PLEASE Pray for the Taylor Family!

The Taylor Family needs all the prayers we can offer...JD has been fighting this for so long..today they were told that the cancer has spread to his spine and it is not operable...he has been doing chemo for so long but the cancer has spread. I don't know a lot of details but they may look into other treatments. I just wish I could do something to make this all go away. Sue is amazing....her faith is incredible and I am blessed that she is my friend....I love her so much. Please pray for JD, Sue and Jack and their entire family...pray for JD to no longer be in pain...pray for their strength as they make decisions about the next steps....PLEASE PRAY FOR A MIRACLE!

Summer is winding down...

I cannot believe we are at the end of summer already….the kids start school next week. Of course, Jillian is excited about being in 1st grade and reminded me this morning that she will now be on the big kids playground at her school…very important stuff! She turned 6 last Saturday. We had 16 little girls over for a pool party…it was a Hannah Montana theme so they were all little rock stars! Tyler will be a freshman this year and of course he is NOT looking forward to going back to school…he has had a pretty lazy summer so getting up so early will not come easy. He decided not to play football this year…I was very disappointed but he said he really didn’t like it. Several of the boys quit this year which is really too bad. Now their plan is to join the bowling team….interesting…..

Nothing new for me on the health front. Still having some spotting and cramping so I will need to call the doctor next week to see what she wants to do about that. I feel like my body has finally adjusted to the Arimidex so I hate the idea of changing to a new drug…I guess we will just have to see what she decides to do. I have not made any final decisions about revision surgery…I think I will probably stick with my original surgeon…I am thinking about surgery in January but no plans have been made.

Please continue to pray for JD and family. He was back in the hospital last night due to severe head and neck pain…they are trying to get his various meds adjusted because they feel like that is why he is feeling so bad. Please pray for their strength during this long difficult journey and pray that the doctors can make the right decisions to help him feel better soon.

The 2009 Komen Race for the Cure is less than a month away….I will be celebrating my 2 year cancerversary that week. As a family we are also very thankful that my Mom will be passing the 8 year mark since her breast cancer diagnosis. So far our team has raised over $3000 which is incredible. The race will be held in downtown Cincinnati this year. We will walk over one of the bridges that crosses the Ohio River and we will finish the event in the Red’s stadium so I am looking forward to a great event. We have 6 survivors signed up as part of Team Ta-Tas. I am looking forward to walking with them and our friends and family. If you would like to walk with us or if you can support our team by making a donation please use the link below. Bret and the kids and I will all be participating and we hope to raise $1000 as a family.

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Another opinion....

I met with my plastic surgeon earlier this week. We talked thru all my questions and concerns and obviously she has her own opinions…now it’s up to me to decide what the next step will be. She was open to the idea of doing a revision surgery to lift both sides and add some additional internal stitching to push them closer together. Again, there is no guarantee that this will make any of the denting go away. All three surgeons agree on this point…they each have ideas on how they would do the procedure and they are all different. If I stay with my doctor we are looking at one outpatient surgery to “lift and shift” and then another outpatient surgery for skin grafting for the nipple/areola area…once all that heals then she would do the tattoos. If I had to make a decision today I would stay with my surgeon. She has been involved from the beginning and knows how I heal and what issues I have with scar tissue, internal pockets, etc.



As of right now I have no idea what I will do…I told her that I wanted to think about it for a few months.



I talked to the Gyn this week since I am still spotting…she said let’s give it a couple more weeks and then get together to talk about what should be done…I have changed some of the times that I was taking the different meds and that seems to be helping with the left wrist pain and the sleeping problems…going to sleep is still no easy task but I am getting more sleep than I was a few weeks ago.



Prayer concerns for this week are JD and family….July was a horrible month for them full of pain, nausea and unanswered questions which is terrifying. So far August is looking up and he is feeling better. Please pray that he is able to get back to feeling good and that life settles down for all of them.



I would also like to ask for prayers for Molly. She is the wife of one of my reps. She recently found out she is pregnant with their third child and right after that found out that she has breast cancer. She will be having a single mastectomy tomorrow and will begin treatment soon. It is amazing that a pregnant women can be treated with certain chemotherapy drugs that will not harm the child. I have a couple women in my online support group that have traveled this exact path and things have turned out just fine for them. Molly and her family are obviously thrilled about the baby but terrified about the cancer and the surgeries/treatment that will go along with it. I can not imagine how completely overwhelmed this family is but their faith remains strong. Please remember them in your prayers.



We Middleton’s are all fine….summer is flying by too fast but we are having fun. Jillian will soon be 6 and then it’s time for school to start….hope you are having a great summer!! Thanks for checking in.