I have a before and after, sort of. The first picture is from Cannon's birthday party, the end of January. Notice first the cute kid in the red chair. That would be the can man. Then notice the shiny bald head next to him. The lack of eyebrows and eyelashes is not a cool photo shop thing, that's how bare my face was. Pretty sweet. The next two pictures are from today. Not only is there color on my face, but Hair! Eyebrows! Eyelashes! Oh no! The last picture is Max actually letting me take his picture. It doesn't happen often. I can't believe how big these guys are. I look at pictures from June and Max looks so different now, crazy.
I have ONE MORE!! Monday is the very last one. Holy cow. This week the fatigue definitely caught up with me. I have aches and pains and I'm exhausted. I can't believe that we're actually at the end of this. So long ago Brent and I would look toward spring break as a "done by then" thing, and its here. Unbelievable.
I have an appointment to get the port out on March 17th. Its an office visit. I'm a little freaked out with how that process goes, but I guess we'll see. They'll have to cut into me, and I know its sewn into a vein, so I'm a little unnerved about that. I'm thrilled to get it out, but yikes. I'm guessing Brent won't make it through that without passing out. The surgeon takes it out, and I haven't seen him since the day before chemo #1, so it'll be nice to see him again. Some people don't recognize me if they haven't seen me in a while. Apparently I look quite different with no hair. :)
7 comments:
Oh how we remember that "last" day! You won the Gold! The game is over! Now you need to just sit back and heal and continue to be loved! All four of you!!! Job well done with a blog to prove it! Great idea to keep everyone posted! Now we need to watch everyone return to normal life!
You look AWESOME! I mean it Mo,who ever knew you would look so good with no hair. You are beautiful. YEAH for only one more. That has to feel good. Thanks for the cute pics of your super cute kids!! Thinking of you!
Hi everyone!!
Uno Mas??? Que Bueno!!! We are so happy for you, knowing this will be soon behind you. Looking at your photos--you do look awesome--and a lot like Annie Lennox (but with much prettier eyes...) but-- promise me you won't dye your hair orange--that was a definite fashion mistake for Annie... :-)
The last two weeks of radiation are the worst, and in a couple of weeks (or so I'm told from friends...) you will get a lot more of your energy back--so it's smoother sailing back to "normal."
As for the port... the next time we see you will bring you some port (the kind in a bottle) so you can celebrate with a different kind of port :-)
We love you all, love the pictures, and as was mentioned earlier by someone else, keep posting pictures now that you are soon to be returning to "normal" so we can see the great pictures!!
Enjoy your spring break, get some rest and celebrate!!
We love you all (and all of the lurkers out there too!!)
Randy and Nell
On behalf of all the lurkers! "WE love you"!
When you read this tonight you will be finished! It is over ! Go and enjoy your life , husband , children, family etc! The Gold Medal is yours!
OK...GOOD REASON FOR YOU AND I TO HAVE A GREEN BEER ON THE 17TH! YOU DID IT MO!BUT, OF COURSE I KNEW YOU WOULD! LOVE AND KISSES FROM JAKE AND I.
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