The First Post.

Hey loved ones,
How are yah? To be honest I'm a little embarrassed, making a blog. But here it is. My inspiration really was The Abram Family blog. Christopher went to his Aunt Linda and Uncle John's blog to check on his progress almost everyday and it really helped him. I thought we have so many people in our lives that care about us but as you know with upcoming events time will be limited. I wanted everyone to be able to come to place where they can find out whats happening here in AZ and how Momma's progress to a healthy-cancer free life is going.  I'll probably be posting when I'm with Momma at Chemotherapy, her doctor's office has WI-FI! (Score) Which means I'll post on Monday or Tuesday (not quite sure yet). (If this font is too light or small just let me know I'll make it bigger and darker!)

So here's what's happened so far!
On October 25th, 2010 my mom was diagnosed with Stage IIIB Cervical Cancer.
This link can give you some more information on the staging. This website also has more info on cervical cancer. This is best one that has been most recently modified, that I could find.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/cervical/Patient/page2

Her doctor, Dr. Matthew Borst of Arizona Oncology, set her treatment plan;
5 days of Radiation Therapy and 1 day of Chemotherapy with the drug Cisplatin.
Radiation takes about 30-45 minutes a day and chemotherapy with take about 3 1/2 or 4 hours a day.

He told her she would need a port-catheter placement in her chest to make Chemo easier for her.

On Wednesday, Novemeber, 3 2010 she had her port-catheter placement procedure.
This is a picture that shows you where this is. I'll post a picture of hers as it heals.

Her procedure went great. She has about a 1 1/2 incision on the left side of her chest. Its was bonded with dermabond, its like super glue for your skin. It will come out on its own. She's still a little bit sore. But she did great considering, shes never had anything like this done in her whole life, and she was kinda freaking out about it. She was a little bit lopey when she got out. When I told her she was in there for an hour and half she was SHOCKED to say the least LOL.

Next up is her first appointment with her radiologist on November 8th. On this appointment she will be getting a PET scan to make sure the cancer hasn't spread. She will also find out her Chemo start date and what type of radiation therapy they will be using.

That's pretty much our progress right now.

I just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone and let all of you know that we really appreciate you. Your calls and prayers and words of encouragement have been really helpful during this time. We love you all.