No, They're Not Real...the real ones tried to Kill Me!

Here is a pic from my last treatment...the nurses had asked me to wear my Save the Ta-Tas T that I wore for my last chemo but I found this one and thought it was more appropriate....it got a lot of laughs! We are getting ready to go out for a Christmas Party...I will write more later!!

Tuesday -

Just finished baking cookies with the kids and decided to sit down and get caught up on here. Wow, I can't believe that tomorrow is Christmas Eve. Tyler mentioned something about Christmas Eve last year and I couldn't remember what he was talking about it. The more I thought about it I realized I have no recollection of Christmas Eve at all last year. My Mom says that's a good thing...I don't know. I know I was not feeling good but it's just hard to believe that I don't remember anything from that day.

I have to work tomorrow which is a bummer...first time I have EVER worked on Christmas Eve...it will be slow at work and I doubt they will let us leave early.

We have been busy just like everyone else wrapping up those last details before Christmas. We had our Middleton Family Christmas on Sunday which was very nice..the kids had a great time playing together and it was fun to get caught up with family.

My last treatment of Herceptin was kind of surreal. Unfortunately, it took 3 nurses several tries and about 45 minutes to get my IV started...my arm looked like a pin cushion but Diane finally hit a vein. I didn't go to sleep like I usually did..just chatted with the nurses and reflected back on all my treatments. I watched those last precious drops of Herceptin slowly drip into the IV and it was really kind of scary but exciting at the same time. They have all been so good to me so there were lots of hugs when they finally took out my IV. I actually will go back in January to see Dr. B for my three month check up and my Lupron shot so they can't get rid of me that easily!! Going forward I will just go back to see him every 3 months for follow ups.

On Friday night we went out with a group of friends to celebrate my last treatment...I was in the mood to dance! It was a fun night and I really appreciated everyone coming out to celebrate with us. We went to a club that had a live band...I think my ear drums are still trying to recover...I think that is definetely a sign of old age when you think the band is too loud...

Yesterday I had another follow up with the plastic surgeon. She said I can finally quit wearing the bra at night...YIPPEE!! We reviewed all my "issues"...dent on right side...new dent starting to appear above left breast...little pocket forming on the underside of left breast..etc. She said the "pocket" could probably be fixed pretty easily with a little nip and tuck during the next surgery. The dents are not that easy. She said we could consider doing a lift on both breasts to try to fill in that area and/or go up to 800cc implants. For right now we are just going to give it more time and see how things look in February when I see her for the next follow up.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas! I know I have so much to be thankful for this year and have been enjoying the holiday season!!