Has a new niece!!

Amy had her second child on June 21, 2010. Olivia Elizabeth - 6 lbs. 12 ozs. and 18 inches long. From what I've heard she has a head full of dark hair. Mom and baby are doing wonderful. They hope to be home on June 24th. I don't have any pictures yet

Our Vacation to Rome, Italy

Wow - what a wonderful vacation! We got back about a week and a half ago - took us that long to get over jet-lag and get pictures organized. We had a great time and saw lots of things - including a general audience with Pope Benedict XVI.

Below is a link to our pictures if you want to take a peak - lots of pictures. Enjoy!

http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp

I also just had my second post-chemo follow-up appt. Everything is fine. My next follow-up appt./CT scan is set for August.

Hope everyone has a wonderful summer.

Cindy

Just Preparing for our Trip to Italy

Not much going on but preparation for our trip to Rome, Italy. I'm feeling stronger every day and most of the time I feel "normal" again which is great!!

Kyle is traveling quite a bit with work and we've introduced Abby to swimming over the past several weeks. She loves going to the park and getting to roam around. She has discovered swimming and loves the water....who would have figured since she is a Labrador!!

Wishing everyone a Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Cindy

Great News Today!!

I just got back from my first of many CT scans and my doctor told us that she found nothing there....yea!! My blood work shows that the tumor marker is the lowest its ever been as well.

I go back every 3-6 months for follow-up visits with my doctor and occasional CT scans.

Now my job is to get into some kind of decent shape for our trip to Rome, Italy the first week of May. I am sooooo ready to get out of town and go on a vacation.

I want to thank everyone for the continuous prayers for both Kyle and myself throughout my battle with Ovarian Cancer.

"And this too shall pass...."

Cindy

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone

After months of low energy and fatigued muscles, I am finally starting to get some energy back and start to get back into some kind of shape. My hair is starting to grow back so hopefully I will have enough hair by the beginning of May for our trip to Italy.

We are planning on a late spring week long vacation to Rome, Italy. We can't wait to go - at least I can't. I was diagnosed just before our yearly vacation last year to go scuba diving in the Cayman Islands and we had to cancel the trip. I'm ready to a change in scenery.

Kyle is traveling quite a bit in the next couple of months with work and I hope to start looking for a job in the next month or so - we'll see.

Abby is doing great - she is now 14 months old and still a bundle of never ending energy.

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!

"And this too shall pass....."

Cindy

Two Weeks have gone by

Well, its been 2 weeks now since my final chemo treatment and I'm starting to feel good. Still don't have much endurance though as my blood counts still have several weeks until they recover. I'm getting a little restless around the house just not enough energy to go out and do too many things. Just laundry, sweeping floors etc.... until I go back to work.

Abby is still wonderful .... loves to play in all this mud we are having from the rain. Kyle is starting to travel a little more now that the new year has started.

I am soooo ready for life to get back to normal with me going back to work, etc....

I want to thank everyone for all their thoughts and prayers throughout these past 7 months. Just knowing that God has been by my side throughout everything has been such a comfort to me.

YEAH!!!!!!

OK - supposed to get 1-3 inches of snow tomorrow (1/7) but I'm not going to let that stop me from getting to my last treatment .... even if I have to leave 3 hours in advance to make a 15 minute drive normally.

"And this too shall pass....."

Wishing everyone a wonderful and prosperous 2010.

Cindy

Merry Christmas Everyone

We just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!!

Cindy and Kyle

Last Treatment Scheduled - Yeah!!

Well - my last of 8 chemo treatments is scheduled for January 7, 2010 - YEAH!! I will begin follow-up appts. & CT scans after that on February 25, 2010. My doctor told us today that my blood work has shown that the cancer cells should be long gone by now and all should be well. I will have to follow-up and closely monitor things for the next several years as well (that includes blood work for monitoring any future blood clots).

Kyle and I received a wonderful Christmas present today with this news. The power of prayer is an extraordinary thing.

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers ... you have helped us more than you know.

God Bless and Merry Christmas.

Cindy

#7 - DONE

Yeah - white blood count was up enough today so that I could go ahead and get treatment #7 done and out of the way. I haven't scheduled my 8th and final treatment yet since everything got postponed from last week. Should find out more on Dec. 17th at my next doctor's appt.

Wishing everyone a happy and safe Christamas.

"And this too shall pass....."

Cindy