Smelling eggs and turkey bacon...

...on this rainy Saturday morning. I sit here looking out the window into the green trees overlooking the lake. I'm enjoying a weekend full of pride and celebration with my dear friend Susannah during her graduation into Physical Therapy. As I was attempting to check my emails, I thought this a perfect time for an update... I will start with the good news--we raised as a single team almost $4,000 (money is still coming in) at Relay for Life which was held last Friday at UGA. Dressed in our baseball/softball uniforms we "Took a Swing at Cancer" and did a great job raising money for a cure and cancer support. Thank you to everyone for your contributions and help with this cause. Secondly, I had a bone scan Monday and a Mugga scan on my heart Tuesday...and both tests resulted in good news. I am very thankful. My heart appears great and up to the challenge of the upcoming Adreomycin (a heart damaging chemo). Now, I was to start chemotherapy up again this past Wednesday, however at the last minute the wonderful caring insurance company BCBS denied my claim... Apparently, I am too healthy! ha, who'dve thought!! Bottom line-they don't want to fork out the money and forget who their dealing with...so we will of course continue with appeals until we get what we want...what a pain! The regiment will be a combo of 3 different types...cytotoxin, adreomicin, and ?...an old combination once used to treat small cell lung cancer (a similar "level" cancer as mine). It will be every 3-4 weeks for 4-6 rounds depending on how strong my body stays and assuming all scans stay clear. With any luck we'll be rolling sometime this upcoming week. I must admit though-it's been kinda nice. I say... it all works out in the end.
much love,
Courtney