National MBC Day

Hello dear friends...

As I write this the sea of pink has begun, because as we all know it is after all October,  the month that Susan G. Kohen has made famous.  Again, I must stress...I love the color pink!  I also love that SGK has gotten people discussing breast cancer and getting mammo's.  What I do NOT like is that a tiny amount of the money that is donated to them is given to research!  We need research so that this beast can be tamed and killed!

October 13 has been set aside as the one day this month to remember those of us with metastatic breast cancer.  I ask that on that day you say a short prayer for all women (and men) who are fighting for their lives.  Thank you!

We are in our new home.  I have been busy unpacking boxes (slow & steady), hanging pictures etc.  while Donnie has been busy painting and doing yard work.  It's beginning to look like ours!  A huge thank you to everyone that helped us on moving day...Mike A., Patty A.  And of course Barb, Tom and Aimee.  We couldn't have done it without you!

I had my 3 month oncology appointment yesterday.  "Stable" has become my favorite term!  Stable means no progression or growth, the cancer is there...but hasn't changed.  We like that!  The Anti-hormonals that I'm on (Femera) continues to cause extreme fatigue and achy joints and bones, but I constantly remind myself, and Don, that it beats the alternative!  :-). Percocet keeps the pain at a minimum,  and helps me sleep.  My next appointment in December I will get my Zometa infusion for my bones.  Funny how so much of my life revolves around the cancer center and my oncologist.  Not funny haha...just funny odd.

So that's where we're at.  We are looking forward to the holidays in our new home.  Due to fatigue they will be quiet...just a few special family members, but then isn't that what really makes the holidays?!  Don & I are deeply grateful for our family and friends and all of your love and support!

Love and blessings...Kathy xoxo