Thanking God for new life

I had my surgery wed June1. I now have gel implants in both breast. I look a little more normal now. I am thrilled about about. I was a sore Thursday and some Friday. This weekend I feel great like nothing happened.
I thank God daily for all he has done and all he will do for me and my love ones. I pray that all of you will be blessed and see Gods wonderful gifts. He teaches me daily and I am trying to learn how I should walk with him and teach others about his wonderful loving spirit.
My sister has exspanders in and is finally getting her new breast process started. She has been going through it since 09. Mom and Sis came up this wkend. She is doing good.

Have a great week. God bless you all.

Just update on how things are going.

I am enjoying the short hair cut. I still prefer longer hair but this is cool for now. I am working on getting hot flashes under control. Gyn. visit went great. Trying to decide if I want ovaries taken out. I think I will. Go see Gyn Tuesday.

My surgery is June 2.I will have expander taken out and implant put in on left side. On the right side, He will cut muscle and insert implant. I decided to do it at one time. He said he could do it that way or two different surgeries. I will have another surgery to get fat to make nipple. No rush though. I look forward to moving own with my life.

It has been a journey but God has been there every step. I have voiced that to everyone I meet. I want to be a witness for Christ. I have a great story of how worry can be stopped and hope and faith can concur all.
Thanks for the prayers. God has definitely answered them.

Doing Great

Well, I am done with treatments except Herceptin every three weeks. I am back at work and loving it. I got brave last Thursday and didn't wear my wig. My hair is one inch long and grayish. I decided that there are more imporant things in life than my looks. What God gives us every day is so much bigger than me. I have realized how important my life is and being a witness for God is more important than anything else. I must help my family and friends see what great things God has done for my family and me. If they need help in their life, God can help them through anything. He has been so great to me. My husband and children have been great and God has been there for them too.
I used to hate for anyone to touch my hair and almost beat Jeff a few times for touching it. I no longer think that way. I am doing better on focusing on what is really important and that is God. I will do what God wants me to do to the best of my abilities which God continues to improve my abilities and me in general. He can shape us and make us better if we just let him. We are trying to grow as Christians and do better for our family.
Thanks for all the prayers. I continue to pray for all of you and everyone that has cancer and/or knows someone with cancer. May you all grow closer to God and if you don't know him please contact me or a friend. Each day is very precious so don't wait.

I will let you know when surgery will be; I will have two of them.

God answers prayers

God has been so good to me and my family through all of this so far. He has made the way. I never got really sick. I will take last radiation Thursday. I didn't realize the scare had to be treated differently so I have a few extra days. He is giving me 7 treatments on it which the first one was Wed so this Thursday will be the last one. My skin is a little pink but not bad. I have had worse sun burns. I have plenty of energy most of the time. I have maintained my weight all the way through this. My nails are fixin to break off but I am trying to keep polish on them to help hold them on. I wear colors like blue, purple and teal. I never did before. I am thinking outside the box now.
The really great thing is I am going back to work tomorrow in the classroom I was in when I quit work. I never thought I would get it back but God made things work out for everyone so I could return. I am so amazed by the great work God continues to do in my life. I prayed that he would show me where he wanted me to go. I thought maybe I needed to go back to college or try to find something else but he wants me to go back where I was before. He knows what is best. I only worried for two days then turned it completely over to him and forgot about it. I am trying to stop worry and let God help me through things. He will guide me and show me what I need to do and where I need to go. I am so thankful for his power, love and everything he is.

We must hold on for one more day because he will make a way. It's when we fully give it to him that things fall into place.

Back in swing of things

Well this week has been going pretty good. Tuesday was a crazy day. I got to go at 9am my usually radiation time. So I made the comment that I am getting back in the routine of things. Well, opening my mouth jinks myself. I lay on this big table that moves sideways, up and down. They have to move it three times for treatments. I had two done and they were fixing to do the third. The table wouldn't go down. I was stuck up high. The Physic people, a man & woman, came in so I had to cover up. They tried some stuff but nothing worked. After 10 mins. they were able to get a crank to manually lower the table. I got dressed and headed out. I stopped to talk to a lady(her husband has throat cancer & is getting treatments) that I have became friends with while at radiation. Any ways, while I was talking to her they asked me to come back to the room and they would try to give me my last treatment for the day. I got to get it but had to wait 10 mins for machine to reboot. Then once positioned the radiation zapper didn't want to work after the third try it finally worked. What a Day!
Wed and Thursday(today) went well. I think things are getting better but can't say until Monday.
Just pray that God continues to guide me in the right direction and helps us make good choices. God answers prayers and he has been great to me and to my family. I try to leave things with God and let him lead the way. He makes doors open up and helps me see he is still with me.

I get down some days but God helps me back up. I just have to open my eyes and ears. He never leaves us even if we feel alone he is still there. I just have to refocus on him and everything falls in place. I thank God for my husband, my kids, my friends, and my family. I thank God for my health and my family's health. I thank him for all he has given to me and to my family. I am glad I know God and I am his child forever!

Long Week

Well I went to radiation on Monday. He said to take this week off and get my plastic surgeon to take some fluid out of expander. So I went on Wed. to get 100cc taken out. I returned to radiation on Thursday to do another Cat scan of my breast. The doctor will look it over and redo position for radiation. I will go on Monday to get remarked for radiation and get 15th radiation treatment. I have a total of 30 treatments so I should have last one on Feb. 21 Presidents' Day. If weather permits I should be done by then.
I will get 100cc put back in after radiation is complete. I have appointment 4 weeks to return to Plastic surgeon. Then six weeks later I should be ready for reconstruction surgery. I hope.
This week has been long but it is finally over. 

About radiation..

Dr  said that I have to be very careful now about cuts and watch for arm swelling now. Some people get arm swelling due to rad in the lymph node areas. Also, getting cuts or small scratches could cause an infection. So I can't play with the cat any more and be careful with our dog too. I have to wear gloves if I do gardening. When I cook I have to be careful about getting burns or using a knife. I got a new knife and when I use it I use the chopping board so I don't cut my self.
I plan on talking to him some more about this cause I worry about getting cuts and scratches. I haven't be able to go all week but I hope to go tomorrow. I want be able to talk to the Dr until Monday. I will talk to someone  tomorrow though. I must get more info on this. My sister had trouble with swelling but she had more lymph nodes taken out. 
I will  be asking more questions.