Sorry it took so long!

It has been 2 full months since our last post.  SORRY!  It has been one hectic time for us all.  Blogging more is one of those things that I want to do more.  I have a few excuses for the long time period this time.  One, Gmail put me in jail!  During all of the craziness in the beginning of our breast cancer challenge, I had some moments where my brain just wasn't working!  I forgot my password and Gmail locked me out.  I had my college email as the spare email for them to send my password to...and IT IS CLOSED.  Well, the next step was to answer the Gmail questionairre to reset my password.  I FAILED! TWICE!!!  My gmail account is connected to everything that I own on the internet!  I was stranded:)  Then, all of a sudden a few weeks later, I remembered my password.  At this point, I got out of the routine of posting.  SORRY!  I am back!!!

During the last couple of months, I have had 4 chemo sessions so I am over half way finished!!!  The first session was awful!  It felt like the worst vodka hangover I have ever had.  My mom and brother were here to help us out during that week of hell.  They seriously helped us get through that week.  We were so nervous at that point as to how the chemo would effect me.  The doctor said that there is a high correlation to serious nausea if you had pretty bad morning sickness during pregnancy.  Due to the fact that I was sick with Liam until month 6...I thought I would be throwing up every minute of the day.  I HAVEN'T THROWN UP YET:) I was still pretty sick and exhausted for the first session.  Each session has gotten to be a little more manageable.  I think the first was worst because we didn't know what to expect.  We have found that I am sick Monday though Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are better, and then the weekend(after Matt MAKES me get out), I feel so much better.  The 2 weeks after, other than being pretty tired occasionally, I feel normal.  If my hair wasn't gone, I wouldn't even know!  I am extremely thankful for all of these normal days!  

We have had so much help through out this challenge in our lives.  Friends and family have jumped out of the woodwork.  We have had meals delivered on a regular basis, YUMMY!  We have had visits from friends and family! We have had gorgeous cards and art sent to us!  Most importantly, we have had a lot of prayers and positive thoughts sent our way.  It is working.  We have had nothing but good news so far, since the diagnosis.  Chemo is working, I am handling much better than expected, and we are still happy!  I had some moments in the beginning where I didn't think I would ever feel happy again.  All of your thoughts, Matt's loving way of dealing with me, and Liam's smile has got me back to normal!  Thank you!  I love you all dearly.  

A recent update is that I had a catscan last Monday because I had some bone pain in my chest.  The doctor said that he wasn't worried about it, but he thought it was a good idea to run a scan anyway.  Having to wait for scan results is brutal.  They got me in that day and I got the results back an hour later.  There were NO signs of new concern and my tumor is shrinking drastically.  It is running scared and it is going to continue to do so!!!  Please pray for cancer to continue to run crying!  

I just lost steam...  More to come tomorrow!!!

Just know that we are doing great!