Voyages in Parenthood

So what do you do when you get a diagnosis of terminal cancer? Ok, yeah, you freak out. I’m pretty sure that’s what I experienced the first week of this new life. You start thinking of all the last things you will be doing. That’s where my head went. When we met with our oncologist, who came very highly recommended and, as it turns out, was the Dr my primary Dr team WANTED for me, I had only known for exactly a week and had only had my biopsies done that morning so we still didn’t know exactly what kind of breast cancer I had. The meeting was a blur. I remember having two questions…should I change my diet and what is the prognosis?  So, let me step back, Dr V (Dr Maria Vershvovsky…..yeah, no one can pronounce her name well, thus, the Dr V!) is with Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center and associates with Chester County Hospital….the best cancer center in this area of PA and one of the best hospitals….20 mins from home, so we are really lucky. My Dr was very certain that this is t...

So, just a little update on what has occurred over the past year - a longer update about what happened in the past 12 years may need to be done in small chunks as we go along! Last winter, I was swimming at the Y and taking a riding lesson about once a week. Around March, I started to have some pain in my chest that seemed to be activated by pulling myself to the edge of the pool when I was swimming and when I was lifting bales and heavy things around the farm. I went to my Dr. and we determined it was probably a pulled muscle as I had no other symptoms. We treated with muscle relaxers and I went home. Had a physical in May. The muscle pain had gotten much better. Dr. told me she felt I was doing well, gave me instructions to get regular blood panels and a mammogram and colonoscopy. I went home, put the papers on my desk and promptly forgot about them once something else was put on top of them! Toward the end of the summer, I started a new position in my company and stress levels climb...

12 years since my last post....I have to say, that's neglect!  Lots has happened. Leda made it into the teens, we bought a horse, we acquired another horse and we bought a farm. We didn't prevent therapy for Leda, but she's doing okay!  Going to use this spot to update family and friends again, this time about my diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer. There will be lots of positivity, some joking and maybe a tear or two. But as I am not interested in posting all of this on social media, gonna use this blog as a place to share (since really, no one comes here but my family and close friends! And I'm okay with that!) Blog may need a little redesign. We will see!  Stay tuned.