Easter, Family & Friends

Millie with her Easter Flea from her Aunt Bebe! Loved having family here for Easter weekend. Saturday we were supposed to be gardening but it rained and it was a bit chilly! Suzy and Bill arrived as did Will and Maria on Saturday and Alex arrived on Friday so we got an extra night with her. Mom came on Thursday and Friday night dinner was at Beth’s and was delicious.

So what do you think of the pixie wig! My wonderful friend Tish saw it being worn in a school play and she asked them where to get and they gave it to her! It is the best one so far! I am digging my outfit too!

Picture of me and Mom on Easter Sunday! I think we both look 20 years younger! The weekend was everything you wanted it to be and most of all I loved the laughter!

Our next steps are clinical trials and we will be doing lab work and Dr appt at UNC starting on May 6th as this is our first choice for clinical trials. We have to meet certain criteria to fit into the trial so over the next few weeks we will know more and more. Loads of prayers for this to be the right trial for me and if not then we are pointed in the right direction for the right one.

This week has been a bit of a whirlwind. Monday I felt great but then Tuesday I felt really run down and down right rotten. Wednesday was better than Tuesday but not as good as Monday. All I ask for is to string more than one day of good days together. This spinning around and not able to feel good more than one day in a row absolutely sucks! But I am trying to look at the bright side of things and embrace and celebrate the good days.

As we prepare for clinical trial the first thing is to get into it and meet the criteria. This piece obviously most important and we are eating loads of protein to up some of my numbers. I am off chemo as you must be off chemo 28 days before you can start a trial. This will help my counts/labs as well as my strength and well being. There are 4 trials to look at and if these are not a fit I can go back on chemo and at least I have had a break.

Continued prayers and thoughts are so appreciated. I have a good feeling about the trial but I have to meet the criteria first! I will continue to workout with my Livestrong Group at the Y which started last week and is the most exercise I have done in a year. The group is made up of survivors and those in current treatment so there is always someone to bonus ideas off of. I promise to be strong to combat these demons who want to take over – they clearly didn’t read the no trespassing sign.