Owner: Pregnant With Cancer URL:http://www.pregnantcancer.blogspot.com Join Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:51:22 -0600 Rating:0 Site Description: This blog is to document my experience of pregnancy with cancer. I was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma 2 weeks after finding out I was pregnant. I went through chemo from 10 weeks into my pregnancy throughout. Gabriella was born healthy at 36 weeks on No Site statistics:Click here
Old Man Winter is Tapping on the Window 2008-11-22 10:14:00 Yeah I think he wants in. We had some snow recently, which always surprises me in November. I guess it shouldn't. I remember years though when I was a kid and I begged and begged God for snow. I wouldn't see so much as a flake until January. It's sad for me when I see no snow on Christmas. It's just how I have been conditioned I think. Still, I love a snowy Christmas morning. It sets the whole moo Read more:Old Man
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Too Much Caffeine? 2008-11-21 15:40:00 Do you ever have a day when you feel stressed for absolutely no reason. You notice you have this uneasy feeling but no real cause. I've had that feeling today. I think it's probably just my hectic life and running in all directions. I have so much on my mind. I have a million things to get done. It seems overwhelming sometimes. Now with the holidays coming up there is that much more on my mind. St Read more:Caffeine
Christmas is Upon Us.....but How Excited Can We Be? 2008-11-21 07:30:00 Well, one of my main goals in life is to provide my children with a healthy, happy life. I'll do that one way or another. It's this Christmas
thing. I love Christmas. It's like the most beautiful, happy time of year. Or is it? Isn't it a reminder of how broke we are? haha Especially when you have four children. There are so many things we need to pay. I have medical bills pouring out of my ears. E
More on Misdiagnosis 2008-11-20 07:32:00 Misdiagnosis doesn't only occur because of age. I have seen it happen not just with cancer but all kinds of things and at any age. I think it occurs more frequently in those that are younger. I realize doctors see many patients, do their best to make a diagnosis and move on to the next. If a patient is frequently complaining that they are not getting better, or are in great pain or discomfort more
Age and Cancer? 2008-11-19 10:23:00 Does cancer care how old you are? I think we all know the answer to that question. No, it doesn't. So why do doctors so often misdiagnose someone because they are young? Why do symptoms get ignored or people get passed off as depressed or obsessive?I had many symptoms that shouldn't have been ignored. I was told for four years I had a thyroid problem. I did have four thyroid nodules so I do not bl Read more:Cancer
An Award! 2008-11-19 10:19:00 I got this award from My Autism Insights and Dolly's Daily DiaryThank you so much for nominating blog for this award. I love it. I hadn't gotten this one before. It's always nice to see my blog is appreciated by others. Thank you again! Read more:Award
The Year I Was Born 2008-11-18 23:49:00 I got this over at Comedy Plus.I decided to give it a try. You try it too! It's pretty cool.In 1975 (the year you were born)Gerald Ford is president of the USEvacuation of US civilians from Saigon as Communist forces complete takeover of South VietnamFBI agents capture Patty Hearst, who is indicted and convicted of bank robberyTeamster Jimmy Hoffa disappears without a traceMarines rescue the crew
Birthday Pictures 2008-11-18 15:40:00 Here's my little miracle baby on her first birthday. I made the Wacky Cake as well. I doubled the recipe since it only made an 8x8 pan. I had my parents over so no way was that enough. I doubled it and it turned out SO good. I just decided to not do frosting. It's so moist and delicious I didn't even feel it needed it really. Even though I have a sweet tooth and LOVE frosting I felt I was saving c Read more:Birthday
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Awards and a New Status at Wellsphere! 2008-11-18 12:43:00 I have more awards to post tonight. I am juggling Gabbi here so I am going to try and get those done later tonight so I can get the right links up. I also wanted to say I was chosen as a top health blogger on a site called Wellsphere some time ago now. They are now doing something called Health Maven and I have been chosen to do that too. Basically people can ask health questions and if given my o Read more:Awards
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I Got Some Blog Awards! 2008-11-17 22:33:00 I'm way behind in posting the awards I got from On The Verge. I am honored to get these awards. I love her blog! I am a regular reader there so it is such a compliment that I would be given them. I have been so busy with Gabbi and I having bad colds. Then I got busy planning her birthday. Now that it is all done and Gabriella is tucked safely in her bed I am ready to get my awards posted! So here Read more:Awards
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I'm Featured Today on 2008-11-17 13:08:00 I found this site through Entrecard and have loved it. I relate to her so much and enjoy reading all of her posts. If you haven't, go check out her blog and be sure to read the interview I did for her site posted today. Read more:Featured
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Happy Birthday to My Little Girl!!! 2008-11-17 10:00:00 It is finally here! Gabriella turns one today. I love my baby girl! My little lady has grown so much. She's a big girl and has made such an impact on the lives of everyone in our family. We love you Gabbi! HappyBirthday
my sweetie!Yesterday we decided to let her open ONE present for practice. hee Maybe we just couldn't wait actually. So here she is....learning to open her very first gift.I love t Read more:Happy Birthday
Entrecard for Traffic to Your Site 2008-11-17 08:30:00 I have been using Entrecard now for about 2 months. I joined it not really sure what it was. I was simply trying to increase traffic to my site. I wanted people to see my blog. I enjoy writing and I was doing it before anyone really knew it was here. Still it would be nice to know others were reading and getting to know my story. So, I joined Entrecard as just one of the many things I found to inc
More of Gabriella's Birthday 2008-11-16 10:08:00 To continue what I was writing yesterday, my water had broke and I was on my way to the hospital at 3 a.m. last November 17th. I got to the hospital in my town and they checked me and monitored me for a short time before calling in Life Flight. I was doing fine and so was baby thus far, but with my risk situation we'd planned long before to send me off to a hospital about 2 hours away that special Read more:Birthday
Two Days and Counting 2008-11-15 17:42:00 It's hard for me to believe a year has gone by since Gabriella was born. I remember it as if it were just seconds ago. It was a big day. I wasn't expecting her to come so early. I guess I should have since I had experienced preterm contractions a couple of times. My chemotherapy started some contractions at 30 weeks. I spent 5 days in the hospital. The contractions didn't cause any progression. Th Read more:Counting
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Scars and Reminders 2008-11-14 07:26:00 Last night as I was getting ready for bed, I looked in the mirror. I saw my scars staring back at me. I used to have a fairly nice chest, I hear myself thinking. At the same time I only think this based on what I know others are thinking when they see my scars. Truly they are such a part of my body now that I rarely think twice.This occasion I was looking in the mirror and studying them. I realize
I Have Realized I Have a Pet Peeve 2008-11-13 10:54:00 Isn't that what they call it? A pet peeve....or something that annoys you. It really gets you upset. Well I have always considered myself to be very mild mannered with a very long fuse. There are few things that really get me mad. If they do get me mad it's a slow build up. I have a pretty long fuse. Eventually that fuse will burn down and then just watch out. I can't even promise to make sense at Read more:Realized
Down With Procrastination 2008-11-12 22:05:00 I am so bad at it. I do procrastinate. What is odd is I procrastinate the things I want to do. I get the laundry done, cook supper, clean the house. Then I sit and relax. I am working on a drawing but haven't picked it up in probably 2 months. I had my last drawing sitting on a shelf for more than a year. Obviously I was sick for a year and that had much to do with it but still. I procrastinate. I Read more:Procrastination
I've Got it Pretty Good 2008-11-12 07:18:00 I definitely had a bad year in 2007. I could say I felt sorry for myself and throw a pity party. There were several times throughout my illness I wanted to do just that. I was never in the right place to cry. I remember choking back the tears so many times. I want to let loose but there were several reason I didn't. 1. My kids. I didn't want them to think I was going to die.2. My husband. He was b Read more:Pretty
For Our Veterans 2008-11-11 23:03:00 I know it's late today but I still am thinking of you all and want to thank you for all you have done for us! To Honor You I am posting this song. I love this song...can't embed it so here is a link:Some Gave All Read more:Veterans
Husband's Coffin Kills Wife?? Seriously? 2008-11-11 18:34:00 Yes. I just read it on MSNBC. Seriously
. There was a traffic accident on the way to the cemetery and the coffin hit her in the back of the head. She was just 67. Her son was with her in the hearse. I read that the father was dancing the previous weekend and had a heart attack. Now his mother is gone too. I cannot imagine! How completely unexpected. I think the whole situation has got to be a first Read more:Husband
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Radiation Was Not What I Had Expected 2008-11-11 11:06:00 I think I had a whole lot of ideas in my mind about what radiation treatment would be and I think for the most part I was pretty far off. You can have all kinds of side effects. Some people have worse effects from that than the chemo. Luckily I was not one of those. I really don't remember feeling much if any side effects. I was already tired so I don't know if radiation made it worse. I didn't re Read more:Expected
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OK Blog Geniuses I have Questions! 2008-11-10 20:39:00 I have really enjoyed blogging. It's something that comes pretty easy to me. Sometimes I ramble on about things you care about, other times maybe not so much. My blog is a bunch of things really. It's what's on my mind today. It's what happened to me today. It's what happened to me last year. I think my whole life could be a book honestly, but then couldn't everyone's? I like sitting down and just Read more:Geniuses
How Could Chemo Be Safe During Pregnancy? 2008-11-10 09:12:00 I was once asked that question on this blog. It's funny though, the way the statement was made seemed almost accusing. Well I can assure you though I have gone through it, and have gathered much information on it and fully support a woman going through pregnancy while having cancer at the same time, I don't have all the medical knowledge to really tell you why it can be done, how it could possibly Read more:Chemo
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A Little Sad 2008-11-09 23:51:00 I made a video last year for Gabriella. It was a sweet video that took a lot of time. I added pictures from early in my pregnancy to her delivery. It shows a lot of pictures from when I was sick and some sonogram pics. It really means a lot to me and I put the song Baby Mine by Allison Kraus as the backup track. I love watching the video as it always brings tears to my eyes. The video is simply ti
Two Days Until Christmas and More Thoughts on After Effects 2008-12-23 10:08:00 Are you ready yet? I am doing ok I think. I need to wrap some stuff. Gabriella has caught the virus. So far it doesn't seem like she has a tummy ache though. Just other unpleasant things and a low grade temp. I hope it goes away for Christmas
! This virus is just awful. I don't want my baby girl throwing up for Christmas.I spent the day at the mall yesterday and shopping with the hubby. We had a re Read more:Effects
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After Effects? 2008-12-21 17:25:00 I'll be doing a post next week on after effects of cancer. You might think once it's gone it's gone but really there are things that you still feel. Numbness, tingling even some pressure. I hate it and sometimes you don't know whether to worry about those things or to just tell yourself it's normal. Even my doc said I might just get used to it as normal over the years. That doesn't really make me Read more:Effects
Don't Forget To Vote! 2008-12-19 12:24:00 Please vote for me here on my site to the right over there. Yes there. Vote for me! If you have something you want ME to vote for, feel free to comment with your voting link. I will vote right back for you. Thanks.
Ice Storm Pictures 2008-12-19 12:16:00 We got our ice storm last night. School was canceled today. The good news is Mikayla (the one with the tummy aches) has felt perfect the past two days. I'm thinking that virus was just making things a lot worse for some time now and it's finally gone. I do think the ice is beautiful. I am not fond of the cold at all. I do however love the way the cold makes me want to curl up under a big blanket a Read more:Pictures
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Ice Storm and Neck Tension 2008-12-18 12:54:00 They are calling for a huge ice storm today. This is bad, but an even huger issue with the salt shortage around here. They are calling for about an inch of ice on the roads and expecting power outages. If I disappear, well you will know why. I'll post tomorrow if I am able to get online. I hate ice. Though I will say it's beautiful after an ice storm. The trees are covered in cases of ice just lik Read more:Storm
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