A FANTASTIC No Mo' Chemo Party!!

On Friday night Bret hosted a No Mo' Chemo Party for me at our house. He did all of the planning and food all by himself...all I knew was that there was a party at our house that night at 7:00. Being the "control freak" that I am it was quite a challenge for me to keep my nose out of his plans or to stop offering "my advice"!! Our friend Penny came over in the afternoon and decorated for the party with lots of balloons and she even made banners for the front door and the back porch - everything looked awesome! She had also bought all kinds of fun things from the Save the Ta-Tas website so we had lots of people walking around during the party with Save the Ta-Tas stickers and buttons. She even found Ta-Ta's Forever tatoos (see the 5th pic above)! Bret really worked his butt off on the food. He had a full taco bar with three different types of meat, two types of meatballs, a fruit tray, a cheese and cracker tray, spinach dip, two types of mexican cheese dip, a beautiful cake, creme puffs, a veggie tray and lots of other snacks...he had also set up a full bar and made the girls favorite drink "Pineapple Upside Cake" (I heard a few gals were feeling bad on Saturday because they enjoyed this a little too much) he prepared enough food for 60 people based on the rsvp's but because the weather was so horrible we had around 30 show up. My sister Vicki had sent my favorite cookies from Cheryl & Co. Those were a big hit! It was a great mix of people from work, the neighborhood, other friends we have met and a big surprise to me was that Dr. B and his wife showed up. It meant so much to me to have everyone come out on such a horrible night...about an hour before the party started our entire area got coated with a solid sheet of ice!

Bret and I just really wanted to thank everyone for all that they have done for us these last five months. The evening just went by too fast...I felt like I didn't have enough time to really talk to everyone that was there but I really think everyone had a good time. Bret has taken such good care of me and the kids during all this and it means so much to me that he worked so hard to have this wonderful party to celebrate the end of my chemo...I AM A LUCKY GIRL!!! He and Penny certainly make a great party planning team. Penny - thank you so much, all you did for the party is greatly appreciated..you are a wonderful friend and we love you! Penny is also the person that set up the plan for us to have 2 meals a week delivered the entire time I was doing chemo....we are so blessed to have her in our lives! We didn't do a great job of taking a lot of pics....the ones above are a mix from Friday and Saturday night...
(p.s. - someone brought me a lovely plant that night and can't remember who it was..chemo brain..if you read this post please let me know that it was you)!!

On Saturday we all had a slow start but finally got around to cleaning thigs up. That evening we had the Galberg's and Wolff's join us to eat "party leftovers"..I finally got to meet sweet Baby Addison - she is adorable!! Jillian and the other girls had fun dressing up and entertaining us - it was another great night.

Today it is snowing AGAIN and we are just working on taxes and I have been cleaning out closets...have I mentioned that I am tired of winter and ready for warm weather!!!

I got a call from the genetics counselor late last week...I will go in on Thursday to get my test results...I am starting to get nervous about that..it seems like I fail any test that I take lately!! I am praying that the test comes back negative because it not only affects me but my sisters and my kids.

I have my first Herceptin treatment on Wednesday...this is the hormonal medicine that is used to treat my type of cancer. I am curious to see how I feel after the treatment...I am planning to go on my lunch and go back to work. I have heard some people say that it can make you tired so we will just see how this one goes before we plan the next one in three weeks. I won't be going to the treatment center that I went to for chemo and I am thankful for the change of scenery....all the nurses were great there but I am ready for the change in location! Dr. B. has a small office close to my work. He is only there on Wednesday's so I can see him there for these treatments...it will be nice to have a fresh start for these hormonal treatments!