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Lots to say since my last entry.  It’s been a bit of a emotional roller coast the last few weeks.  I left town on November 4th, exactly 1 year to the day of my second surgery where I was told to tell my girls goodbye and prepare them to expect me to pass with in 4-5 months.  I had a blood draw that morning before the flight and my numbers were back up to 179 but nothing to be too concerned about. I will have labs and a CT in 3 months to see where things stand.  That will be a full 6 months since my last scan and should give us some good indicators of where things are.  It’s kind of crazy that I left 1 year to the day to be with my brother after he had to come to be with me 1 year earlier.  I am so grateful that I am well enough to be a stable functioning family member.  It was an emotional trip and a great time all in one.  We got everything sold or donated and then got him on a flight.  It was a LONG drive back but it was worth it. Then the day after we got home I had to turn right around and take Rilynn back to Boise to the eye therapist.  It was lots of driving and all happened to land on my dads birthday.  He would have been 52 this year.

This week has been super busy! Hockey, figure skating, planning for the bakery and cleaning and unpacking.  Today was a great day.  I met with Mark to discuss the plans for the bakery/cafe and it went really well. I am so excited to get it going and he wants it done ASAP and I am all for that.  I hope I can get the details all together quickly and get the build out done in a manor we can swing. Darick is so busy that I hope he can make some time to get the construction done so that I can get in there but I will be doing the made to order stuff as soon as this coming week and the bakery with in the next couple weeks for sure.  I am exciting about being able to help change peoples lives through food and my story.

My scan came back with no growth!

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Well I not only made it through the CT but had pretty good news. My scan came back with no growth so that’s awesome! The more we look at it we’re not sure that I don’t have a 2cm reduction which would be absolutely amazing as I work towards a reversal surgery and remission. I was very nervous about the test but thrilled with the results. My oncologist told me that he couldn’t argue for chemo with results like that and wanted to know a little more about what I was doing. I am thrilled with my decision to change to Dr Dan. He said to come again in 6 weeks and repeat the scan in 3 months.

Also I had some good family news this week as well.

After some consideration I decided to approach Dr Mark about a “clean” food Cafe’/Gluten free bakery. Because if my diet restrictions I can’t go out to eat or have as many options for food when I’m out and about. I’d like to make foods that are gluten free and “clean”(meaning no canola/vegetable oil, refined sugars or flour ect) He seemed excited about it and I think we may move that direction. He told me that he would love to make “the market”(his store) a lunch place where you could get great food which is exactly what I was thinking. If I did it out of the market I would have access to fresh organic ingredients and a fully functioning kitchen. I’m excited to see what comes of it!

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