Today is Jan 25th, 2012
Good Morning..
My night was not so good.. I don't like being sick at all. Most of all with a cold that I have been fighting with for almost a month now. I had to go yesterday afternoon to the Outpatient and get a chest x-ray to make sure my chest was clear. Which thank the lord it was so my Dr. gave me more meds to try to get rid of this stuff. I am still not able to sleep well at all at night. I take my meds that they give me to help and it does some but, alot of times it don't. But I will take what I can get.. :)
Well I have my 18th Treatment today. I am so hoping that they can get blood out of my port today. The last two weeks they have not been able to so that has ment that the lab has to come to the Chemo lab and stick me again.. Not fun at all. I am praying that this will be my last treatment for awhile.. I go Monday 30th to get my scans. And on that day my oldest son Steven will turn 16 yrs. old.
One Good thing about last night was my youngest son Jonathan sleep in his bed like a big boy.. that is a good thing for him. Jonathan has been sleeping with me or his brother for the last two months since me and the boys moved into our new house. Plus with Jonathan being developmental delayed it is a Big Step.. He also got up this morning and got dressed by him self and helped me make his bed.. One day at a time with him.. He is a very smart child he is just slow and very special. Both of my boys are very special to me.. They are one of the main reasons that I fight so much to get better.. My Family has always ment a great deal to me and there has been times in the past that I did not see that. But God Opened my Eyes and has lead me back to my family and friends.. I am so thankful for my family & friends.. My Mom is my Greatest Supporter.. She has been with me the whole way..
Well I have a few things to do before I get ready for my treatment so I will say goodbye for now and hope everyone has a Great & Blessed Day..
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Starting something New...
Well Hello, I would like to introduce my self. My Name is Samantha Horton Register. I am 37 years old and I have Stage 4 Breast Cancer. I live in Ashford, Al. and have lived around this area all my life. I have been married and have two great children from it. Both Boys, My oldest Son is 16 yrs. old and My Youngest son is 8 yrs. old. My youngest son also is Developmentally Delayed. He is in Special Ed. I wanted to start a blog to let other woman out there know what it is like to have breast cancer and let them know that they are not alone and that there are other people to talk to. I also know that we all go thru alot of different things in our lives.
Like with me I was Married to my soon to be ex-husband for 9 yrs. and there has been alot of Drama in my life for a long time. There was alot of fussing and fighting and other things. I use to keep it to my self or try to anyway. Until it just got to much for me and it was not just hurting me it was hurting my kids. at this time in my life we had my step-daughter( daughter) that lived with us. So we had three kids. But I did not know what to do so I just keep on going until I finally got a wake up call. My Kids & I had started going back to Church and I rededicated my life. Well a few months after that I had not been feeling good and went to the Doctor. He set me up with a Mamagram and Ultra Sound. Me & My Mom went to the Appt. and they could not see anything until they did the Ultrasound. There it was an knot (tumer) under my breast and so they took a biopsy of it and it was suppose to take them 2 or 3 days to get the results well it didn't. I got a call the next day from my doctor and he told me that it was CANCER. I did not know what to do. So I went to tell my mom and tell my dad which was the hardest thing in the world to do. Then I had to tell my family & friends.. We started right away going to Doctor's and then in August I went and found out that I had Stage 4 Breast Cancer.. That day I did not know what to do.. My Mom was with me and has been with me at every doctor's appt. & every Chemo treatment. Well the Dr. told us that it was in my lungs, my chest wall, my back, my right hip and in my left breast. So I had a Power Port put in within the next few days and I started my First Chemo Treatment in August of 2010 at the same time I was doing Radiation on my right hip due to the pain. I did 8 rounds of Chemo and 20 rounds of Radiation. and then we did scan again and the tumors and started to srink so we did 8 more rounds of Chemo and I was told I was in remission. We were so happy and thankful.. Then about 8 1/2 months later I came out of remission. I knew something was wrong because I started getting tired again. so I started Aug 2011 more Chemo. We started out with 9 rounds and then 9 more rounds of Chemo. I have my last treatment this week and then I have my scans on the 30th of Jan. and get my results on the 8th of Feb. I also have bone treatments every 28days for the rest of my life due to the cancer being in my bones.
Well that is pretty much the stuff I have been going thru. but I know as well as anyone out there that has had or has Cancer that we all go thru alot of emotional stuff in our lives and we need someone to talk to.. That is what I am hoping to come out of this Blog and people will talk about their feelings and emotions. I know that it will help me and I know it will help you..
I know your Family & Friends are a Very Important part of your life and healing.. we need them and God is Number 1 on the list..
God Bless Everyone!!!
Like with me I was Married to my soon to be ex-husband for 9 yrs. and there has been alot of Drama in my life for a long time. There was alot of fussing and fighting and other things. I use to keep it to my self or try to anyway. Until it just got to much for me and it was not just hurting me it was hurting my kids. at this time in my life we had my step-daughter( daughter) that lived with us. So we had three kids. But I did not know what to do so I just keep on going until I finally got a wake up call. My Kids & I had started going back to Church and I rededicated my life. Well a few months after that I had not been feeling good and went to the Doctor. He set me up with a Mamagram and Ultra Sound. Me & My Mom went to the Appt. and they could not see anything until they did the Ultrasound. There it was an knot (tumer) under my breast and so they took a biopsy of it and it was suppose to take them 2 or 3 days to get the results well it didn't. I got a call the next day from my doctor and he told me that it was CANCER. I did not know what to do. So I went to tell my mom and tell my dad which was the hardest thing in the world to do. Then I had to tell my family & friends.. We started right away going to Doctor's and then in August I went and found out that I had Stage 4 Breast Cancer.. That day I did not know what to do.. My Mom was with me and has been with me at every doctor's appt. & every Chemo treatment. Well the Dr. told us that it was in my lungs, my chest wall, my back, my right hip and in my left breast. So I had a Power Port put in within the next few days and I started my First Chemo Treatment in August of 2010 at the same time I was doing Radiation on my right hip due to the pain. I did 8 rounds of Chemo and 20 rounds of Radiation. and then we did scan again and the tumors and started to srink so we did 8 more rounds of Chemo and I was told I was in remission. We were so happy and thankful.. Then about 8 1/2 months later I came out of remission. I knew something was wrong because I started getting tired again. so I started Aug 2011 more Chemo. We started out with 9 rounds and then 9 more rounds of Chemo. I have my last treatment this week and then I have my scans on the 30th of Jan. and get my results on the 8th of Feb. I also have bone treatments every 28days for the rest of my life due to the cancer being in my bones.
Well that is pretty much the stuff I have been going thru. but I know as well as anyone out there that has had or has Cancer that we all go thru alot of emotional stuff in our lives and we need someone to talk to.. That is what I am hoping to come out of this Blog and people will talk about their feelings and emotions. I know that it will help me and I know it will help you..
I know your Family & Friends are a Very Important part of your life and healing.. we need them and God is Number 1 on the list..
God Bless Everyone!!!
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