Dear Cancer, you suck!: I’m done!!!!

I’m so excited I could scream. I’m finally done with chemo!!! I finished on December 17, 2014. I don’t think I could have handled any more, that junk is seriously rough, at least it was for me. A friend of mine who went through chemo a while ago said, she wouldn’t wish chemo on her worst enemy. I totally agree. It sucks, but it’s necessary and I’m thankful for it. I pray that I never have to have chemo or hear the words “you have cancer” again. This final treatment was about the same as the rest. Pain, exhaustion and horrible feeling for several days. On top of that, two sick and miserable kids made the experience extra rough. Thankfully everyone is well again or on the mend.

I'm done!

So up next for me are several follow up appointments in January with my surgical oncologist and plastic surgeon at Moffit, in addition to the Ocala oncologist. If all goes well at those three appointments, I get the all clear to have exchange surgery in mid-February. I’m super excited to get this surgery done and can’t wait to get a surgery date.

In other news, I GOT MY DREAM PUPPY! I’m sure most of you have already seen the video of this amazing surprise and my crying non-stop but if you haven’t or you want to see my cry face again here is the link

click here to see Lynn's surprise puppy video

THANK YOU Julia! You are the bestest and I just love you so much!

I can’t thank my amazing Sister-in-law, Julia enough for making this happen. She really went crazy out of her way to pull this off, including driving to the Atlanta airport to meet Cory from Carolina Cotons, to pick up my surprise. This is my dream dog breed. I have been “slightly” obsessing about wanting to get a dog for Christmas and I really wanted a Coton de Tulear, but I knew that we wouldn’t be able to make that happen. I have allergies so I need a hypoallergenic breed. After a couple of weeks of looking Jon told me he wasn’t feeling a dog anymore and thought we should wait another year or two before we get another dog. I was not happy with that and continued to secretly look for a puppy, lol. That hunt obviously didn’t work out. On Saturday, December 13^th, I was given my dream dog! Her name is Zoey and she is the sweetest puppy. So far she’s great with the kids, so very cute and we love her to pieces. I have sooo many people to thank for her. This truly is a Christmas miracle and we are blessed to have such kind-hearted, loving people in our lives. I know everyone pitched in to make this little miracle happen for me, which makes it that much more special to me. Some people I don’t even know helped so let me just say, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart!