better than the hat – my Read More …

Monday, May 15: Living the Green Life! I’ve been feeling great – status green. Last week and this week were pretty normal. Had a great weekend with my dad in town and our house was on the Poncey-Highlands Tour of Homes! Also, got lots of love and support pouring in over Mother’s Day. Thank you as well to AMS for Read More …

So “The Shedding” has begun. It’s amazing how quickly your hair starts to come out. Each time I touch it, more comes out. I leave a breadcrumb trail of hair everywhere I go. Luckily I have a lot of hair, so it will probably take another day or two before I need to cut it low. Luckily, I saw Jennifer Read More …

Thank you to everyone who made our More Than Pink Walk (Race for the Cure) such a huge success. Our Clarkston Consulting Team, which was comprised of friends, family, the Clarkston Atlanta office, Clarkston Alumni and even our Clarkston Corporate Office in RDU who did their own walk to raise money remotely.  With all that support, beat our goal of Read More …

Monday, May 7: Chemo Status: Back to Green! Back to feeling good. Had a great acupuncture session today and got my energy back. Nausea gone. I’m going to add in a bedtime snack to help with the morning “shake-ies”, so feeling good about heading into the week. I’ll also give you guys and update on the hair situation as well.

Saturday, May 5: Chemo Status: Yellow but Trending Up Chemo session went very well, but then Friday I got tired and had some pretty bad nausea. I was in bed most of the night, and the pills started helping around 10, so luckily with some sleep I was able to make it to the Race for the Cure (More than Read More …

2 of 16 Treatments Done and Successful! I would call this live blogging but let’s be real – I don’t know what that means and I finished it after I was done. So, how was session 2 you ask? It was great!  Here’s the play by play… 7:45 – Arrival Got here nice and early 7:45am for my 8:00am appointment Read More …