Cancer is not always pretty: What to Expect Tuesday

So we are officially back from Seattle, and as always we don't have all the clear cut answers we want.  Therefore, we are going in this Monday, July 15th, for a PET/CT scan and another bone marrow biopsy.  A bone marrow biopsy is probably one of the most painful procedures that you can have as a cancer patient and having two within a few month period is not my cup of tea.  But it has to happen, so we we will be at Dr. O's on Monday for a very, very long day of tests and planning.  We will not have all the results that day, but some.

On top of that, I'm also still on a small dose of prednisone which gives me very full chipmunk cheeks.  Something that I really struggle with since my kidney disease in 2002, when I was on high dose prednisone.  If anyone has been on it, they know it makes you VERY emotional, leaves you with a moon face, thinning of hair, and a bunch of other lovely side effects.

So between the pain of the bone marrow biopsy, the emotions of the test results, and being on prednisone I'm still hoping and planning to go to my first Fundraising event this Tuesday at The Other Side, in Doylestown on Tuesday, July 16th.

I'm not sure what kind of shape I'll be in but for those who are coming, I ask you to give me lovely air kisses instead of huge hugs, since the bone marrow biopsy is in my lower left back, and just take into account that I am so, so grateful for all of you coming, I just need some space due to the pain I'll be in on Tuesday.

We'll have clearer answers with some things coming up in the next week, but for now, I hope to see you on Tuesday at the Fundraising event.  Click here for information, continue those donations for my transplant fund here. And I hope to see the rest of you and your gentle hands ;) on Tuesday!

Make sure you bring cash as we will have a few raffles and want you to win some prizes.
I'll also leave you with some beautiful pictures that we took hiking on Mt. Rainer while we were in Seattle.

Love,
Bekah