Monday, January 7, 2008

Dear Friends,
Happy New Year! My second blog of 2008 brings news of my last chemotherapy treatment! I had my last Neulasta shot as well, and I"m on my way to recovery. After the last three & a half months treatments have brought me down a few notches, making me not as strong physically or emotionally as most of you know me to be. The hair is gone, the eye brows you see are make up, and you may notice that the hats I wear match my outfit in some way. However, this all means that I"m fighting my way through this marthon, keeping the finish line in site. My doctors, my sweetheart Stephen, my mom, my son, and my dear friends all tell me that its smooth sailing from here; that I've crossed my finish line & accomplished my marathon.

However, until I don't feel the side effects of everything, and not until I start to see sprigs of hair on my head will I feel like I've finished treatment and stop feeling like a cancer patient. It took months for me to accept the fact that I had cancer, and had to endure the things I needed to, to fight cancer and win. I'm thinking I may not just bounce back to the old Tiffany right away now that my treatments are over (even though I'd like to). More time has to pass, more recovery time is ahead of me; and then there is more surgery in the month of February... a good kind.

So, 2008 is looking better than 2007 ended, but this marathon is not over for me. Maybe I'll upgrade this run to an ultra-marathon (something I don't for see in my near future!). I'm doing it, I"m fighting it, I'm trying like hell to endure it, and stay the same, stay positive, and think positive. Man, all that is hard to do.

However, with all that being said, I draw strength from the people who have surrounded me with love and hugs. Please don't stop supporting me now friends and family, this is the time I'm going to need each of you the most.