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On the 4th Day of Breast Cancer Month, my Side Effects Gave to Me
Today is World Communion Day. I baked Italian bread and my mom’s Irish soda bread for church. We had over 10 breads from all over the world at our Communion Table this morning. We had songs and scriptures in several languages. It was a beautiful reminder that we are somos uno en Cristo, we’re united in Christ.
My church meets on the campus of the University of Illinois, a 40 min (or so) drive from the farm. My morning chemo pills often cause nausea and today was no exception. I lost my cookies early into the drive. Lucky for me I was still on a county road and I travel with my just-in-case tote. I fixed my makeup and continued on to church. My emotional- support Diet Coke also came in handy. By the time worship was over I felt fairly good and ran some errands before driving home. I’ve gotten really good at hiding side effects.
I share many of my cancer side effects on this blog as a reminder that everyone we meet is dealing with things we cannot see.
Un solo fe, un solo amor. Un solo baptism, Un solo Espiritu, y ese es el Consolador.
We have one faith, only one Love. Just one baptism, one Holy Spirit, one Comforter sent from God above.
(from the song Somos Uno by Frank Colon)
Paint the Lake Pink
What does metastatic mean?
October Again
Be a Hero Moved Due to Storms
Due to severe storms and flooding in the Chicago area, the Be a Hero Fun Run for #LightUpMBC has been postponed until Saturday, October 17.
Treatment 123 has been relatively kind, but I am grateful for another day of R&R tomorrow. Thank you all for your love and prayers and support. You help me so much on my bad days.
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Today is treatment 123. My appointment time was 3:30. They shifted my location because they are so busy today so I will likely get out of here around 6:30 and home around 10:30 pm. On Sunday I will be in Chicago at the Be A Hero Fun Run. My previous blog post had the link to register or donate. Even if you cannot do either, please check out the event’s website as it features my friends, April and Lisa, and me. April, Lisa and I need more research for metastatic breast cancer. Be a hero.
Be a Hero
I’ll be at the Be a Hero event in Plainfield on Sunday to raise money for metastatic breast cancer research. Off all the money spent researching breast cancer last year, only 4% went to researching metastatic breast cancer – the only kind of breast cancer that kills. I get treatment 123 tomorrow and I will still don my Wonder Woman costume and head north to walk. I’d love to have you join me or donate money to my team or my fundraising page. It all goes to METAvivor for researching stage 4 breast cancer. Your donations may save my life someday.
