Thursday, October 13, 2016
My New Life with Cancer: I can't believe it's October!
My New Life with Cancer: I can't believe it's October!: Dear Friends and Family, Today as many of you know, is the ONE & ONLY day set aside to recognize Metastatic Breast Cancer...the only B...
I can't believe it's October!
Dear Friends and Family,
Today as many of you know, is the ONE & ONLY day set aside to recognize Metastatic Breast Cancer...the only BC the kills. The second leading cause of cancer death after lung cancer. The very type of cancer that I am living with!
Here are some very real statistics:
A. When you have MBC (also known as being stage IV BC) you will forever be in treatment until you die. There are different treatments, not just chemo, but all are tough in there own way.
B. 30% of early stage BC patients will become stage IV. That number has not changed in over 20 years! That's a fact! No matter what the Komen people say these numbers are FACT!
C. Each day on average 113 men/women die from MBC. Again, this hasn't changed in over 20 years. That's 41,245 lives lost to Breast Cancer! No pink boas, no "Save the Ta Ta" banners, no pink balloons or ribbons...just husbands, children, brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers, friends, etc losing someone they love dearly!
We don't need more pinkwashing! We need a cure. My request is this...if you choose to donate to this fight please give to either: Metavivor (100% money goes to research!) or The American Cancer Society. Thank you!
Now...an update: 😊
We finished out our time at Leech Lake with a very special visit from Michael and Jenny. In my life ANY occasion is made better when their with us! Our neighbors at the lake threw Mom and Dad a huge going away party...and it was so much fun for us to be a part of it. Such a joy to see my adult son reacquainted with people he'd known all his life. It was the hardest thing in the world to say goodbye to both our lake, and Mike and Jen...but we will always have our memories and we're already discussing vacations at the resort.
Health wise it's been a challenging fall. I have battled constant mouth infections due to my chemo, severe nausea and extreme fatigue. Which somewhat explains why I haven't written sooner. However...it's not for nothing ! I had a new PET scan on Monday 10/10 and saw my oncologist yesterday. The new treatment has in fact reduced the size of the tumors so we are most definitely going in the right direction! He also decreased the dosage from 125mg to 100 mg as we hope that will help with side effects (I'm also taking an anti-nausea med that really helps!). I can handle some discomfort if we see positive results...and so far so good!
I am deeply grateful for the love and support of my family and friends! Without you I'm not sure how we'd make it. Don and I both want to give a special shout out to someone who is my right arm and with whom I couldn't do without! This angel has taken me to 98% of my appointments, brings me to my nail appointments for R & R, listens to me when I'm down, brings us food....and soooo much more. God Bless you Jeanie Sprenger for all that you do for the both of us...we do not ever take it for granted!
Thank you all for reading, I'll be back soon. As always, I ask for prayers for my family with special emphasis on Mike & Don as this is very difficult for them!
God bless you all...Kathy 💞💞
Today as many of you know, is the ONE & ONLY day set aside to recognize Metastatic Breast Cancer...the only BC the kills. The second leading cause of cancer death after lung cancer. The very type of cancer that I am living with!
Here are some very real statistics:
A. When you have MBC (also known as being stage IV BC) you will forever be in treatment until you die. There are different treatments, not just chemo, but all are tough in there own way.
B. 30% of early stage BC patients will become stage IV. That number has not changed in over 20 years! That's a fact! No matter what the Komen people say these numbers are FACT!
C. Each day on average 113 men/women die from MBC. Again, this hasn't changed in over 20 years. That's 41,245 lives lost to Breast Cancer! No pink boas, no "Save the Ta Ta" banners, no pink balloons or ribbons...just husbands, children, brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers, friends, etc losing someone they love dearly!
We don't need more pinkwashing! We need a cure. My request is this...if you choose to donate to this fight please give to either: Metavivor (100% money goes to research!) or The American Cancer Society. Thank you!
Now...an update: 😊
We finished out our time at Leech Lake with a very special visit from Michael and Jenny. In my life ANY occasion is made better when their with us! Our neighbors at the lake threw Mom and Dad a huge going away party...and it was so much fun for us to be a part of it. Such a joy to see my adult son reacquainted with people he'd known all his life. It was the hardest thing in the world to say goodbye to both our lake, and Mike and Jen...but we will always have our memories and we're already discussing vacations at the resort.
Health wise it's been a challenging fall. I have battled constant mouth infections due to my chemo, severe nausea and extreme fatigue. Which somewhat explains why I haven't written sooner. However...it's not for nothing ! I had a new PET scan on Monday 10/10 and saw my oncologist yesterday. The new treatment has in fact reduced the size of the tumors so we are most definitely going in the right direction! He also decreased the dosage from 125mg to 100 mg as we hope that will help with side effects (I'm also taking an anti-nausea med that really helps!). I can handle some discomfort if we see positive results...and so far so good!
I am deeply grateful for the love and support of my family and friends! Without you I'm not sure how we'd make it. Don and I both want to give a special shout out to someone who is my right arm and with whom I couldn't do without! This angel has taken me to 98% of my appointments, brings me to my nail appointments for R & R, listens to me when I'm down, brings us food....and soooo much more. God Bless you Jeanie Sprenger for all that you do for the both of us...we do not ever take it for granted!
Thank you all for reading, I'll be back soon. As always, I ask for prayers for my family with special emphasis on Mike & Don as this is very difficult for them!
God bless you all...Kathy 💞💞
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