Elation

November

What a great few weeks! Have been feeling great and have started physical therapy and started walking at least 3 times a week and have gotten up to 1.5 miles. I have been doing exercises as well. All this has made me feel human again!

Well I love to see my chubby checks in the pictures which I would love to say is from putting on weight but really it is from the steroids but I will take it. I have put on about 8 lbs and keep working on continuing to gain.

This weekend was the JDRF Hope Gala and we put together three tables to host 34 friends and family and it was a magical evening. We raised $1.4M to turn Type One to Type None. We also added at least one new rider for next years’ ride – welcome Tish Tregellas to our ride team! Here are some pics from the evening.

The evening was truly magical and the outpouring of love was palatable! The honor that JDRF board members and the Bennett/Mays family bestowed on me was so very humbling and I assure you I will continue to make you proud. The biggest surprise of the day/night was the visit of the Thomas family who came in from Utah and Brandon speaking at the gala! He was a rock star!

As I said Saturday night I will continue to bid year after year as well as pedal with my ride family until a Cure is found!

Now that the weekend has wrapped I had my chemo treatment on Tuesday and trying to do what ever it takes not to have too difficult side effects by walking and drinking lots of fluids. The side effects of this treatment have been difficult in the past so we are keeping our fingers crossed that we can overcome them this go around.

I have been a little sad that I won’t feel well as I anticipate this next treatment cause there were days these past few weeks where I felt like I didn’t have cancer and they were just amazing.

One thing is that we did see a slight rise in my tumor markers in the last few weeks but this past week we saw them drop again so now at 74 from 92. We will run them again next week so fingers crossed.

So now it is time to plan thanksgiving at the beach! It is wonderful to have things to work on as it keeps me busy and allows me to play my role of Prime Minister!

Thanks to all who came into town for the gala and all my friends locally who attended. Thanks to all who continue to send up prayers and reaching out with the kind words – it is giving me strength and courage to fight this battle! I couldn’t do this without any of you. A special thank you to Steve who I don’t know how I would battle this without his support and love!