Race for the Cure

Our little team (me, Henry, Shari, Jadelyn, Kurt, Kohl, Stacey and Kate) participated in the Race for the Cure yesterday. It meant so much for me to be there and I am grateful to have been able to share it with people I love.

I hope everyone has a great week.

Love and Peace

~K

Done...

It's been 11 months since I was diagnosed, it feels like a life time and it feels like it was just yesterday. I think I needed a few days for it to really sink in that I'm done with treatment. It occurred to me last night that I didn't have to get up and go to radiation today, it was almost surprising.

My skin is healing up quickly although I'm still a little red underneath my breast and my arm, it's not hurting like it was just a few days ago. It's gotten REALLY itchy and started peeling in a couple places. I'm happy to have my aloe and hydrocortisone. I'm still so grateful that I only had a relatively mild reaction to the radiation; I know it was much worse for so many people.

I have my next Herceptin treatment tomorrow and will continue to have them every three weeks for the rest of this year. Even though I'm still doing that it really does feel like my treatment is over. Herceptin is so easy and there aren't any side effects from it, it hardly feels like cancer treatment.

Henry went to Camp Hamilton for three days with his class last week. I went up too, but didn't stay the night because I needed to be back to finish radiation. We got the good half of the week, the sun came out and it was beautiful.

Wednesday is the last day of school. I think Henry is looking forward to being done and having some time off. He's going to skateboard camp next week and is really looking forward to that, it should be fun.

On Wednesday we're also going to see out friend Lynette for another photo shoot. I love that we've been able to do this with her and that we've gotten some really great photos to capture this past year.

Saturday is The Race for The Cure. I'm really looking forward to it, I have a feeling it will be very emotional for all of us. So far our team has raised $1,485 ($985 on-line and a $500 check) for breast cancer research. I'm really proud of us and I'm grateful to everyone who has donated. I will post a group photo of us after the race on Saturday. http://www.pugetsoundraceforthecure.org/site/TR/Race/General?team_id=10900&pg=team&fr_id=1110&et=yowcefBxYwizooJIiSi4lw..&s_tafId=9620

I hope eveyone is doing well

Much love and Peace
~K

Almost done

I'm almost done with my radiation treatments! I have only 6 left, 2 more full breast and 4 directly to my lumpectomy site. My skin is very pink (like a bad sunburn) but it doesn't really hurt that much, mostly it's just achy. I really thought that given my fair skin my burn would be pretty bad and I suppose when you look at it it does look like a bad burn, but it's not nearly as bad as I thought it might be or it could have been. I feel very lucky.

I went and had my first "hair cut" today. It was getting pretty scraggly looking. Sian, my hair stylist, shaped it up very nicely. I could tell that it was starting to come in darker than it was originally, with the cut it looks much darker to me. It had also gone from being very soft, to really fuzzy. Anyway, I like it I think I'll keep it short for a while.

It's getting to be the end of the school year and very busy. Henry has 2 field trips this week and a 3-day camp trip next week. I think he's looking forward to being done with school and ready for summer.

I hope all is well with everyone.

Much Love and Peace
~K