Nude and tattooed...

Did I get your attention? The tattooed part is correct, but for every body's sake, the nude is not. The nipple and areola now have color, and the reconstruction is finished. I think I had bigger hopes on how the reconstructed foob would look, but after further study, I feel pretty lucky that the foob looks as well as it does.

Tuesday, February 12th is "Think Pink Night" at the OU Lady Sooners basketball game against Texas A&M. My SHOUT group is going as a group and are inviting all friends, coworkers and family to go with group prices. ($5) This will include a pink OU Women's Basketball shirt. If anybody wants to go, the deadline for my group ordering is Friday, February 2. You won't be forced to sit with us since the stadium is general seating.

60 Miles is a LONG way!

For some reason, I decided to check the exact number of miles to and from work, and worked out the math that it takes 7 1/2 round trips to work to make 60 miles. Whoa, I have a LONG way to go before I'm ready for the 3-Day. I'm planning on walking to school when the weather is nice and maybe riding my bike, too. The main problem is that I have to cross the bridge that goes over I-35, and there is no bicycle or pedestrian lane. I'm gonna do it, though!

I finally have a reason to exercise!

I have finally taken the jump and signed up for the 3-Day Walk. ALL cancer has got to go the way of polio, but I'll go for breast cancer since most of the human race either appreciates or owns a pair of breasts (or both). I'm not scared of recurrence, but I do know that I have a pretty good chance of it happening and prefer that a cure be in the works or here by the time I get to remission. I also want a cure for all my new "sisters" that I have come to care about and those I don't even know yet.

I started walking again today after a crazy two months of November and December.

Oh, I hate the fundraising part, but here is my fundraising site: My site

Whew!

That is the only word I can think of. I spent a week home in Amarillo and it took another week to recover from it. The trip was great. I didn't get the pictures in order but the pics are from Caddy Ranch and Christmas morning.

I haven't been up to lots lately. I DID have a problem at the dentist earlier this week and wasn't able to get my teeth cleaned because I had a port. I have to wait three more months to get the cleaning. The good news is that I did get a check-up and still have no cavities. I have to thank my aunt who has gone through chemo already and sent some wonderful toothpaste that helped tremendously. Because I will always have the port, I will need to take an antibiotic an hour before each cleaning. I think it is being overly careful, but my thinking that didn't help me get my way...oh, well.

One thing I did for myself is get my first "big girl" haircut. As the ladies on my message board put it, the back of my head resembled a sheep's arse and the sides resembled Ronald McDonald.

I wish I had wonderful and profound things to share, but I am truly happy to announce that my life has become boring again. I still have doctor appointments and take WAY too many prescriptions for someone my age, but my life is no longer consumed by cancer. I still get exhausted too easily, but that will pass. I am alive and doing well. Well, I'm off to read in my last student-free weekend before the second semester.