Done...at least for now!

So Mom is finally done with both chemotherapy and radiation.  The radiation got kind of intense there at the end so we are all SO glad she made it through and is able to never have to do that again!  She may go on chemotherapy again after her surgery, but only time will tell.  She is now to spend her time getting better and getting healthy so her body will be ready for a mastectomy in mid July.  I am excited that part of that relaxing time will be spent here in Utah!! Thanks again to all the friends and family who have been so helpful, you know who you are!

The Tumor Board has spoken!

Mom met with the entire tumor board yet again on Friday to go over the plan for the next little while.  She brought a whole box of See's candy to try and bribe the doctors to let her be done with radiation, but it was not to be.  Sadly, she needs to go in again next week for three final treatments.  She is still doing the Boost treatments and will finish up on Wed.  While she REALLY wanted to be done with all of this, she understands that it is all for the best.  She has done such a good job with all of this and has held up extremely well considering all that she is has been through since October.  I think though that the past few weeks have just caught up to her and she is tired of it all. There have been  few emotional breakdowns, one involving her inability to feed the dogs while home alone; I'll let her tell ya about that one. :)  She is still able to bring humor into any situation!  So she will take a break from things after Wed. (except I think she will still be taking the chemotherapy pills) and will plan on surgery for mid July.  Hopefully that will give her time to heal up and be ready for the next step.

Erica and I are excited because Mom, Dad and Blake are coming out to Utah at the end of next week to spend some time out here with us!  YAY!!  I don't know who is more excited, me or Audrey and Aidan.  Grandpa has promised them whatever kind of candy they want and I am reminded of that every single day!  Taylor may even take a short break from school and make an appearance.  I can't wait!!

Catch up!

I feel like so much has been happening since our last post.  I have not had the internet or a computer for a couple of months so I've been struggling to keep up with everything.  Thank goodness Erica is so helpful!  So Mom was supposed to be done with her radiation at this point, but she ended up taking a long break from things.  Her poor skin was so burned and damaged that they decided she could not undergo anymore treatments until it was healed enough to continue. She spent a couple of weeks pretty much just lying on her back airing everything out and taking pain pills every few hours.  She is feeling a lot better now and things havew healed quite a bit. She needs to do anywhere from five to eight more treatments.  They are doing a bit of a different type of radiation for these last ones.  It is called Boost and it is a more intense type that goes directly to certain parts of the tumor.  We are hoping it will not burn her skin and cause as much pain as the last one.  She is up at Stanford this week and will hopefully be able to get five treatments in before she meets with the tumor board on Friday and they determine what the next steps will be.  I will keep you posted!