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About Me:: I am a 36 year old mother of a beautiful 2 year old daughter, A wife of a wonderful husband who keeps me laughing in any circumstance.
June 2007 laughter stopped for moment when I was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer. It metastisized to my bone, and tested estrogen positive. This meant my ability to have more children ended. My ability to laugh had hit an all time low.
I searched for the best possible care I could find in treatment of cancer, my mind, and my body. I found it at Cancer Treatment Centers. I was put through 12 months of very agressive chemo, and being put through 5 years of maintenance therapy. (therapy consists of a bone strengthening infusion once per month, and a shot that keeps me in menopause once every three months.)
I adopted a positve attitude, healthy eating habits, and lifestyle, and habitual prayer.

January of 2008, my scans came back, NO EVIDENCE OF DISEASE!. I was in remission.

My last scan was in August and I am still in remission, and my Tumor marker count is remarkably low. It's an 8! Normal is 0-35, which means someone who has never had cancer can read at a 16, and it is assumed they are negetive for cancer.

This is great.

I continue to live for each and every day, and have considered myself a survivor since the day I decided to fight! I believe anyone fighting this disease is a survivor every day that they draw breath.

I continue my job as a bank teller manager, love playing with my daughter, and conversation with my husband.

Laugh as often as I can. Minutes are fleeting, and I plan to use every second of every day living as I have been blessed with a second chance at life.

Birthday? (not required, but you might get presents!): 05/17/1972

Age? (How rude! not required...): 36

Where do you live? (city, state, country): Beach Park, IL United States

Your Zip Code?: 60087

Relationship Status:: Married

Favorite Quote:: God dosn't give you anything you can't handle, I just wish at times he didn't trust me so much.

Favorite Book:: There is no place Like Hope

What's your personal mission statement?: To live my life the best I can, focusing only on the positive, and counting all the ways that I am blessed.

My crazy sexy Monday! 10/13/08

Today is Columbas Day, I work at a bank, and I am working. Is there something wrong with this picture?
The board I guess decided to get a competative edge on customer service and open the doors on this otherwise known federal holiday.

Oh well, the postive side, we are extremely slow, and maybe next year they'll decide it wasn't worth the effort.

I really shouldn't complain, I get all those other Holidays off, and they are allowing us to take an additional float day for working today.

Nothing new with me.... Next week I go in for Labs and maintenance treatement. Wish me luck :)

Jenny

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Praise God !!!!!!

This week marked one year since my original Bone scan and CT scans. I went in for the Ct scans of tummy, chest, and pelvis, ya' all know the drill...... making sure no organs had any ugly tumors hiding in them. Glad to say,all my organs are clear. My bone scan was where I was concerned. With a bone metastisis, my bones were left with damage, and the zometa they infuse me with is known to slow down, or stop the progression of further damage. (note known to, not proven to). Not only did my bone s… Continue

Posted on November 20, 2008 at 12:12pm — 15 Comments

Asking for support

Yep, I am passionate about all I do, and I have many fundraisers in the works for my Relay team. I am a Relay for Life team Captain, and on the steering committee for 2009's Waukegan, Il, and far North Shore event. For a quarter, you can purchase a link for my chain of hope (it is a piece of construction paper strip that will carry your name), and be linked to a long chain come relay day in June. I am hoping to make the longest construction paper chain ever seen. I will be placing a pretend wi… Continue

Posted on November 14, 2008 at 5:46pm — 1 Comment

November 13th,2008

Oh Happy day, Oh Happy day........ Anyone else there just plain happy today? I want to send out happy hugs to all today, think happy thoughts and positive mental attitudes............. Postitivity in great numbers can only do great things. Have a happy Thursday, and an even happier Friday..... Hugs all around, Jenny M

Posted on November 13, 2008 at 3:43pm — 1 Comment

November 6th, 2008 : Menopause Mania

Anyone out there going through menopause, and can not take estrogen replacement therapy? Anyone been thrown into menopause at age 36, with a husband and two year old who just don't get it, and not able to take estrogen replacement therapy. Today is what I like to call an Icky Day. Most of my morning was spent crying, the drive to work spent wondering why hubby dosn't get it, and most of my work day spent anticipating going home. O-kay, now I am having hot flashes. O-kay I'm better now. Took a… Continue

Posted on November 6, 2008 at 4:24pm — 5 Comments

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

EEK........ Whats scarier than cancer? My two year old goofed up on sugar!!!! Ranee has a halloween party at her day care today, and then its off to trick or treating in our nieghborhood. This year she is dressing up as an angel, I should have bought devil horns to hold up her Halo :) (j/k, she is my angel most of the time) I'm leaving work early today to attend her daycare party, and so is my hubby Sam. I'll take first shift at taking her around the nieghborhood, and them Sam will take her, a… Continue

Posted on October 31, 2008 at 11:03am — 2 Comments

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At 2:02pm on November 27, 2008, Lana said…: Praise God! I have been so worried about your scans, but I didn't know if I should ask or not. I truly believe that this is a miracle, too!
I pray all of the time for my cancer not to return, and I just hope that I am as faithful as you! Did you also do the juicing and special raw diet? I have been a little slack with mine as of late, because it is not always easy to eat that all of the time, especially when traveling.
I have been praying for you each and every day, and it is so good to know that He hears our prayers.
We will be leaving either Saturday or Sunday for the trip, and I know that you are glad to have the anniversry invitations behind you.
Have a wonderful thanksgiving!

Your sister in Christ,
Lana

At 11:41pm on November 25, 2008, Lana said…: Sorry back at you for my delay in responding. I find myself busy most days and don't even log on. Then I get on spurts where I am on every day.

50 years - that is amazing isn't it? That Thanksgiving is here is amazing too. Time just seems to fly by. Things are okay here. We have alot of traveling coming up in December so that will be stressful. At least we get to see alot of family.

Not to pry, but how did the scans go?

Your sister in Christ
Lana

At 2:29pm on November 21, 2008, Stephanie Ferguson said…: Jenny,

Yeah, I'm kind of the same way...what are the odds? how is your sister doing? Hope she is having the same results as you. I know I kind of contradict myself, because I do think to myself what if?...especially with this leg thing. But I'm trying not to let it consume me too much, even though on here it's quite easy to get things out. But right now she needs me, and I think there's a little part of me that's afraid of there being something wrong simply for that reason. I'm afraid of not being able to take care of her...she really isn't well at all. I don't like to think of the term "too far gone" but I'm really worried. She sleeps most of the time, and her memory problems are really frightening. Thats how we found out about the brain metastasis. she was having trouble remembering, then the whole left side of her body went numb(still is) Then she got to the point where she would be walking and literally fall over without having the presence of mind to catch herself. I called her doctor and they did an MRI that same day, got the results and started radiation that same day. They said that the brain is the easiest part of the body to radiate, strange huh? She has a CAT scan of her liver and MRI of her brain sheduled this coming Tuesday, then we will get the results on the 3rd of December.
She had the brain diagnosis on September 30th, and at that time her radiation oncologist said that if treatment didn't work, she probably wouldn't live out the year. Then at an appointment last week, her oncologist's nurse told my step-mom that "it's closer than you think" meaning death. But I'm with her on a daily basis and I just don't buy that yet. I mentioned the success that you had with CTCA and she said she still wanted to stay here, that she was happy with the care she was getting...SO FRUSTRATING!!!! She has no idea the time limit that they have put on her, because she thinks it is then a self-fulfilling prophecy, which I'm sure can be very true. But my sister and I are so opposite, I want all the information I can get and she wants as little as possible...she's never even looked at any of her scans...can you believe it? She said that she will consider CTCA when they tell her that there's nothing else they can do, but what if it's too late?

At 1:53pm on November 21, 2008, Stephanie Ferguson said…: Jenny,

I'm probably not quite as worried as I'm sounding...I just feel a little like I'm putting myself on the back burner because I want the focus to be on my sister right now...but with this pain in my leg I'm just afraid of letting it go. Before my sister was diagnosed I probably would have thought nothing of it and just lived with it...like I said, who gets leg pain and thinks breast cancer?

At 12:44pm on November 21, 2008, Stephanie Ferguson said…: Jenny,

Yeah, I've thought about getting tested for the gene and I've thought about the pre-emptive surgery, but I just don't know. Right now I'm taking care of my sister, and I have this nagging feeling of guilt like I'm "stealing her thunder" (Yeah, like anyone would want THAT thunder!) Anyway, I have had 3 mammos since she found out a little over 2 years ago. The first one showed a little dense spot, but after a sonogram they assured me it was just a lymph node. But for the past couple of months I've been having pain in my left leg, that I've been seeing a chiropractor for. he did x-rays and said my bones looked good, but I'm learning not to trust x-rays. (mammograms included) At first I thought it was maybe sciatica, but now its becoming a little inflamed and really hurts...anyway the point I'm making is that is how my sister found hers. She had pain in her right leg and put it off until the point where she could hardly walk, she also went to the chiro, and after awhile he referred her to an orthopedic surgeon. she had cortisone shots that didn't really help and finally he did a bone scan. Before she got the results, he offhandedly asked her if she had found any lumps and in fact she had found a breast lump but it wasn't something she could feel all the time, so she was going to give it 6 months and then get it checked. In the meantime her leg got worse and worse and thats when she finally went to the chiro. Anyway, it progressed from there with the ortho surgeon...she ended up having a biopsy and of course it was malignant and she found out about the bone metastasis after her mastectomy. But who has leg pain and thinks breast cancer? Anyway, I have an appointment on Dec. 4th and I'm going to lay it all on the line to my doctor and demand an MRI. I've also had a huge knot in my shoulder that has given me a lot of pain for the past year and a half..he told me that was where all my stress was concentrated, but now with this leg pain I'm not so sure. I just feel guilty like I'm trying to turn this around to myself or something, but I can't ignore this leg pain anymore. I have had true sciatic nerve pain before and this feels different. It's a dull ache that occasionally gets sharper. I also almost compulsively check my breasts and I truly think that I'm just a lumpy person. I don't think I could decipher between my normal self and a lump. Sorry to give you the whole life story...its easy to start typing and just not stop :) Did you just have bone pain, or did you find a lump on your own? I'm really feeling like a major hypochondriac.

At 12:58pm on November 20, 2008, Jen B said…: My gosh, your story is inspiring! Keep going sister.

Love you, Jen B.

At 5:57pm on November 19, 2008, Stephanie Ferguson said…: Jenny,
Out of curiosity, did they initially put you on hormone therapy to try to keep you off chemo? They went through all the hormone therapies with my sister telling her that chemo was a last resort so she could have "quality of life" ( I hate that phrase) They worked for awhile, but then we found out that it had metastisized to her liver last year and it's pretty much been downhill from there. Just wondering how they started you out...you mentioned the aggressive chemo. Btw, which cancer treatment center did you go to?

At 12:19am on November 18, 2008, Amy Flower Power said…: Hi Jenny,
Yes, I have done taxol, aviston, AC, Gemzar, and a few others. I did my 6 1/2 weeks of daily radiation also. After Thanksgiving they are trying a new chemo. I am just trying it all. I feel ok most of the time now, the chemo I am currently taking isn't too harsh. But, I am dreading being sick again. Oh well...whatever it takes...right? My 3 yr old is pulling at me....chat later. Hope you have a great night!
Amy

At 8:18pm on November 17, 2008, Stephanie Ferguson said…: Jenny, That is so wonderful that you are in remission! I have tried to convince my sister to go to CTC of America, but she wants to stay in our hometown, where we have the Tammy Walker Cancer Center. They have provided good care, but in my opinion, not GREAT care. It is so good to hear your success story! And you have a beautiful family! You are a perfect example that metastatic breast cancer IS curable! My sister's doctor told her it wasn't. Many blessings!

At 9:30pm on November 16, 2008, Amy Flower Power said…: Hi Jenny, I was just reading your profile. We have so much in common. I am really interested in how you think you got into remission? They keep trying all kinds of chemo on me, but with not much luck. My tumor markers seem to go up and down. What changes did you make in your lifestyle? Diet? Raw only? I am having a hard time staying on track with my diet. My hubby is a picky eater, and so is my teen, and my two boys. We also get lots of meal delivered, which although is helpful....also quite tempting! :)
I hope you are still doing so well. You give me hope.
Thanks for listening, Amy