Amy's Cancer Story

With Chemo possibly starting this Wednesday, there are a number of days that I will have hair left on my head.  I had a friend snap a few photos this weekend.   The thing is at some point I am going to have to shave my head because it will be falling out like crazy, in […]

The genetic counselor agreed to see me on a very short notice.  She told me that we would go over family health history.  I told her that would be very easy since my parents are both only children (so I have not cousins and Aunts and Uncles).  We did go over some basic statistics on […]

Yesterday, was the day that my port was re-installed.  When I got the hospital, they took me in right away in the med unit.  Carol was the nurse who was assigned to me and I said, “Do you remember me? I am back again. :)”  She did and we chatted.  It is kind of scary […]

Also, after speaking to Dr. Ellis on Wednesday, he did say this whole process would be easy for me after what I had been through.  He said I would probably be able to work as many people do.  Although, chemo effects everyone differently. Last time I was in bed a lot, to say the least. […]

Dr. Ellis was behind on Wednesday so we finally got in to see him for our 11:00 am appointment sometime after 12:30.  We spent more than the average time with him because we talked about a lot.  He had not had a chance to look over any of my test reports prior to coming in […]

Today I received a call from the hospital that will be installing my port for chemo.  It is scheduled for next Friday.  The port is inserted into your vein right below the collar bone and a cord will come up over the collar bone into the main artery.  Everything will be under the skin.  I […]

Thanks for checking in.  This site has been created to keep my family, brethren, and friends up to date on my second battle with cancer.  Some of you know may not know that in 2005 I was diagnosed with a bone cancer (osteosarcoma) in my right femur.  The tumor was discovered when I went to […]