Sunday, December 26, 2010

It's ME!!!!!!

Hey guys, thought I would take over the blog for a bit and let yall know how I am doing first hand.  I am doing pretty freaking great actually! I mean I am a little achey and a little tired and holy hot flashes, but nothing I mean nothing compared to some of the horror stories you read on line... hence don't read things on line... except this..(=  I do have to make sure I eat little meals and now I have to read every label looking for soy because I have to avoid it. Between my diet restrictions and Stiney's we are just having people over for dinner it is crazy to make people do all that for us.

So these head wraps, totally awesome totally cute.Thank you Chris, Hamp and Mom.  I mean my hair looks crazy,so I just put on a cute head scarf and boom totally cute. I may keep rocking these after wards.

Well so much for now. I'll break in every once in a while to let you know how it is going. (= Love you all , the strength I get from you keeps me keeping on... and like Keith said you don't think about survival you just expect it.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

New 'Do


Here's Eyleen's haircut. She decided to get it short and take care of it when it starts falling out.


She also placed an order for a wig today. It looks like the above photo but it fits her head better and is a bit darker. No other updates. Eyleen's still not really feeling anything other than sore and a little tired so that's really good.

Still rockin' and rollin'

Chemo went well yesterday. Eyleen goes in today for a shot to keep her white blood cell count up and then she doesn’t go back until the 7th to get the results of her PET, schedule her next appointment and to see how the chemo is working so far. Last night there was ALOT of pain in the boob so much so that over the counter meds weren’t working. We called the doctor around 8 and he sent in a prescription to CVS. He did say that even though it hurts really bad it’s actually a REALLY GOOD sign that the chemo is already attacking the tumor.
Eyleen has an appointment today to get her hair cut so here’s the last photo of Eyleen with a full head of hair for awhile. She promised me that the annoyed look on her face was towards the camera NOT the chemo. :)

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

PET, Chemo Camp and Eyleen's dad making us bawl.

The PET scan went well but it’ll be a few days before we know the results. Dr. Marks said that the PET doesn’t affect the treatment though because she’s getting a pretty aggressive chemo.
Chemo camp was A LOT of information, I think between the two of us we got everything down. What to look out for, what to eat what NOT to eat. Eyleen spent 15 minutes looking through vitamins at CVS to make sure she had one that wasn’t filled with 200% of every freaking vitamin. She also had to get 7 different meds she has to take daily in addition to the chemo that she’ll be doing once every 3 weeks. And that starts today at 11. It’ll be a 3 hour treatment each time. Maybe Santa will bring her a Nook Color to keep her busy.
We went out to Lake City last night to visit my family for Christmas since everyone will be scattered all over the place for the actual day. It was good and my nephew is so freaking adorable.
On the way over though Eyleen’s father sent her a picture on her phone and for the first time this whole process (which BTW has only been two weeks, but the longest 2 of my life) Eyleen cried. Tears of happiness though.

He shaved his head. What an awesome freaking Dad.

Monday, December 20, 2010

Picking up steam

Eyleen has a surgeon follow up today, PET scan and chemo camp tomorrow, actual chemo on Wednesday and then she's going to see Donnie at In the Pink to get her head shaved on Thursday. It's gonna be a BUSY week and that's not even including Christmas stuff. More updates to follow.

Friday, December 17, 2010

More boobie gazing

Eyleen had her first oncology appointment with Dr. Marks who is apparently really awesome and very determined to help Eyleen kick this cancer's butt. She didn't get the PET scan today because her port site hasn't healed enough and Dr. Marks said it would cause a false positive. Monday she has a follow up with the surgeon, Dr. Crump, Tuesday we have something called Chemo Camp where we'll learn all the needed chemo and staying healthy through it things and then Wednesday Eyleen starts her first of 18 weeks worth of chemo. Dr. Marks is giving her three different types because the cancer is aggressive.
We're heading to the beach tomorrow to go to In The Pink so Eyleen can pick out her scarf that she'll need by the second treatment.
She still amazes me with her strong, upbeat attitude even when I'm weepy and I know things are gonna be fine. You all know Eyleen, she comes screeching in at the last minute and it looks like everything's gonna crash down on her but then she gets through it on the other side. We love her though. :)

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

I'm too sexy for my hairnet?






Hey everyone! It's been a LONNNNNNNG day. Yesterday we met with Dr. Crump, the surgeon. He let us know that in Eyleen's case it's better for her to start with chemo and then after 4-6 months of treatments he'll do the mastectomy in the summer. Today she had to go get the chemo port put in so they can start her treatments next week. I made her take a picture in her LOVELY outfit above while we waited. :)
The procedure went well and now she's zonked out on Lortabs on the couch. She's doing really good even if she's in pain from today.
She's outta work tomorrow, which she needs. The port has to heal so they can start chemo next week. Friday she has an appointment with the oncologist and they're gonna do a PET scan to make sure the rest of her body is all clear and then we'll FINALLY know what's exactly going on with the cancer.
We love you guys.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Ready...Set...GO

Most of you already know by now that Eyleen was diagnosed with Breast Cancer last Wednesday, Dec. 8. Today we’re going to the surgeon for a pre-op appointment and they’ll probably have Eyleen in for surgery by the end of the week, especially since Christmas is the following week. It looks like she’ll need a mastectomy on her right side.
We’re both tired and trying to be strong, with Eyleen succeeding more than me at times. Eyleen has AMAZING friends and a support network and she’s going to beat this thing. Come on, it’s Eyleen, she’s hardheaded and if you tell her she CAN’T do something she’ll do it just to show you she CAN. She’s strong and I love her and we’ve got this thing.
I’ll be updating this blog whenever we know something so everyone can see what’s going on and you can stay ABREAST of the news from the Schmavenport household.