I Am One Tough Chick

Thank you for taking the time to read my story. Every time someone reads my blog, it makes me feel like one more person is with me on my journey. Many hands makes lighter work. Someone else may need my story one day to help them along their own path. There is so much more to learn than I could have ever possibly imagined. Share this blog so it may help someone else understand or to help them deal with their own struggles.

Thursday, December 03, 2015

The first of my tests...

My initial set of tests have come. I did it! We had a great Bone Scan and a CT Scan. Yup! Both of them come back with nothing showing. I dre...

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Run for the Cure!

I am so proud and so thankful! So many people contributed to my first Run for the Cure! I couldn't believe how many people were supporti...

Booking upcoming appointments...

Just when I was settling in and feeling like all my appointments were in the past, I get a phone call. Yup! It was the hospital looking to ...

Monday, November 16, 2015

The radiation just keeps on going, even when it's done...

When I completed my radiation I thought my skin looked awfully red and it was really itchy. That was nothing. A week after radiation had al...

Thursday, August 06, 2015

My radiology oncologist is the best...

The same day the I went to have an MRI on my spine, I had an appointment with my radiology oncologist. He's really cool. I wasn't su...

A small scare...

I recently went for an MRI on my lower back. I had been experiencing a lot of pain. I struggled to get out of bed due to the pain and just w...

Wednesday, August 05, 2015

Meeting with plastics...

I have had an opportunity to meet with my plastic surgeon. He will be the one to reconstruct both of my breasts post mastectomy. Since knowi...

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Next appointment...gynecologist...

Now that the worst of my breast cancer experience is behind me, I do still have some mountains to climb. Yes, chemotherapy is completed and ...

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Definitely helps to keep cool this summer...

My hair is really growing back now. I would say that it is close to, if not an inch long now. I never wear my wig anymore and don't wear...

Radiation completed...check...

Finally, the worst of the worst is over!!! My last radiation was yesterday. I made it through all twenty-five bouts of radiation. It wasn...

Monday, July 13, 2015

Almost done radiation...

Only five more to go! My chest is looking quite burned now and the skin is very bumpy and itchy. I can't wait for this to be completed. ...

Sunday, June 28, 2015

Moving along...

Ten of my twenty-five radiation treatments are in the books. So far, I haven't experienced any real side-effects. My skin might be slig...

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Getting further into radiation...

I have made it through seven treatments now and so far I haven't felt much in the way of extreme side-effects however, I have noticed th...

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Radiation...

I have now had five radiation treatments. It's really cool and super easy (at this point). Each time I need to get changed from the wai...

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Tattoos, just not the ones I want...

Before I actually begin radiation, I have to go through imaging. When I arrive, I once again hear about what I should expect while in radia...

The next step...

I've met with my radiology oncologist and he's told me what to expect during radiation. I am going to be going to radiation five da...

Peach fuzz (and my wig) are sooo done! Bring on real hair...

Finally! My actual hair is growing in! I am so thrilled! My eyebrows are completely back in full force...hmmmm, that reminds me, I may need ...

Do something on your bucket list...

I recently wrote about the importance of having a bucket list. Just as important as having a bucket list is actually doing things on your bu...

Let me explain...

After meeting with my oncologist and surgeon, I needed to take some time for myself. I did some reflecting and took time for myself. I knew ...

Monday, May 25, 2015

On a positive note...

We met with my surgeon today to discuss my pathology report (yes, we had already spoken with my oncologist but we wanted to hear what my sur...

Make sure you have a bucket list...

Stick with it. If one hasn't been created, make one. Life could be too short. You never know. There are so many things to do in our beau...

Hoping for better news...

It has been longer than I would have liked for me to write this post. I needed a few days to digest everything I have now learned. Something...

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Back to the hospital...

Urg! Appointments at the hospital are beginning again. In the next week, I will be meeting with my oncologist, my radiology oncologist, and ...

Saturday, May 16, 2015

On the mend...

All my drains are out and I am healing nicely. I have finely been able to bring myself to look closely at the incision site and where the dr...

Friday, May 08, 2015

One more day...

Finally! Tomorrow is the day that the last drain will be pulled out! For a long time there appeared to be no end in sight and then finally y...

Monday, May 04, 2015

Three down, one to go...

Over the last three days, I had a drain pulled out (wasn't too painful...actually wasn't painful at all), half of my staples one day...

Saturday, May 02, 2015

Stapled together...

It has been ten days now since my mastectomy. That means it is time for my staples to come out! The doctor ordered for them to come out toda...

Monday, April 27, 2015

One drain out, one to go...

After having the drains in for five days, the first one was pulled out today! Over the last 48 hours , I have had two consecutive days where...

More home care...

My home care nurse came to visit me 24 hours after I left the hospital. She would continue to visit me over the next couple weeks every da...

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Mastectomy completed...check...

Step two of this journey has been completed. I was at the hospital for eight in the morning. The whole process before the actual operation d...

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Pre-op completed...

Yuck! More darn blood work! And the nurse had to check my weight, again. In actuality, the pre-op appointment is nothing (once you get past ...

Sunday, April 12, 2015

The date is set...

I met with my surgeon on Friday. The date for my mastectomy has been set for Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015. 10 days away. Yikes! The surgery...

Monday, April 06, 2015

Just like a Georgia peach...

I'm getting some peach fuzz back on my bald melon! I am so excited! I noticed it two days ago when I looked in the mirror. I saw one sid...

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

A well-deserved day all about me...

I am sooooo excited! I am going for a well-deserved spa day! I am going for the works! We are talking manicure and pedicure (couldn't d...

Monday, March 30, 2015

Round 8: Lisa 8 Chemo 0

I did it! I survived! Chemo is done and over with hopefully never to be seen again! It was tough, gruelling, exhausting yet necessary. My do...

Friday, March 27, 2015

Dance in the shower...

The first shower I was able to take after my last chemo treatment and having my PICC line taken out was AMAZING! Something as simple as bein...

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Ringing that chemo bell...

CHEMOTHERAPY IS COMPLETED ! I am elated! No more appointments, no more blood work, no more poison in my body. My PICC line was pulled out a...

Monday, March 23, 2015

One day and counting...

I met with my oncologist today. Everything is ready to go. I guess I should say I am ready to go! My last one, finally. I remember thinking ...

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Tomorrow, tomorrow...

I can't wait for tomorrow! I get to go for my last blood work. I have my last conversation with my oncologist. I just know that I am hea...

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

One week to go...

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I am so close to the finish now! 7 more days and this first part of my journey is over. I know, I know, I stil...

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Round 7: Lisa 7 Chemo 0

It is March 15th and I'm almost finished. This round was very painful and I anticipate the next round to be more of the same, if not a l...

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Ten more days until my happy dance...

Ten more days! I can count it down on my fingers now. I can't wait! I say this as I still feel the effects of my last chemo treatment. I...

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

And then there was one...

I had my second to last chemo treatment today. It was long but not bad. It probably helped knowing that I only had one more to go and that I...

A picture says a thousand words...maybe more...

One of the most wonderful and talented people I know photographed me in one of my most vulnerable states - with absolutely no hair. That...

Sunday, March 08, 2015

So much information...

Derek and I went to my pre-op appointment with the surgeon. Information overload!!! Let's start with the fact that my surgeon is really ...

Thursday, March 05, 2015

I want this darn thing out...

As excited as I am for my last chemo treatment (18 days!), I also can't wait to get this darn PICC line out of my arm. I don't sleep...

Wednesday, March 04, 2015

Round 6: Lisa 6 Chemo 0

I am so close to the end now. Soooooo close. I can feel it. I can almost touch it. I have made it through my sixth round of chemotherapy and...

Tuesday, March 03, 2015

Counting my fingers and toes...

20 days until my last chemo treatment! I can't wait. I can actually count on my fingers and toes how many days until my last treatment! ...

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Waking up to another good day...

Until I get my injection later today. That always sucks. After the injection, I usually get a little nauseous and the muscle aches kick in ...

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

A reminder that I can conquer anything...

I had wanted a tattoo since I was 18 but never got one. I always wanted it to be meaningful but I never quite knew what I wanted that remain...

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