My surgeon called this afternoon and said that yesterday’s MRI results are in: the tumor had a very good response to chemo! It shrunk by a lot, more than half, and the surgeon said she thinks she’ll be able to get the margins she wants. This is very exciting! Thanks so much to everyone for…

Two weeks after my last round of chemo, and I’m feeling pretty good. I exercise almost every day. I do get tired by the end of the day, but I guess that’s to be expected. I am scheduled for surgery on August 11 and will most likely be in the hospital three days, two nights,…

This is me, last day of chemo, outside of the doctor’s office, with 8 rounds of poison coursing through my tired veins., originally uploaded by applesandcheeses. I am alive.

Chemo a go-go tomorrow!! My last treatment, finally. In about two weeks, I’ll have an MRI. Then, there will be a follow-up appointment with my surgeon to discuss the MRI and to plan surgery. Surgery will be about a month from now, but apparently we can’t set a date until after the MRI results are…

Well, I got my next-to-last treatment. In a lot of ways, it feels like an adventure in Wonderland because you just never know what to expect from chemo. Hopefully the side effects will be mild, but … who knows? The best part is that I only have one treatment left. My doctor will give it…

I just spoke with the doctor’s office, and they said that my counts are OK to have chemo tomorrow (Thursday). It will be my next-to-last treatment! By this time tomorrow, I’ll be able to say that I only have one round of chemo left. I just can’t believe it … ~Diana

My amazing Mr. Fish …, originally uploaded by applesandcheeses. Dwayne and I went to the LA Press Club awards dinner last night. Dwayne won first place for editorial cartoon! Check out this link and scroll down to category D4 to see Dwayne’s name.

… and I hope you have much more fun things to do than to keep track of my chemo treatment schedule, 🙂 but I was postponed again. My white blood cell counts are too low for chemo this week, and they’re sending a home health care aide to give me shots to boost them for…

Daddy and his girls, originally uploaded by applesandcheeses. A photo of my amazing hubs with his two cuties. Today we celebrated Father’s Day by going to La Jolla to check out the cool Sunny Jim cave, to see sea lions on the beach and to stick our toes in some sand. Click on photo to…

The job board, originally uploaded by applesandcheeses. Dinah and Djuna went to their last day of preschool today. They don’t quite understand that it’s the last day of school. In any case, it is, and when they have no place in particular to go on Monday morning, they’ll figure it out soon enough! This is…