Wednesday, March 10, 2010

I am busy...

But not too busy to blog I guess. :)

We closed on the house yesterday. So now the real stress begins: Selling our current house, painting the new one, then moving stuff, then painting the inside of the old house and MAKING someone buy it before we lose our shirts.

In the meantime- I have an ultrasound on my thyroid today (my doc said it looked swollen) could be nothing, could be hypothyroidism, could be... yep.. cancer. LOL- by this time next year I think the doc will say "Hmm, it looks like you've got a little Rachel in your cancer." har har.
HOWEVER: If it's hypothyroidism- it would explain why I'm still ridiculously tired all the time and FAT.
Whatev.
I digress.

Tonight I head to Columbus with my sister for her surgery. I guess her status is common knowledge now and I can talk about it since she told her co-workers and that even our old high school band director knows about it. She was diagnosed with cervical cancer in January. She has lynch syndrome too. Dunno if the 2 are related but Lynch is a son-of-a-bitch and is related to things adeno. That's the type of cervical cancer hers is- NOT related to HPV. Her type is rare too, accounting for about 5% of cervical cancer cases.
Like I said before- It's been a Stellar Year for the girls in my family. My cancer in May, My little sister's Type 1 Diabetes diagnosis (and near coma just before that) in August and then Micki's diagnosis. Needless to say, My Mom is TRYING to hold it together. I think she's doing better at it than I expected her to. Probably better than I would I'm sure. I'd be a mental wreck worrying about my girls.

So, we have P.L.E.N.T.Y. of 'walks' to participate in this summer... like Relay for Life for Micki and I. I came up with a witty name for the team "Sorelle Di Lotta" which means something to the effect of "Fighting Sisters" though I don't speak Italian- I took a risk. (SOMEONE will tell me it's all wrong... LOL) and NO, I'm not above soliciting donations- even here on my CANCER page. So- if you'd like to make a donation, it's WAY easy, just follow this link and the directions. Voila!

Rachel's Relay

Blah- if the link doesn't work- copy and paste this:
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY10OH?px=14179342&pg=personal&fr_id=23669

The link goes straight to my donation page so you shouldn't have to search for me. Every little bit helps reach my goal. Thanks in advance to anyone who gives. :)

Relay for Life is just the first walk to come up this year, then the Diabetes Walk and the Alzheimer's Walk this fall... but I will also be joining the March Of Dimes Walk. Gotta stay busy- and walking is good for ya, right?

Is there a hypothyroidism walk????


Cancer eats my shorts..... LOL for a Colon Cancer patient...

5 comments:

  1. If you depend on donations try this free Donation Fundraising tool. There's no upfront cost and you get free promotional materials. It's a great fundraising idea.

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  2. Hey Rachel - I have hypothyroidism. If that's what you have, I'd be happy to tell you about my experience. I was diagnosed about 8 years ago and all is fine and good. I will be praying for Micki. I did not know about her diagnosis. Two candles at church this Sunday.

    Love, C

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  3. I have hypo with Hashimotos...it's the easiest chronic autoimmune disease I could ever hope to have! If you have any questions, I would be happy to answer them.

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  4. Once you have cancer and ANYTHING is wrong with you, they always mention the C word.
    Dog gone it.

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  5. Let me get this straight.You just bought a new house,have another one to sell and you have the big "C"while taking care of two small children.
    Boy you have a lot of guts! That's telling that cancer whose the boss! Way to live life with passion!
    Mark

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