another week down

check five more treatments off my list!

Not much new to report. Except for an itchy rash which started on my collarbone and is now spreading to my chest wall. I try to leave it alone, and they've told me to put Neosporin on it.

I met a new friend in Mahomet for coffee yesterday - she is a BC patient / survivor as well. We actually met on a BC message board, which has members from all over the United States and other countries.... but her screen name was Mahometmom, and she was asking if anyone went to Carle in Champaign! I started communicating with her and we discovered we both have Dr. Rowland as our oncologist :)

So we met yesterday, swapped stories and compared notes. She met with the other plastic surgeon (not the one that I meet with on March 1st) and was not impressed. So she is anxious to hear what I think, after meeting with what may become my PS.

Then just this morning, I was on Shuttercal, a photography website which gives you a calendar & encourages you to take a picture a day (which shockingly, I don't do!) LOL .... But anyway, I saw a gals picture of her pink ribbon 'Strength' bracelet and I left her a comment. We exchanged email addresses and have been corresponding already today! She is 41, lives in San Diego and was diagnosed in November of last year.

Yes, this journey of mine continues to expand my life. Which as I think about (in typing it) is sort of ironic.... cancer has not limited my life experiences - it has expanded them - yaaaay!

I have a dinner date for tonight.
And life is pretty darn good!