11/27/2025
This Thanksgiving I want to share with you why I am thankful 🤗 I hope you read through to the end its a journey
My standard prayer I have been praying for the last 20 some years.
✝️ Thank you Lord for another day
Thank you for the money in my pocket
The food I have to eat, the gas in my car, my home, my family, my friends. Lord please bless all my family & friends and give them what they need. Lord please look after P***y & I keep us safe always. Lets us all grow old together. Amen ✝️
This Thanksgiving in addition to that
I have to express how thankful I am to have my life ❤️💜🩷
Alot of trauma has followed many of us the last 5 years. Then earlier this year 2025 I felt the tides had turned I was on a mission to make myself stronger 💪 to live my best life rollerskating riding my bicycle, yoga, adventuring, soaking up all mother nature has to offer. 🌸🌻🍁 I had to move my business location and landed in April. Things were all falling into place. I felt the best I have in the last 5 years.
Then
I found a lump in my left breast and blew it off because I am prone to fibrous cysts and It felt like it got smaller. it would change from day to day. I have never had a Mamogram because I felt I didnt need to unless I found a lump. This lump didnt concern me. Then in may I started to think maybe but still wasn't concerned because I felt great.
Big thank you's to Stacy my dearest friend for almost 50 years now. She kept encouraging me to get that Mamogram.
Finally in July I did get a Mamogram. It was so easy it took like 15 minutes. Why do we put them off or fear going in??
I didnt have time to spare. I got the news no one wants to receive. Stage 4 invasive ductal breast cancer with metastasis to lymph nodes in my arm pit and one lymph node in my mandibrium ( part of the sternum ) and one lymph node in my neck. Now life threw raging rolling waves I would have to ride or drown. The path became 6 rounds of "TCHP" Chemo & Immunotherapy regimen once every 3 weeks. Possibly Radiation & surgery & maybe more chemo.
I love me and I love life how was this my journey now. I didn't believe it. I must be in an alternate universe. Life got flipped upside down somehow 🙃 the universe was definitely sending me messages. I even survived out a hurricane in Key West last October.
This Thanksgiving I want to express my gratitude for life 🩷 the good, the bad and the ugly 🙌🙌
life isnt always roses and how embrace that, learning to ride the waves the easy ones and the hurricane ones is what it is all about 💪 no fear, GOD and universe have your back.
In the midst of the darkest days of my life journey so far, I have chose to remain in the light the goodness and positivity of life!
I am so beyond greatful for the many blessings of support from great family, friends and clients 🙌💜🥰
Daily I recieve encouragement & love 💪🩷
This has really boosted my determination to fight and kick cancers ASS!! To gain my life back💜🩷
This Thanksgiving I know the meaning of being thankful and what it means to have gratitude ✝️🙌🥰
I dont know why but I truly am so thankful for this challenging journey and what it has taught me. It hasnt been an easy one! Modern science and my oncology team have made it tolerable.
I am greatful to share I had my last of 6 chemo treatments yesterday Wednesday 26th day before Thanksgiving. Perfect timing in my eyes. Even tho the 48 hours after leave me toxic and not in the best shape. Meaning I wont celebrate the holiday as normal but I am celebrating on a whole different level 🙌💪 hip hip hooray 🥳🥳 I truly thought I was going to die. I am here today thursday 27th Thanksgiving Day to proudly say I have made through this far. ✝️🙏🩷🙌💪
My hair fell out 13 days after my 1st chemo on August 14. but worth it because my tumors started shrinking immediately after the 1st treatment.
A cancer marker 15-3 was at 55
( normal is 25 or less ) I reached 25 after my 4th chemo. My biggest challenge is how chemo changes & kills your taste bud cells. For me I struggle with enjoying food. It tastes too salty & not right!! But I admit Im not starving it could be worse!! I have had sickness as the chemo works it's way throught the body and I had a learning curve, but science has come a long way in making it manageable. The more it has accumulated I have gotten weaker physically & this last week I developed some swelling in my feet & legs. My spirit remains stronger than ever ✝️🙌🙏💪🤗🩷
I can celebrate 🥳 an ultrasound showed the tumors shrank significantly!!! My Dr's and I am too happy with the response treatment has had. It works!!
I still have some more steps on this path. I will have a PET on December 15th and I am praying it shows Cancer's Ass has been kicked!!! ✝️🙏 it has been my main prayer to Anilhilate all the cancer one 💪 strong 🤗 brave 🩷 determined 🌞day at a time!
Thank you for reading through my story! 🤗🥰 I hope it can help others. bring more awareness and inspiration to fight your own battles 💜 💪
