I'm feeling a little less overwhelmed this week. Eric came home from the hospital Friday night. His Mom came to help out over the weekend and we got my house clean and I got to rest a bit.
Work is still really busy, but I'm actual able to start marking things off of my to-do list instead of just adding them, so I feel like I'm making progress. I can't write much tonight because I'm taking a CPCU exam tomorrow and I need to study.
Eric is having a Lithotripsy tomorrow to break up the remaining kidney stone and hopefully, this chapter of our saga will be ending soon.
In other news, I think I'm starting to feel some of the radiation side effects. My bras are starting to become uncomfortable by the end of the day and if I exam myself close enough I can detect a slight difference in the color of my skin from the left to right side.
This weekend my parents are coming for a long weekend. For my birthday my Dad is doing some odd jobs around the house for me and Mom and I will get to visit.
Ok, I only have a couple of hours until bedtime and need to get prepared for my test. Maybe I'll write more on Tuesday or Wednesday.
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The day-to-day life of a mother, wife, daughter, sister, friend, student, and cancer survivor. This is the journey through my life.
About Me
- Jennifer
- My name is Jennifer. I became a daughter 29 years ago and a wife 7 years ago. In June 2003, Eric and I decided that we would like to become parents. Shortly thereafter, we were pregnant. Eight weeks later, I began this blog to help my family and friends keep up with my pregnancy. Unfortunately, that pregnancy was only with me for two more weeks before I was diagnosed with a "missed miscarriage." In November 2003 we decided to try again. We were eventually successful. Grace was born December 12, 2004 and I became a mother. September 23, 2005 I was diagnosed with breast cancer and decided this blog was a good place to write about that fight too. Sitting here three years later, I can call myself a survivor. After 2 years of being cancer free we were blessed with another pregnancy. Our son Luke was born on May 7, 2008 and I again became a mother. I hope others enjoy reading, but this blog is for me. I never know what I will become next, but I know it will be a journey. And whatever I become, I will wear it like a badge of honor.
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Pregnancy #1 & #2 Stats
- Date Birth Control Stopped - 6/15/03
- First Positive HPT - 8/22/03
- First Due Date - April 17, 2004
- Date miscarriage confirmed - 9/26/03
- D&C Performed - 10/3/03
- Date Trying began again - 11/3/03
- Positive HPT - 4/9/04
- Due Date - 12/17/04
- First Dr. Appt. - 5/06/04-U/S only
- Heartbeat Heard - 5/26/04 -10w4d
- It's a Girl! - 7/29/04
- 12/09/04 (38w5d) - 3 cm, 90% eff., -2 station
- Grace's Birthday - 12/12/04
Pregnancy #3 Stats
- IUD Removed - 8/1/07
- Positive HPT - 9/15/07
- Due Date - May 22, 2007
- Ultrasound (6w) - saw heartbeat - 9/27/07
- First Dr. Appt. - 10/17/07
- It's a Boy - 12/13/08
- Luke's Birthday - May 7, 2008
Grace Stats
- Birth Day - 12/12/04
- Birth Weight & Length - 8 pounds 11 ounces, 21 inches
- Discharge Weight - 8 pounds 3 ounces
- 1 week 1 day Weight - 8 pounds ? onces
- 2 week 1 day Weight - 9 pounds 1 ounce
- 4 week 1 day Weight - 10 pounds 7 ounces
- 9 week 1 day Weight (2 months) - 12 pounds 10 ounces
- 4 months - 15 pounds 13 ounces
- 6 months - 18 pounds 3 ounces
- 9 months - 20 pounds 3 ounces
- 12 months - 21 pounds 12 ounces
- 15 1/2 months - 25 pounds 7 ounces
- 2 years - 34 pounds - 33 3/4"
- 3 years - 37 1/2 pounds - 37 1/4"
- 4 years - 50 pounds - 42 "
Luke Stats
- Birth Day - 5/7/08
- Birth Weight & Length - 10 pounds 8 ounces, 22 inches
- Discharge Weight - 9 pounds 15 ounces
- 1 week Weight - 9 pounds 12 onces
- 2 week Weight - 10 pounds 5 ounces
- 1 Month - 12 pounds 12 ounces, 22 1/2"
- 2 Months - 15 pounds 8 ounces, 23"
- 4 Months - 18 pounds 12 ounces, 26"
- 6 Months - 21 pounds, 8 ounces, 27"
Cancer Stats
- First Dr. Appt. - 8/18/05
- Ultrasound - 8/25/05 - Questionable
- FNA - 8/30/05 - "Benign"
- Excisional Biopsy - 9/21/05
- Diagnosis - 9/23/05
- - Stage I Cancer
- - Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Rt. Breast
- - 1.6 cm (3 mm margins)
- - Nuclear Grade 3 (score of 9 Nottingham scale)
- - Estrogen Receptors - "Focally weakly positive"
- - Progesterone Receptors - Negative
- - HER2 neu - Positive
- Breast MRI - 9/23/05 - Clear
- Mammogram - 9/27/05 - Clear
- CT Scan - 10/4/05 - Small Calcification Rt. Lung
- Bone Scan - 10/4/05 - Clear
- Brain MRI - 10/11/05 - Clear
- MUGA Scan - 10/11/05 - Normal 71%
- Sentinal Lymph Node Mapping - 10/12/05- 5 nodes removed - clear
- Chemotherapy Begins - 10/27/05
- Losing my Hair - 11/9/05
- Start Herceptin Treatment - 12/05
- Mammogram - 1/4/06 - Clear
- Chemo Finished! - 2/10/06
- Chest CT - 2/22/06 - No change-stable
- Radiation Begins - 2/23/06
- Start Tamoxifen - 5/06
- BRAC Genetic Testing - 06/06 - Negative
- Core-Needle Biopsy (scar tissue) - 07/06 - Clear
- Mammogram - 07/06
- CT Scan - 7/14/06 - Clear
- Herceptin Complete - 12/6/06
- Mammogram - 01/07 - Clear
- CT Scan - 02/07 - Large cyst Rt. ovary
- Port Removal - 2/21/07
- Cyst and Rt. Ovary Removed - 4/07 - Benign
- End Tamoxifen - 7/07
- Breast MRI - 08/07 - Clear
- Mammogram - 08/07 - Clear
- Chest X-Ray - 08/07 - Clear
- Ultrasound - 04/08 - Clear
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