Saturday, January 27, 2007

Jamaica breezes



Here is a pic of my sister and I on the cruise to Jamaica. I love this picture because we had so much fun! It was after our horses ran around in the surf for about 20 minutes. I was exhausted but it's a memory I will always cherish!

More travel


As long as my health permits it I have more travel planned! I went to my sister's house in Florida in January and have decided to try to plan one trip per month to different places. On Feb. 21st I'm going to see my brother Shawn (whose cheery face was in my previous posts picture--see my little bit of hair?) in Virginia. He lives in Charlottesville, a cute little town. Then in March I am going back to Florida to help my sister with the American Cancer Socitey Relay for Life in her town. She insisted I come so I couldn't get out of it. I have a surprise trip for April! My friend Carol told me that her son was traveling to Ireland and didn't have anyone to go with him, so she offered to pay for me to go with him. I said hell yeah! Who could turn that down? I mean, I am grateful to her for spending so much money on me, and I gladly accept the offer. Were flying into Dublin, then going on a bus tour to different cities. It's an 8 day tour! It's one of my New Years resolutions for this year, to travel to Europe somehow. Maybe next year it'll be Rome or Paris! In May my sister and I, and a friend of hers, are planning to go to NYC for a weekend. Neither of them have ever been and I tell them all the time how beautiful and fun it is. We should have a blast. I don't have anything planned for June yet, but I still have time. : ) I have a friend getting married in Montana in July. After Ireland that would be my next big trip. I have never been to Montana and I'm looking forward to it. The picture I attached to this post is of my sister, Maryellen, and I on the cruise. My sister and Maryellen ran and exercised everyday. I was proud of them because I laid around.

Good news!!!


I had my first scan this month and got some good news. The Navelbine is working! There was a drastic improvement from my last detailed chest CT in September. The tumors and lymph nodes were being measured in Centimeters then and now they are being measured in millimeters, and some of them don't even show up on a scan anymore! I had an enlarged left armpit lymphnode. It's improved so much that it's not even showing up on the scan anymore. At first I had a hard time believing it. I've had so much bad news I didn't think this could happen. I was in shock. The news has sunk in, though I do still feel a bit skeptical, but that's just me. I am extremely happy that something is finally working. So yeah!! I have more time and that means more to me than anything in the world!!