Well, tomorrow's the DAY OF LOVE -- translation -- my baby is getting older, and fast!
Sydney's birthday was the 11th and we are having her party tomorrow. I can't believe, 2 already!
I found her sitting in the middle of the dining room table last night, eating Nerds. I had left the box on the table, not thinking anything of my little candy monster getting them. Next thing I hear is "something" hitting the floor -- like 30 or so Nerds. When I rounded the corner, imagine my surprise to find her sitting in the middle of the pub high table. It was so funny! Yes, there are pictures. To be posted later.
Hope your day is full of love!!
xxoo
Friday, February 13, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
My Year in Review
Ok, since I didn't blog in a timely manner, why not just do a quick review and start fresh? Yes, it's February, 2009 and I still don't blog very good-maybe today is the day when all that changes!
I'll go back as far as September - 19th ankle surgery had me in a cast for 7 weeks (Nov. 4th). During that time I participated in the 3 day walk for breast cancer. Ok, not much of a walker with a cast on, so I was in a wheelchair. I do want to blog the walk seperate, as the feelings and emotions go very deep.
Nov. 4th we voted Barak Obama into office as our 44th (?) president. First president to be anything other than white. I think it's cool because he's so young. He has a young wife and young kids. That's not common. Maybe the "cool, young" Obama will bring some changes to this country. Time will tell.
Nov. 6th another surgery. Not so bad this time, I guess. I had more reconstruction to do from the breast cancer/mastectomy. This was "just" implant replacements. No pain. In and out of the hospital same day. Still kicked my butt and put me in bed for a few days.
Dec. was a fun month. Christmas proved to be very exciting. Bill's family came in from Atlanta, so I had the entire Gecewicz clan at the house (minus one aunt from NY) It was warm and the kids played in the pool. Unless it's 30 below, Savannah thinks the pool is plenty warm to swim.
January -- finally ! 2008 is over and 2009 begins. Not much exciting going on, except I'm still in therapy for my ankle. When will this fun time of my life ever end? I did go to Texas on the 26th for a week. 3 days were for work in Austin then 4 days in Dallas for fun. And, let me tell you, it was fun !!! Whenever we get together with Bill's friends, FUN is a must ! I didn't sleep for about 4 days - no more than 3 to 4 hours each night. When you see each other once a year, what do you expect? Can't wait for next year!
February, ahhhh, Bill's birthday weekend (6th-8th) proved to be fun. We were at the beach, with more family and another set of friends. It was a blast. Even though I spent Friday night and part of Saturday in the room, sleeping and reading. OH! Reading !!!! Twilight !!!! New Moon !!! Now Eclipse!!!! I can't stop reading. I've never read a book before in my life, not even when I was in school and it was required. (I just used cliff notes) But, now I can't stop!
Ok, back to Bill. His birthday comes to an end tonight. Tomorrow is Sydney's 2nd birthday and it's all about her. He had his weekend at the beach, movies last night, steak dinner tonight. That's enough, right ?
Now, let's see how I do with blogging on a regular basis, shall we ??? ta-ta for now
I'll go back as far as September - 19th ankle surgery had me in a cast for 7 weeks (Nov. 4th). During that time I participated in the 3 day walk for breast cancer. Ok, not much of a walker with a cast on, so I was in a wheelchair. I do want to blog the walk seperate, as the feelings and emotions go very deep.
Nov. 4th we voted Barak Obama into office as our 44th (?) president. First president to be anything other than white. I think it's cool because he's so young. He has a young wife and young kids. That's not common. Maybe the "cool, young" Obama will bring some changes to this country. Time will tell.
Nov. 6th another surgery. Not so bad this time, I guess. I had more reconstruction to do from the breast cancer/mastectomy. This was "just" implant replacements. No pain. In and out of the hospital same day. Still kicked my butt and put me in bed for a few days.
Dec. was a fun month. Christmas proved to be very exciting. Bill's family came in from Atlanta, so I had the entire Gecewicz clan at the house (minus one aunt from NY) It was warm and the kids played in the pool. Unless it's 30 below, Savannah thinks the pool is plenty warm to swim.
January -- finally ! 2008 is over and 2009 begins. Not much exciting going on, except I'm still in therapy for my ankle. When will this fun time of my life ever end? I did go to Texas on the 26th for a week. 3 days were for work in Austin then 4 days in Dallas for fun. And, let me tell you, it was fun !!! Whenever we get together with Bill's friends, FUN is a must ! I didn't sleep for about 4 days - no more than 3 to 4 hours each night. When you see each other once a year, what do you expect? Can't wait for next year!
February, ahhhh, Bill's birthday weekend (6th-8th) proved to be fun. We were at the beach, with more family and another set of friends. It was a blast. Even though I spent Friday night and part of Saturday in the room, sleeping and reading. OH! Reading !!!! Twilight !!!! New Moon !!! Now Eclipse!!!! I can't stop reading. I've never read a book before in my life, not even when I was in school and it was required. (I just used cliff notes) But, now I can't stop!
Ok, back to Bill. His birthday comes to an end tonight. Tomorrow is Sydney's 2nd birthday and it's all about her. He had his weekend at the beach, movies last night, steak dinner tonight. That's enough, right ?
Now, let's see how I do with blogging on a regular basis, shall we ??? ta-ta for now
Monday, September 22, 2008
Latest "I can't believe it"
Wow, tomorrow will be 4 months since surgery. Funny as that sounds, today is 3 days since my most recent surgery. For someone who has been incredibly healthy and has never had surgery, 2008 is definitley the year for me and the OR.
Friday, the 19th, I had my ankle operated on. I fell in February and tore 4 ligaments in my right ankle. Things got put on the back burner when the breast cancer was found. The doctor is very pleased with what he was able to do. He feels that the surgery was a success. The only problem is the pain in my ankle!! OH MY!!!!! And, I have a cast on from my toes to my knee on my right leg. Life is at a stand still right now.
Oh well, life goes on. Will post when/if anything exciting happens. I'll even post a picture of this incredibly large thing on my leg.
Until later,
ta ta
Friday, the 19th, I had my ankle operated on. I fell in February and tore 4 ligaments in my right ankle. Things got put on the back burner when the breast cancer was found. The doctor is very pleased with what he was able to do. He feels that the surgery was a success. The only problem is the pain in my ankle!! OH MY!!!!! And, I have a cast on from my toes to my knee on my right leg. Life is at a stand still right now.
Oh well, life goes on. Will post when/if anything exciting happens. I'll even post a picture of this incredibly large thing on my leg.
Until later,
ta ta
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
July Update
I am not very good at blogging everyday. You'd think as much as I love to talk, I would to speak my mind every day, right ?
Anyway, the month started out great. We spent 4th of July at Hudson Beach. Deb and her kids went. Mom and Dad met us out there and spent Saturday on the beach and eating oysters. It was a well needed weekend away from home.
Yesterday, the 14th, I saw the plastic surgeon for the last expansion. We tentatively set my next surgery for November 7th. Now I just sit and wait, and heal. She is very pleased with the way things have turned out and so am I ! It's going to be weird not going to the doctor every week. Now I can actually work a normal schedule.
Tomorrow, I start walking with Maribel. She is very disciplined when it comes to walking and running, so she will motivate me. The 60 mile walk is October 31st and I wonder if I can walk even one mile right now. So, we are going to attempt 3 tomorrow and see how it goes. And, we have scheduled 3 days a week, for now. I've come this far, I have to do this !!
Ok, well, signing off for now. Going to catch up with Pastor Randall's adventures. It's become something I look forward to each day.
Anyway, the month started out great. We spent 4th of July at Hudson Beach. Deb and her kids went. Mom and Dad met us out there and spent Saturday on the beach and eating oysters. It was a well needed weekend away from home.
Yesterday, the 14th, I saw the plastic surgeon for the last expansion. We tentatively set my next surgery for November 7th. Now I just sit and wait, and heal. She is very pleased with the way things have turned out and so am I ! It's going to be weird not going to the doctor every week. Now I can actually work a normal schedule.
Tomorrow, I start walking with Maribel. She is very disciplined when it comes to walking and running, so she will motivate me. The 60 mile walk is October 31st and I wonder if I can walk even one mile right now. So, we are going to attempt 3 tomorrow and see how it goes. And, we have scheduled 3 days a week, for now. I've come this far, I have to do this !!
Ok, well, signing off for now. Going to catch up with Pastor Randall's adventures. It's become something I look forward to each day.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Month of June
Ok, so I'm not so good at updating my blog. This month has been challenging to say the least. The month started out with me mostly flat on my back. I started my tissue expansion on June 9th. Very different experience. Until you've seen this first hand, you really don't get it. The plastic surgeon takes a magnet, sticks it to my (what would be) boob, finds the "port" and sticks a needle in me, that fast. Then, she takes a syringe filled with 60 cc's of fluid and with all her might, fills me up. She puts two syringes in each boob (which is now a boob, cause it's growing before my eyes!) So, the first week, I was really sore. Monday night, Tuesday, Wednesday and feeling much better on Thursday.
Week two, better, because I knew what to expect. I will go thru this process every Monday for a total of 6 weeks. So, my last "fill up" will be July 14th. Then I sit for three months. This is the time when the body heals.
I am assuming my permanent implants will go in sometime in November. (Because these things I have now are not permanent, mearly on loan)
Ok, back to how the month has gone .... I decided that I would go back to work on the 16th of June. What was I thinking ?? Sitting at the computer is just not as fun has it used to be. It's hard to sit and do work after being lazy (ok, resting) for so long. But, now it's the end of the month and I think I'm bouncing back just fine.
I still get tired easily and I can't stay active two days in a row. But I will get there. I'm glad that I was able to start driving again, that sure makes life easier! I was going crazy not being able to just go anytime I wanted to.
If nothing else, I am certainly not taking the little things in life for granted and I am so grateful for what I am able to do and for the family and friends that I have. I never knew so many people liked me :-)
And I love them all !!!!!!!!!
Week two, better, because I knew what to expect. I will go thru this process every Monday for a total of 6 weeks. So, my last "fill up" will be July 14th. Then I sit for three months. This is the time when the body heals.
I am assuming my permanent implants will go in sometime in November. (Because these things I have now are not permanent, mearly on loan)
Ok, back to how the month has gone .... I decided that I would go back to work on the 16th of June. What was I thinking ?? Sitting at the computer is just not as fun has it used to be. It's hard to sit and do work after being lazy (ok, resting) for so long. But, now it's the end of the month and I think I'm bouncing back just fine.
I still get tired easily and I can't stay active two days in a row. But I will get there. I'm glad that I was able to start driving again, that sure makes life easier! I was going crazy not being able to just go anytime I wanted to.
If nothing else, I am certainly not taking the little things in life for granted and I am so grateful for what I am able to do and for the family and friends that I have. I never knew so many people liked me :-)
And I love them all !!!!!!!!!
Friday, May 30, 2008
Thursday 5/29
Today is Savannah's 10th birthday !! I can't believe it ! She made cupcakes with Grandma K. last night so she took them all to school today. This would be the first year she was still in school for her birthday. Usually school lets out right before her birthday. So this was exciting for her.
Bill took her to Beef's tonight for dinner. Also, Abbie, Sandy, Cindy, Noah, Cindy, Alexa, Alyssa, Madisyn, Thomas, Bobby and Micheal went. She was surprised. Sandy got her a Hannah Montana cake. She got money to help out with her Girl Scout camp this summer and some stuffed animals.
After dinner, every body stopped by the house to say hi ! Me and moma were home with Sydney, and the house was quiet - oh well !
Another day of healing for me. Still sore but still cancer free !!
Sydney is another story -- this kid is so funny. Her thing right now is giving "lips". She puckers up those big chunky lips and comes running toward you for a kiss. She is good to entertain herself. She has started using Tessa as her own personal bench. She will walk over to Tessa and just sit down. Tessa lays there and takes it. Sydney follows her big sis around and wants to be with her all the time. Sometimes it drives Savannah crazy, but all in all, she loves it.
Ok, back to me. I saw both the Dr. Hechtmans today. Dr. Jill was very happy with my incision, I show minor swelling and she confirmed that Doug was benign. Dr. Jason read the pathology reports to me, and I was surprised! There were masses as big as 4 cm. found in the breast tissue that he removed. I asked him how long he thought I had cancer and he said "a while."
Studies show that being on the pill, being pregnant and breast feeding are all things that reduce your risk for breast cancer. In my heart, I think Sydney saved my life, or at least prolonged it.
Think about it -- if I had cancer "a while" -- I wasn't due for a mammogram until I turned 35 years old. I got pregnant with her right before I turned 34. And, I breast fed. So, just maybe, by being pregnant and by breastfeeding, the rate at which the cancer reproduced was slowed down. There is no way at 33 or 34 years old I would have gotten a mammogram, so something had to slow it down until it was time for my cancer to be found, right ? We will never really know when it began or the answer to that question, but that is what I am going to believe.
Bill took her to Beef's tonight for dinner. Also, Abbie, Sandy, Cindy, Noah, Cindy, Alexa, Alyssa, Madisyn, Thomas, Bobby and Micheal went. She was surprised. Sandy got her a Hannah Montana cake. She got money to help out with her Girl Scout camp this summer and some stuffed animals.
After dinner, every body stopped by the house to say hi ! Me and moma were home with Sydney, and the house was quiet - oh well !
Another day of healing for me. Still sore but still cancer free !!
Sydney is another story -- this kid is so funny. Her thing right now is giving "lips". She puckers up those big chunky lips and comes running toward you for a kiss. She is good to entertain herself. She has started using Tessa as her own personal bench. She will walk over to Tessa and just sit down. Tessa lays there and takes it. Sydney follows her big sis around and wants to be with her all the time. Sometimes it drives Savannah crazy, but all in all, she loves it.
Ok, back to me. I saw both the Dr. Hechtmans today. Dr. Jill was very happy with my incision, I show minor swelling and she confirmed that Doug was benign. Dr. Jason read the pathology reports to me, and I was surprised! There were masses as big as 4 cm. found in the breast tissue that he removed. I asked him how long he thought I had cancer and he said "a while."
Studies show that being on the pill, being pregnant and breast feeding are all things that reduce your risk for breast cancer. In my heart, I think Sydney saved my life, or at least prolonged it.
Think about it -- if I had cancer "a while" -- I wasn't due for a mammogram until I turned 35 years old. I got pregnant with her right before I turned 34. And, I breast fed. So, just maybe, by being pregnant and by breastfeeding, the rate at which the cancer reproduced was slowed down. There is no way at 33 or 34 years old I would have gotten a mammogram, so something had to slow it down until it was time for my cancer to be found, right ? We will never really know when it began or the answer to that question, but that is what I am going to believe.
Wednesday 5/28
Just another uneventful day. Laying around, realizing there is absolutely nothing on TV during the day, that is exciting. However, you can watch CSI or Law and Order anytime of the day or night, if you want to.
It was nice to relax.
It was nice to relax.
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