This is a rough week for my family… too much remembering.. I know all of us: Mom, Dad, Ron.. Me.. have been remembering what we were each doing 3 years ago over the past few days, today and tomorrow… I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it.. Two days ago would have been the day that mom called me at 5:00am and told me to come to Michigan right away. I was in the car 15 minutes later.. Got to Kerrie’s room and she was there with Mom and our Cousin Kathy. Kerrie couldn’t remember my name when I walked in, but she got so happy and just started crying “It’s here……

Sorry that nothing has been posted in a while. It’s been kind of a hectic few weeks.  Lucky for us, I didn’t get too sick this time. Not like the last time… but I was definitly ill longer than I have been before. I’m just a few days away from my next Chemo session and still feeling the effects of the last one. Chemo # 4 will be on Friday and then.. only two more to go. We’re just a little bit past the half way mark now and the end seems to be coming into sight. Fuat and I are starting to talk about all the things we want…

Well, I am three days out from Chemo and still doing ok. I can feel the effects now, so expecting to be full swing in the next few days.. but we will see what happens. Wish me luck, because last time was R- O-U-G-H, but maybe I will be better prepared this time.  Looking at a comment that was posted on my last blog, I guess I forgot to mention that I had returned to work. Yes.. I am back at work. Went back the day after we got back from spending some time in Virginia Beach with Ron. Spent one day at work and then had to call off…

Tomorrow is Chemo # 3 and we’ll be half way through this thing. I’m not worried about the chemo itself, but not looking forward to next week. It was pretty rough last time…hoping this one isn’t worse, or even as bad. Praying for an easy time, but prepared for what may come. Fuat has had his own rough time this past week… had some small issues that required some outpatient surgery, but he was introduced to the wonderful world of dilauded.  He was pretty funny once the dilauded kicked in and I could not stop laughing..  my favorite part was when we were waiting for the doctor to come in.…

Well, I guess I was lucky with that first round of chemo. Even though it seemed to start out that way, Round # 2 has not been so easy… I would write more, but will spare you all the horrible details…  We’ll just have to wait and see what Round # 3 brings. Just checking in… letting you all know I am still here… and surviving ( though yesterday I wasn’t so sure I was). Jenn

This morning I have been walking around the house singing “true American Hero… GI Jenn..” I am no American Hero, but I sure look the part of GI Jane and GI Joe put together.  The hair just became too much, so last night Mom and Teena joined me in the bathroom while my personal hair dresser ( otherwise known as my wonderful husband Fuat) used the # 1 clipper on my head and went to work. Mom and Teena stood and laughed ( lovingly of course) while Fuat and I laughed… don’t know why I was laughing I couldn’t see anything. He was nice enough to situate my chair so…

Round # 2 took place on this past Thursday… it started as a really early day, due to having to be at the hospital at 5:45am to have the port inserted into my chest at 7:30am.  I was a bit tired when my doctor walked into the holding room, before taking me into Surgery, and asked how I was… I think I said something like this: “I’m fine…but I would like to speak to someone on the Hospital staff about these kind of hours. They really just do not fit into my schedule and I generally don’t do anything before 10:00am. This just does not work for me.”  He then…

Hmm… I think it’s time to teach Fuat about Draino and how to use it. Each day, as I would stare at the hair in the bottom of the tub would wonder “how many days?” “Will it come out a little at a time, just like this, or will it start to come in handfuls?” Yesterday, I got my answer.  As I stood, staring at the huge pile of hair in my hand as I tried to wash the rest of the shampoo out… all I could think was “this is it”. The more I tried to get the shampoo out, the more that ended up in my hands. When I…

Good morning Kast Family, Just enjoying this sunny Memorial Day morning………..the forcasters say it will change by this afternoon, but right now couldn’t be better. Life is getting back to normal for us right now……..by normal, I mean that I keep calling Jenn and she keeps not answering. That’s good, it means she’s doing something else, hopefully something she enjoys. Or maybe it means she’s tired of my multiple in one day calls……..uhmmmm, will have to think about that. She’s really beginning to sound like herself on the phone. I can judge how she’s doing by how she answers. I will be going down to be with her next week.…

Hi All,  Just wanted to give you all a quick update. Doing fine from the first round of Chemo. At least so far… They gave me some pre-meds and the benedryl put me to sleep for most of the day. Woke up long enough to eat lunch with my darling husband and then one or two other times to say hello to him. He stayed in the doctors office all day and waited for me and I was sleeping most of the 8 hours we were there. What a sweetheart. From what I have been told, I will start to see some side effects by Saturday.. and will feel pretty…