Extra Looong Dr Visit

I had an appointment to discuss this lung pain I've been having (previously mentioned here) and my description of the pain, coupled with the fact I haven’t been sick in almost a year (aside from that whole cancer thing of course) and the fact that I haven’t had a trauma of any sort and have been on a plane/in a car for hours… plus a few other things like medication I take, relatively recent surgeries… well apparently all this added up to: OH MY GOODNESS! for the doc.

At the close of my appointment I was instructed to proceed immediately to the nearest imaging center (ok not the nearest, but the one relatively close with an open time slot within the hour) to have a Chest CT/Angiogram done to rule out a pulmonary embolism or PE.  Oh my!  I was worried more along the lines of my lung micro-mets rearing its ugly head.  A PE would actually be worse that the mets because it is an acute life threatening condition, whereas the mets would just mean more drawn out cancer treatments but is not necessarily life threatening.

Ha.  Who would have ever thought that cancer metastasis would be a “good” scenario?

My fabulous all knowing doc (who, i must mention, saw me today on his day off) requested a “wet read” of my scan so I wouldn’t have to wait on the results… also did i mention a PE is an acute life threatening condition? yeah? ok just want to make sure you had caught on to the seriousness of sitch…

So I had my scan – oh yay, a doc visit that turned into an IV being shoved into my arm – and then my dad and I went and got some lunch to wait on the doc.  I was just taking my first bite when I got the news that the wet read was negative for PE.  YAY! So what is it?  Don’t know…maybe more info to come after the full read aaaaaand maybe not. 

For now, I'm instructed to ‘take Motrin and call my doc on Monday’.

3rd Day of the 3rd Month of the 3rd 3-Day

On the 3rd day… of the 3rd month… of the 3rd 3-Day…

I have met my fundraising minimum!!!

Its not all in my account right now but it will be as soon as the mail people can deliver it to the kind people of the 3-Day who will deposit it!  Thank you to everyone who has donated on my behalf in 2010!  And if you haven’t donated yet, I encourage you to donate something to one of my teammates!

Soooo Close!

My fellow walker (& cousin)- Mayme - and I held a Dining for Donations event tonight.  We cooked a 5 course dinner for our family members in exchange for a suggested donation of $20 per diner. We served dinner to 18 people and raised a whopping $600!! We are so thankful for their generosity and support I can’t even begin to express it! 

With tonight’s donations that also puts me only $27 away from my fundraising minimum of $2,300!  I am completely amazed that it happened so quickly.  I’ve done this twice before when the economy was MUCH better (I'm in Michigan with 15-20% unemployment in my area) and can’t remember having this response… or is that just my cancer brain acting up again?  Either way, I’m overwhelmed…

But… I’m not stopping here!  My team members have just as much passion for this cause as I do and deserve every ounce of energy I have to devote to fundraising with them.  Once that magic number appears in my account, every donation made through events and such will be going to them because its not about seeing how much I can raise but how much we can collectively raise for a world without breast cancer! 

Will you be the donor that gets me to that magic number?

Drumroll Please…

I’m unveiling the new Pink PediCures team logo! 

Many thanks go out to Tina a fellow 3 Day walker for an absolutely outstanding job! For a small donation to her fundraising account, you too can have an amazing logo like this!

Boot Camp

So apparently I lost my mind at some point and signed myself up for Rock Hard Boot Camp 3 times a week.  You may not see much of me on here in the next month…ahhh yes at least its only a month… 12 sessions… 1 down only 11 to go… If i can walk tomorrow remains to be seen and I'm totally hating the fact that I live on the 3rd floor.

On a happier note, the Pink Pedicures have raised $4,205.06 so far which is 30% of our minimum goal! I’m so proud of my team for jumping right into the fundraising ~ we will get there before you know it!  I’m also super excited that my wonderful family and friends have supported me to an amazing $1892.50 so far!  I have another $80 in the mail on its way to the 3 Day too so I will soon be up to: $1972.50!  That’s only $327.50 left to go in my account and then I will focus on helping the rest of the team achieve their goals.  For our team its not about who can raise the most, but helping everyone get to the event to experience the 3-Day… that being said I have a feeling we will blow our minimum fundraising goal of $13,800 out of the water…stay tuned!