Last Chemo Party

For my last Chemo I had what I would call quite the party - J.J., Jenny R., Heather, Jen S., Wendy, Matt, and a visit from Dena.  We also called Dr. Kong to see if she could come down and answer some questions, which she so kindly did.  How nice is that?!  All of the Drs. at Froedtert have been so accommodating to us and we are just really impressed with them.  I have also had almost entirely great experiences with the nurses and staff at Froedtert.  My two not-so-great experiences were, in hindsight, mostly my own fault.  I think I was off on those days and blew some things out of proportion.  In retrospect, the people who I had thought were not being so very nice, probably were doing their very best in dealing with a ME who was a bit whiney and possibly somewhat demanding. Sorry about that, guys. Can I blame it on my hormones being out of whack?  Fatigue?  Cancer?  As of this point in my experience, I highly recommend Froedtert to anyone going through a Breast Cancer diagnosis.  Please tell everyone you know - don't go anywhere else!

Well anyway...here are some pictures of our Chemo party.

Jenny R., Wendy Jen S., J.J., me, and Heather

 Missing: Matt - he took the photo

 My Power-Partner, Matthew.

 Dena!  I finally got your picture on the blog!!!!

J.J. and I

 After Chemo, I was awarded a certificate, a very delicious cupcake, and another pendant for my collection.  It says "Journey".

I actually received the same pendant at the end of my previous Chemo, so I am going to give this one to my Mom.  She has done so much for us over this past six months - taking care of the boys every day and especially on Chemo days, making dinner, cleaning everything up.  It has been quite the Journey for her as well.  Thank you, Mom.

"So, Kelly, you just finished six months of grueling Chemotherapy, what are you going to do next?"

I'm going to New York!!!!!

Yup, you heard that right.  My mom, sister, Cathy and I are headed to New York next week.  We will be gone for five whole days and plan to see a ton of shows.  I cannot wait.  My trip to Portland, unfortunately, has been pushed back a few months (hopefully September???), so when I saw super-cheap tickets to NYC, I jumped on them.  (Just gotta get out, just gotta get right out of here.)  I am going to miss my kids as I feel like I haven't seen them much over the past six months, but I just have to take advantage of the little bit of added energy I will have next week and continue to build over the next month before my surgery.  Plus, it is my mom's birthday and we are going to celebrate.  If anyone needs and deserves a vacation, it is my mother!  Can't wait!