Life without a gallbladder is fine!

I am surprised at how much better I feel after yesterday's surgery. I guess it shouldn't be a surprise since they removed the organ causing the pain. Today I am still a little sore and tired but expect to be back at work Tuesday. Michael did agree that I didn't have to mow grass today even though I wasn't at work! My beloved is such a joker. It will be a quiet three day weekend because of Memorial Day on Monday. I will hope at you all have a nice weekend too and don't forget to find a veteran and thank them for their service. Love to you all around the world. Wendy

There is always a new wrinkle!

Howdy friends and loved ones! the new wrinkle has nothing to do with cancer but I am having surgery tomorrow at 1 pm to remove my gall bladder. It has been acting up since Sunday and it is time to get it out of there! the surgery is out patient and not expected to be any big deal. I will post afterwards (maybe not tomorrow but by Friday I promise). happy to have any prayers you can send my way. love and His blessing on all of you. Wendy

Feeling great!

Hi there everyione, Just a quick update that things are going very well. My white blood cells have rebounded and that allowed me to start back on the Ibrance this morning. Glad to be able to continue with the new drug and so thankful that I have not experienced any nasty side effects with it!! I very much am back to normal although that means I need to step up my activity level and get my butt in gear. The weather is perfect so no excuses! I just wanted to let you know that all is well and thank you for all the support over the years. You guys are treasures to me. Love you and praying for each of you.

Sunday and I am lazy!

Hi there ya'll, It is Sunday afternoon and I am lazy. Yesterday Michael and I worked in the yard and garden a lot. I am pulling out left over winter veggies and weeding the spring planting, oh and I also washed the two furry kids that live with us. Michael mowed grass and was a big sweetie and washed my car! Well here I am giving you minutia about my weekend when I laugh at folks who do this on Facebook. I guess the main point is to share with you that things are getting back to routine for us. The new medication is not giving me significant side effects and I am very grateful for that. After a few months on the new drug Doctor Moroose will order more scans and we can see if any progress has been made on the tumors. I must say I am extremely optimistic! Other than that I just want to say Hi to all of you! I hope all is well in your corners of the world! Alison and Randall are crossing the South Pacific, Dad and Arra Mae just got back from Holland, Vicki I think you are still in Khartoum and Cindy and Paul just returned from Canada. I heard this week from Jolly, a friend in Uganda which was lovely and hope to get to see Rocha from Thailand later in May. Check in if you aren't listed above but either way I love you all and pray health and happiness for you. Wendy

Happy Easter!

HE IS RISEN! I hope you all enjoyed a lovely Easter Sunday with friends and or family! We had special services at church and then I went to Dad's house with most of the family and had a great lunch followed by an egg hunt for the kids. Molly's friend Peggy brought her two little ones so it was especially fun to watch the toddlers hunt eggs and to see the teens being sweet and helping the little guys! And this was the second weekend in a row with great family time. My sister Cindy who lives outside of Boston came down the weekend before to celebrate our birthdays together (mine on the 28th and hers on the 29). Along with Cindy came her son Xander and we all tremendously enjoyed the visit. I am including some photos below of Cindy and Xander on the Wild Africa Trek out at Disney's Animal Kingdom. We also caught a spring training baseball game with the Red Sox at the Braves, had a big family celebration again at Dad's and Cindy and I went to see the new live action Cinderella movie in an echo from our birthdays as kids! Just had a great weekend. All is well with me. I started new super targeted chemotherapy treatment Saturday (it is oral medication) and have high hopes for it to tackle the cancer cells. And so far no side effects although it may be too early to say. Again Happy Easter and enjoy the photos below. Love you all, Wendy

Saturday evening

Hi there everyone! nothing exciting to post. Still just chugging along in treatment and doing fine. But I wanted to let those of you who haven't seen me in a while know the status of my hair. It is coming back as you can see in this photo. I don't like selfies but it was the only close up I had with hair! Hope you are all well and enjoying the spring weather. Love, Wendy

Next treatment and more

Hi my friends, Just wanted to update you after my talk with Dr. Moroose on Thursday. She had the foundation 1 study results from my liver biopsy to share. This is an assessment of the genetic mutations shown in my cancer cells. It also showed Her2neu positivity along with other mutations on additional genes some of which lead to other treatment options and some which don't currently. My doctor will be pursuing using Palbociclib,a newly FDA approved drug through my insurance company to continue to try effecting the Her2neu pathway. In the meantime we are focusing treatment with the estrogen blockers-Aromasin and Faslodex. Again I am glad to be on treatments now that have side effects I can live with! The study also referenced some potential clinical trials that may be available to me as well. So Dr. Moroose is doing research to determine if I am a candidate. Still seems like lots of tools in the toolbox! 😄 Love to you all, Wendy