Help Crystal Fight Ovarian Cancer » Crossfit Asylum http://helpcrystal.org Join the fight to cure her from ovarian cancer! Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:40:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= I had a great weekend http://helpcrystal.org/2010/03/01/i-had-a-great-weekend/ http://helpcrystal.org/2010/03/01/i-had-a-great-weekend/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:58:12 +0000 Crystal Fernandez-Seid http://helpcrystal.org/?p=737 I had a great weekend. Saturday morning one of my nurses Sam Snyder put on a fundraiser for my at Crossfit Asylum. It was a lot of fun and there was a great turnout. About 40 people came out to compete to raise money for me. It was so much fun and such an honor to witness it. I met some of the kindest people I have ever met. I feel so grateful.

Saturday night my mom and I got tattoos. I got a plumaria with the ovarian cancer ribbon through it on one wrist and my daughters names on the other. The Plumaria means, inner beauty, liveliness and positive attitude so I thought I would shoot for that. It is also one of my favorite flowers and something I will never forget about Hawaii.

Sunday I went to church with my mom and I got to have lunch with some friends I haven’t seen in 6 years. It was a great day.

]]> http://helpcrystal.org/2010/03/01/i-had-a-great-weekend/feed/ 2 It’s been a whirl wind of days http://helpcrystal.org/2010/02/25/its-been-a-whirl-wind-of-days/ http://helpcrystal.org/2010/02/25/its-been-a-whirl-wind-of-days/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:04:49 +0000 Crystal Fernandez-Seid http://helpcrystal.org/?p=734 It’s been a whirl wind of days. Monday I had a CT and met with my oncologist. He said that my Cat scan looked the same as it did in October which in it’s own way is good. That means at least its not growing!
Then Tuesday I saw my surgeon hoping desperately for him to say that everything was ready to reverse my ostomy. He palpated my abdomen and said “Crystal this is soft, like unbelievably soft.” He seemed quite surprised. After an internal exam he let me get dressed and then came in to talk to me. He said that he thought that my CT actually looked better but that I still had a 4cm mass at the top of the rectal wall so he wanted to wait two more months to see if we could get them to shrink some more. He said “You can do anything for 2 months, be patient.” I told him that I have been patient. He told me 10 weeks and its been 7 months. I think that’s pretty patient. I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t pretty disappointed but I am doing my best to live with it and be content to wait. In working with Mark I have realized how hard I am on myself and other people and I know that this will only soften me towards other peoples “defects.” I feel like I am going the right direction and believe my day is coming.
There is a fundraiser this weekend for me at crossfit asylum. It is being put on my one of my nurses. She is a real sweet heart and I am SO grateful for all the support I have continued to receive through out this journey. I receive so much support emotionally and financially. Every time I go to buy ostomy supplies at $400 a month I feel overwhelmed with gratefulness for the help I have had. This journey is far from over but I know with all of you I can do it.

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