here we go

On March 15th, 2010 I was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer. Since then many of my friends and family have shown alot of interest in what I am going thru and how I am feeling. This blog is for them.

I was admitted into St. Marks Hospital in Salt Lake City on May 18th. I had been in town for 3 days when my lungs felt funny. Fluid had been found in the lining of my right lung 3 times since I was diagnosed, so I new the drill. My plan was that I would go to St. Marks to have the fluid removed and then go home. X-rays and a cat scan showed very little fluid on my right lung, which was good, but also showed a blood clot in my left lung, which was bad. They poked and prodded me for the next 4 days while we waited for blood thinners to kick in. My white blood count was very low so they also filled me with antibiotics. I was finally released on May 22nd. My sister Luanna, her husband Chuck and my brother Jon accompanied me back to San Diego to make sure I was OK during the trip. They stayed overnight and left the next afternoon after a quick trip to the beach. They are awesome! I am home safe and sound and feeling fine. I have appointments tomorrow to do blood work, and on the 27th to talk to the surgeons. I hope they can give me a time frame for my surgery. I then have an appointment on June 2 for my second full treatment of chemo. The first session I had a bad reaction so I don't count that as a full treatment, but thats another story...