http://fighting-breast-cancer.com Stage IV Breast Cancer Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:40:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm may risk offending some of my readers right now, because I'm about to get a little political. I live in Arizona, a hot desert of a state that borders Mexico.  There has been a lot of hysteria in the media lately about illegal immigrants making their way across the border ... http://fighting-breast-cancer.com/06/06/the-kindness-of-strangers/ Hello everyone! I want to thank you for taking the time to read my seemingly never-ending story.  I also wanted to put this update here to let you all know that I am still here and still fighting.  I'm going to finish my blog once and for all, I promise!  (In ... http://fighting-breast-cancer.com/08/14/update/ Why, yes I do!  Me! My parents are buying their first home in over 25 years.  Since they are a little out of practice I am going to use my expertise in the field of lending money and dealing with purchase contracts so that I can shamelessly promote myself in my ... http://fighting-breast-cancer.com/08/08/know-any-good-mortgage-loan-officers/ Michael and I joined my mom and dad in looking at the property.  Sure enough, it was located about six miles from my home in a gated community on a golf course.  There is a three story club house with a restaurant, bar, ball room, library, billiards room and more.  ... http://fighting-breast-cancer.com/08/07/my-parents-are-buying-a-home/ About a year before I was diagnosed with cancer, I took a trip to Michigan to see my family.  Arizona was experiencing the beginnings of its real estate boom and I was eager to tell my parents that they should invest. I knew that they had been thinking of buying a ... http://fighting-breast-cancer.com/08/06/arizona-real-estate/ Chemotherapy drugs are very powerful.  They do things to my mind that I've never experienced before.  Like hallucinating.  I take that back.  Once when I was 22 I was driving home at 3:30 am from my job as a bartender.  It had been the busiest weekend of the year for bars and restaurants ... http://fighting-breast-cancer.com/08/01/chemo-brain/ At the Mayo Clinic, the doctors advise that their cancer patients touch base with a social worker who works close with the doctors.  The Social Worker is there to provide the patient with different resources to help deal with cancer.  Everything from support groups to financial aid to one-on-one counselling.  Dr. ... http://fighting-breast-cancer.com/07/30/counselling-gone-bad/ Today, I returned to see Dr. C so that I could continue with my accupuncture.  She led me to a room in the back and examined my tongue.  "Your Chi look better, but still bad," she said.  I changed into a gown and layed on the table. She began shooting needles ... http://fighting-breast-cancer.com/07/29/more-pins-and-needles/ It's hot.  In fact, it's so hot that I feel like I'm going to burst into flames.  Arizona in the summer is no place for a menopausal woman with hot flashes.  But, nothing can keep me from going to one of my favorite stores, Target.  I spend hours browsing through their ... http://fighting-breast-cancer.com/07/28/scaring-kids-at-target/ As per my daily morning ritual, I was walking my dogs this morning.  It is Sunday and when I walk the dogs on the weekends, I like to listen to NPR on my headphones.  At 6:30am, I was listening to Weekend Edition, when they interrupted the program to announce that Lance Armstrong had just ... http://fighting-breast-cancer.com/07/24/unbeknownst-to-me-lance-armstrong-is-my-hero/