Life's Journey

Today was our first day in Turkey. I'll be honest I was a little nervous about visiting Turkey. In my head I pictured it as a very poor and dangerous environment. I was surprised and pleased to find that I was totally off base with my thinking. It was a great day. We had booked a private guide and driver again today. He came recommended from a friend and I am so glad we found him, he was fantastic. He was waiting for us at the port when we arrived. I haven't gotten tired of seeing a ...

Well it's been quite a week… We got home from our amazing adventure on Monday Night. Tuesday I had chemo and Roy was back to work. Wednesday we spent the day in the Emergency Room. Yup, another day in the ER. Here's what happened…

Wednesday I woke up and wasn’t feeling great but just had chemo so its par for the course. But, I noticed that my eyesight was really blurry. I assumed it was just morning sleep in my eye and wondered if I was maybe gettin...

Today we woke up as we were pulling into Athens, Greece. The sun was just coming up and shining over the city. It was exciting to be pulling into a port in Greece. I was surprised by how large Athens is…. I don't even know how to compare it to anything in the states. We ordered breakfast in our room, it arrived right on time and was perfect way to start the day.

Because of our fancy pants suite we were able to meet with our concierge and disembark out the back ...

All our luggage made it to the ship (phew!). I was a little scared at the airport as I watched all the luggage go round the carousel. Everyone was picking up there bags and off to their destinations while I stood waiting and waiting and waiting… Roys bag arrived and I was still waiting. The crowd was clearing out and the luggage was coming much slower around the carousel. I was starting to worry… then… ta da! I was so happy to see that suitcase. Lol

We fou...

We are home from our Great Adventure - a 12 day cruise through the Mediterranean. We loved every minute of it and neither of us were ready to leave paradise to come back to our reality. But it was time to come home. Roy went back to work today to catch up on the past two weeks that we've been away. I had my second round of Doxil chemo treatment today. Talking about reality.. We were thrown right back into it. At least we have fantastic memories of this great adventure that will keep us...

I have some exciting news to share about our next great adventure! But first, let's talk about poop! (c'mon you laughed at that one)

Really - poop! This is a natural bodily function that you totally take for granted until you can't do it! Holy hell! It's been an awful 10 days! It started when I noticed that I wasn't going. Yup, I now keep track of all that stuff. By day 4 I was getting concerned. Let me explain that I'm taking a lot of various pain meds - these all c...

It's been a long week of tough decisions… I can't believe it's Monday already. Thought it was time to fill everyone in… here are the decisions that have been made…

Last week I had my appointment with Dr Gordon (experimental doc) and we discussed a potential clinical trial. The catch is that this is a brand spankin new trial so they have no idea what to expect. Unfortunately, I need to really get some results fast from treatment. We need to shrink wha...

I wish I could continue to write about new adventures, fantastic trips, and bucket list experiences… but unfortunately I can't. Today's post is difficult to write and challenging to understand. I've always been honest and direct about my situation in my blog posts. I have test results and more tests to talk about… so, I'm going to dive right in… grab a kleenex and cozy in for this one…

It appears as though the "lighter chemo" (Taxol weekly for th...

I had a fantastic bucket list weekend with friends! I must admit that I am now completely exhausted and dreading facing the reality of everything to come these next few weeks but I have some great memories from the weekend to keep my spirits high.

The flight to DC was probably good for me - it kept me sitting and rested for 4.5hrs. Although I realized as I was boarding the plane that I was basically ripping away my safety net by traveling so far from all my doctors. I te...

It's Tuesday and I'm still in the hospital… It's been a long six days here. I've been on quite the pain med cocktail since arriving. Having a tube through your kidney and out your back is quite painful so the doctors have been pretty generous with the pain meds. It's tough to determine if the pain is from the kidney issue or just from cancer in general. But, either way the meds are working.

In the last post I mentioned that we were waiting for the urine color t...