1 year later....

So its officially been one year since I was diagnosed with Leukemia....and just thinking about everything that has happened over the past year is just plain C-R-A-Z-Y!

Chemo, losing hair, being infused with all sorts of different bodily needs, taking steriods, body blowing up from the steriods, had a transplant, lost all my muscle, kept some sort of external line in my body, didn't work, barely could get up some days, and significantly lost alot of weight....whew! there is probably so much more but just all that makes me tired thinking of it.

At first thinking of this day coming made me sad because of all the horrible memories of finding out and not knowing a single thing about what was going to happen. But as i got to think of it, all of this CRAP that i had to go through just made me STRONGER and that much of a better person. Don't get me wrong me, those memories will stay with me the rest of my life and i will always remember how horrible i felt and how NOBODY should have to go through what i had to. I would have to say that the worse "emotional feeling" i felt personally was when i lost my hair. I remember that day like I am still there. I remember going to the bathroom and not feeling the greatest and sitting there started running my fingers through my hair and it just started coming out in big clumps and falling to the wayside of the toilet. I cried and then i screamed to only find my mom running into the restroom to pull me out of there. That's when i decided i just need to shave it so i would NEVER have to have that feeling again.

This disease let me see that even though I almost lost my life, that I can come out better than I was. All the stupid crap that I use to worry about is just nothing and not a big deal. What is a BIG deal is living your life to fullest and always doing things that make you happy. Life is too short to do things that don't fulfill you.

Sooo i am OFFICIALLY a one-year cancer survivor -- YAY me! May it never come back and may I keep living my life to the happiest that I can!

love you all..thank you for supporting me this past year..it has meant the world to me to know that there are soo many people out there that care.

Birthdays = cake...and lots of it!

So I had a small celebration with family on Sunday with my usual
delicious bake shoppe cake and had a surprise celebration at work with
the cake above. My coworkers are awesome and sure know how to make a
girl feel special!

Now I feel fat though...cake overload!

Doing things you don't recall...

So I am sitting at work, just finished drilling through a spreadsheet
and eating a donut. I look over at my water bottle and it is
empty...where did it go????? I don't even recall drinking this
morning...weird

Unfortunately, I do remember that donut I just ate...

Heaven in an EGG!!!

My boyfriend...a lifesaver!!

So I am here at MD Anderson all day for various appts. Have a big
break right now so Jordan decided to give platelets! What a lifesaver!

I have never seen the process from this end so it's cool to see how
the platelets come out and within 48 hours will be used here at MD
Anderson!

I must say I am the luckiest girl in the world to have someone who
will give on behalf of me in order to save a life! :)

SHARPIES!!!

Never realized how many sharpie colors there actually are..

Well in case u didn't know...there are 30..couldn't find that pack and
couldn't decide on a smaller pack of colors so I bought the 24 pack!

I have a thing with sharpies right now. Ultra fine point that is!!! :)

Gas prices---AHHH!

So as the gas prices are going up yet again...i came across this interesting article from yahoo.

Gas Saving Tips that Don't Work

Basically it talks about all the myths people say help with fuel efficiency like turning off the AC, fill up your gas tank when its cold outside, additives, tire pressure, etc.

I would like to point out the BOTTOM LINE in this article:

"In the end, best fuel economy comes from a calm and safe driver, something that's a good thing regardless of the price we pay at the pump."


Also known as - - - ME! I consider myself very calm and safe driver and like to think I get excellent gas milage even with my SUV. So just remember this article next time you are in the car. Reviving up your engine when you release the break and step on the gas pedal at a light will only cost you more money (and possibly a ticket if you are a speeder) and honestly you are not going to get there any faster! :)