Hello World!
After receiving several reminders from friends and family to update the status of my health, I've decided to come out of hiding (or rather laziness) to do just that. As of Thursday, February 3rd, I have completed chemotherapy treatments. Yahoo!!!! It's quite surreal to think that I have been receiving various cocktails of chemotherapy since last July and that all came to an end this month. I still have to go into the chemo clinic to receive Herceptin (a live agent, not a chemo drug) intravenously but really, it's like I'm receiving water in my veins. Absolutely no side effects from Herceptin. I'm still having to deal with lingering neuropathy in my extremities, mostly in my fingertips, but otherwise, I'm feeling quite fantastic.

Hair is slowly growing in but it's odd how it's taking shape. Most of my strands are about an inch long and much to my chagrin, the greys have made a return as well. Boo! So, the back of my head is full of hair but not so much on top. My nurse describes my hair growth as male pattern balding. At this rate, I'll be sporting a rather nasty mullet. What a vision I'll be. :(

A bilateral mastectomy surgery is scheduled for Friday, February 25th. I'm still thinking and praying over the possibility of having breast reconstruction but after sitting in two meetings with two different plastic surgeons, and hearing the number of options along with the risks involved, my gut tells me to just forgoe reconstruction. I have a few days to think about it and discuss it at greater length with Eugene so I would definitely covet your prayers at this time for wisdom and discernment to make the right decision.