Maxine cracks me up...a little Thanksgiving Maxine for ya.

Well, so far so good after my 5th treatment this past Tuesday!  I have felt the same as I always do the days after treatment, just kind of blah and out of it.  I'm feeling pretty good today so that makes me happy.  We are having a Thanksgiving feast at work today, so that alone put me in a good mood this morning!  Yall know I love food.  My Mom has been here all week and she always makes us feel so taken care of!  I tell ya, we could get used to her cooking.  My Mom rivals Paula Deen, I'm serious.  The lady can cook.  And my house is always so beautiful when she leaves. She seems to know how to clean things that I've never even thought of.  We got my house decorated for Christmas yesterday, and that is a job in itself.  I was pretty tired after that!  Thanks Mom for being here with me and helping us out this week, love you!  

My hair is still thinning, and it's still annoying, but I've still got it!

I know you have all been wondering about the PET scan, well its scheduled for this coming Tuesday at 10 am.  I am hoping they can use my port, but we'll see.  I'm not looking forward to it, but it has to be done.  It takes about 3 hours and that just seems like a long time to me.  They put radioactive glucose in my veins and I have to sit there for an hour and let it run through me.  Then I have to be scanned, and that is a pain.  I can't move, and last time my arms fell asleep.  Not fun!  Please pray for me!  I am hoping that if anything does show up, it's tiny and can be zapped with the rest of  my chemo.  We shall see.  We won't know anything until my next chemo appointment, which is December 2nd.

I hope all of you have an awesome Thanksgiving!  It's my favorite holiday of the year, well besides Christmas.  My Mom's dressing is so freaking good, I can't wait for it!  And my Dad and Brother make a mean grilled turkey.  We will be heading to good ole NA next week for Turkey Day.  Im looking forward to spending time with the fam and good friends.  Lurn Jones, can't wait to see you!

I'll be in touch next week about the PET scan - 'till then, love yall!

I've got a pain in the neck...literally!  It started Sunday afternoon and it has progressively become worse every day!  I guess maybe it's a little better today, but this thing has gone from a pain in my neck to a pain in my you know what.  I haven't felt good all week, just tired and really just don't want to do anything but sit at home on the couch.  Maybe its the weather?  Maybe its that I'm just sick of all this?  Maybe its because I want my old body back?  STUPID CHEMO!  

Here's another thing that's irritating me to the core - my hair is thinning like a dog with the mange.  Every time I brush it, it just goes everywhere.  Of course you still can't really tell that it's thinning, but those of you who really know me can tell.  I have the thickest hair out of just about everyone I know...so that's a lot to lose, which is a good thing.  Those chicks with thin hair to begin with, there's just not much you can do.  So, with that said - maybe I won't lose all of it - but dang I would almost consider shaving it to not have to clean out the thousands of hairs all over my house!  It's so messy and borderline gross.  

Yall don't worry about me, its just one of those weeks...we all have them from time to time.

All I can do is laugh at myself, put my big girl panties on - and DEAL WITH IT.

This past weekend, me, Ben, Kristen and Matt all went to Columbia for the USC-Tenn game.  The weather couldn't have been more beautiful, it was actually hot Saturday afternoon!  We had lunch at one of our favorite places in Columbia, the Salty Nut Cafe.  I spent many days and nights at that place in college - you just can't beat it.  We met up with a bunch of our friends in the fairgrounds that afternoon.  It was fun to get to hang out with everyone.  We met up with Chris and Laura, the other two-some of our original tailgate crew, and took this awesome picture.  We stayed the night at Chris and Laura's and got to see their beautiful 3.5 month old again.  We love her!  It was such a fun day!  And to top it all off, we ended up beating Tennessee to a pulp.  That hasn't happened in years...GO COCKS!  What a great weekend.

I have been feeling really good lately.  The fatigue hasn't been that bad and I've been able to pretty much do anything I could before all this happened.  The only thing I haven't tried is the elliptical - still a little scared to sweat as I have this vision that I will pass out.  Who knows, maybe I'll get up the courage and try it soon.  I am working from home today, and will probably continue to do so on the Thursdays after treatment.  Today I am feeling ok - just a little tired but not terrible.  It's so nice to not have to get up and get myself ready - I could get used to this.

Thanks again for the continued prayers - and for all of the sweet comments on here.  I just love reading them.  

I'll be in touch!  Love you all!