Dear Chemo #11, SUCK IT!!!!!!!!!

I officially have 1 more chemo left until I'm DONE! I can't wait, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now. In about 3 more weeks I'll be on my way to feeling normal, and it'll be soo great. Oh and even better news, I'm going to get deported the day after my last chemo!!!! HOOORAY!! I can't wait for it, they said it's much easier going out than it is going in. I'm excited to be able to wear a seat belt in my car and not have this annoying feeling underneath it from the port. WHOO HOOO!! I should be all healed up by the time I go to Block Island!

So I took some pictures of today's bonanza. I have to go back in tomorrow to get neulasta, that will make 3 out of 11 times I got it, not bad at all! PS I'm totally wearing the same shirt that I wore yesterday, but I actually washed it last night, so I'm not a giant bum! :)

Yolanda and Mary - official blood takers at NEMC Cancer Center
Me and Yolanda, she's HILLLARIOUS. She used to be my blood taker - before the port, we still hang out though, DUH.

Me and Paula, my chemo nurse! She's the best chemo nurse, eva!
Mom, Dad and the cupcakes!

Oh and if you read my last blog posting, Elizabeth re-found my blog today and left me a comment on my My Story post. Hooray for randomness! I seriously can't believe that, it was totally fate that she was sitting next to me. I told everyone at the hospital and they all couldn't believe it either! Cancer is such a small world!

XO

The Best Story EVA!

So tonight I went to a Look Good Feel Better event with Mandy - what can I say, I'm a sucker for free stuff! So anywho, we were late because we ordered a pizza and it took forever - like 40 minutes longer than it was supposed to...so we were those jerks that walked in late in the middle of the makeup bonanza. Anywho, at the end of it I was talking to the woman next to me who was telling me that she was about to start chemo for breast cancer starting next week. So me being the helpful cancer patient that I am, I start giving her advice and say, "My number 1 suggestion is to start a blog, it's a great way to update everyone without having to send emails or make phone calls..." So then she says - "Oh, I found a blog once when I was doing some searches...Hmm I think I found it on a breast cancer site or something - this girl was so inspiring, she threw a party for herself and she had red hair and lived in Burlington..." NO JOKE! Yep, that was ME she was talking about!!! I'm officially a famous cancer fighter!! I couldn't believe it, me and Mandy just kept looking at each other like "Oh my god, it's going to be me" and the woman (Elizabeth) totally go a kick out of it. So Elizabeth if you're reading this, I hope you make cancer your bitch like I did :)

Here's some pictures of me and Mandy being glamorous with my random makeup...

Oh and here's one of Pat snuggling on my couch and looking like the gay boyfriend that he is - Lynda this picture is for you :)

So yeah, the past few days have been good. I've been feeling good and hoooray the AC is on at my apartment! I hung out with Pat last night, went in to visit work today and out to lunch with Lynda, got to see the BFFi, went and did a little shopping today - well more like browsing, but I did buy the shirt I am wearing in the pictures, and of course I hung out with Mandy tonight. I've been busy, I just am clinging for a few more days of freedom. Even though I'm excited for chemo tomorrow, because soon there will be 1 left, but it's always a little depressing the know that I'm going to be so tired next week and feel kinda crappy. Eh, whatevs, like I said, only 2 left! I'm bringing in my camera tomorrow, so I'll post pictures.

XO

Here I Am!!

Look! It's me, looking fairly "normal" - well as normal as I've looked in a while at least. I never noticed how big my face has gotten since chemo started until this weekend when I was playing with my new camera and taking pictures of myself. Hopefully it'll thin out once chemo is over...I can't wait...#11 is approaching, and I'm actually kinda excited for it to happen...once it does, there will only be 1 left!! Hoooray! Oh and do you like my headband? It's pretty awesome, it covers my thinning part and makes my hair look pretty normal! I actually had a good hair weekend, I washed it this weekend and I didn't lose any!!! First time in a very long time!!! And I decided wearing it curly makes it look thicker - so that's what I'll be doing from now on :)

I took a bunch of pictures with my new camera - I would have liked to take more but the sun kept going in and out, and I was a lil lazy to drive around...anywho, I uploaded them all on my webshots site so feel free to play around and look. Nothing super exciting, but some nice beach photos.

I had a nice relaxing weekend. We took the dog swimming at the beach on Saturday and went out to dinner on that night, walked around and shopped a bit on Sunday and then went to Ron and Judy's for dinner with a bunch of their friends, then did a little more shopping this afternoon and came back. We had the craziest thunder and lightning storm last night around 2am - it was like it was happening right in my room! It of course freaked the pup out too....he came downstairs to my room so I could protect him...but my dad followed him down and made him go back to bed with him and my mom :) It was good to get some fresh air and have a change of scenery. I even read a whole book while I was there! It was called Can You Keep A Secret, kinda a chick flick type book...but I read it in less than 24 hours. I'm quite proud of myself, I haven't been motivated to read anything since I've been sick except for blogs.

I'm on my way to my apartment tomorrow after I run some errands. I'm pretty sure Pat is coming over to go out to dinner and maybe go bowling and have a slumber party. I might even hit the gym at my apartment, I'm feeling kinda fat lately...might be good, even if I just ride the bike for a little while. We will see :)

So yeah, I'll write more soon. XO

What's Cancer? Oh Yeah, It's His BITCH!

I got a package today from my UK cancer fighting friends, Chris and Vicky...well they both don't have the Hodge, that would be weird...but Chris does and as you can see, he's making it his BITCH! I had to scan the picture until I get an electronic version this will have to do :) (Karen, I hope you don't mind that I sent him one of the bandannas you got me)They also sent me some tea and biscuits, a bear from Manchester, some fun liquorice, a tshirt from the BUPA Great Manchester Run (his sister ran in this), some yummy peppermints - I feel like I've been to the UK and back!!! Oh and the most exciting thing they sent was... more pictures!! It's a toss up between my favorite, but they sure look fancy sporting their Chemopalooza.com hats and black tie dress!

Thanks Chris and Vicky for making my day! Next package I send will be filled with Boston items...I'll have to get creative on it...maybe during my Duck Tour Day of Fun I can find some things to send :)

XO

Who Wants To Go On A Duck Tour?

I finally took a real shower, hair washing and all, and I'm starting to feel much better! Hopefully I'm on my way to a normal weekend! I just ate a bunch and now I'm starting to actually relax - instead of just sitting around because that's all I can do.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to Block Island this weekend. I haven't been there in a while - probably since last summer, so I'm due for a visit. I kinda hope I don't bump into anyone I used to hang out with - or any ex's that I used to date - I only want people to see me when I look "normal". Who knows, maybe I'll get motivated and go see some people, but I'm guessing probably not. I'll probably just hang out and see our family friends Ron and Judy, and Joyce and Charlie, probably do dinner or something. And of course, take the pup to the beach! I'll bring my new camera too - maybe I can go drive around and get some new pictures. I have some really good ones from a few years ago, but I don't think I took many last year.

I'm going to my apartment on Tuesday (I think). I'm going to a Look Good Feel Better on Wednesday with Mandy and I'm going to do something with Pat on Tuesday - perhaps bowling, since I'm so good. I haven't stayed at my apartment in forever. I can't wait to be back there for a good weekend with good weather. And I'm excited that the AC will be on in my building next time I go there. I also want to go to Boston to do a Duck Tour - me and Pat have have planned to do one when I'm better or at least the weather is better - which soon enough both will be true :) If enough people wanted to go we could charter one too - perhaps a drunken Duck Tour! But yeah, if you wanna go in a month or so, lemme know, maybe we can coordinate a Duck bonanza!

Anywho, that's all I got for now. XO

Eh

I'm feeling pretty "eh" today. I've been in for the past couple days - feeling pretty achy and tired. Hopefully it'll all be over by tomorrow, as far as I remember that's how it works :) Chemo still isn't as bad as it used to be, so I can't complain. My back, neck and shoulder muscles are super swollen and cranky - but it used to be much more painful. I'm also really snacky the past few days too - I keep craving junk food...especially cheesy food like pizza and mac and cheese- both of which I ate yesterday :) I'm not sure what my deal is. I'm not hungry, but I keep trying to think of other snacks to eat...I'm looking for cravings! Now that's a fat kid in training!


So yeah, I just took a shower so I'm feeling a little better now - well at least I sure smell better! Another night of fun with my pup tonight! He's currently napping next to my bed :) It's good to have him entertain me when I feel crappy. I'm just so lazy these past few days, I know it's the chemo, but I feel like such a slacker. I just gotta keep telling myself that there are only a few more left - less than a month and I'll be DONE! It's making me antsy because there are all sorts of things that seem to be going on while I'm outta commission - like parties and weddings - but soon enough I'll be back in the rotation.

It's around 90 degrees today - phew, it's hot! I'm thinking soon we'll be turning on the air conditioning - I can't wait! Okay, I'm gonna go now. I'll write more soon when I'm feeling more motivated.

XO

I'm Such A Bargain Shopper!

So I got a new camera yesterday... I still have to get the hang of it, I was so used to my old one, but I'm pretty excited about the deal. So my parents bought me my fancy digital camera like 3-4 years ago, and it was a 6.3 megapixel so it was like top of the line then... it was $460ish for it, still a good deal, obviously expensive, but a good deal. They bought it at Costco, and before this March Costco's return policy was - if you buy it there and anything happens to it - it breaks whatever, they replace it or give you your money back or store credit. So anywho, we bring my camera in and look at others - much fancier than mine, smaller, more pixels or whatever, all that jazz...and I found one for $260ish!! Yep, I made $200, how exciting!! I still need to figure it all out, it's different than my original one and I miss it, but it's an upgrade so I gotta get used to it. And HELLO, I made $200 which is always exciting!! I'm trying to think of what else I can return for fun money! ha ha, such a scam artist I know!

So yeah, I'm going to take some pictures soon of me looking normalish. I'm also thinking about getting a haircut, it'll be like baby's first haircut. I'm not sure if I wrote about it already - but I figured my hair is growing all different ways, parts are growing, parts aren't - it's all sorts of uneven, so I'm thinking about getting a trim. It's a big step since I haven't cut it in like 4 months or so... I'll keep you posted on the trimmings!

Oh also, please think good thoughts for Wullie Currie in Scotland and Chris and Vicky in the UK - cancer is being bitchy to them these days. Chris was waiting on clean scans only to find out that he still has to do a few more rounds of chemo and then rads - he'll get over this hump, but still it's a bummer! And Wullie is waiting to have his post DHAP CT scan on Wednesday - think happy thoughts for these cancer fighters. Oh and while I'm writing about my cancer blogging pals, have you looked at Morgan Cyr's blog yet - she is hands down, the FUNNIEST cancer patient ever! You need to check out her pictures!

Okee XO!

It's Official - She Has The Hodge!

So it's official, they gave Lynette on Desperate Housewives Hodgkin's Lymphoma! Me and Tina (my NP) were chatting about this last week, she thought she might be too young for the hodge, but it looks like she got it. I'm disappointed though, since it's the season finale, she'll probably be done with chemo when it comes back on. And hello, you might not go totally bald as she said on the show, she said "When I start chemo, I'm giving up shampoo" -- Dear Desperate Housewives writers, I still have lots of hair, so suck it! Anywho, just wanted share the news, the hodge will be made semi famous on DH. If you want to watch the episode you can go to abc.com or try clicking here.

XO

I Looked Pretty Normal Today!

So today I got up bright and early - 6:30am - mostly due to chemo since I had my alarm set for 7:30am. I got up, had breakfast and showered to go to my cousins bridal shower for 9am. I must say, I actually looked pretty normal today! Almost like my old self! I tried to take a picture to post, but my digital camera is being super funky and not working. I'm going to look into returning it or something this week - I should be able to get a really nice one since mine is a few years old and was pretty expensive -- that is, if they take it back like I think they will. Maybe I'll get some cash to go on a shopping spree with :)

I'm feeling good so far today, I took a little nap with the pup and am headed out to dinner with mom and dad and their friends shortly.

Anywho, sad lamb, no pictures to post. But stay tuned, I'll use Dad's camera and post some soon.

XO

Only 2 Left!!

So chemo #10 went without a hitch. I was in at 9am and out by 1:30pm - much earlier than usual! I actually didn't even get my full nap in, I was a little pissed! We even drove back to Longmeadow that day. So far, so good. I'm a little sleepy and was a little cranky constipated earlier - damn the zofran - but I'm feeling fairly normal right now. I'm getting ready to go to bed, I'm going to a bridal shower with my mom tomorrow morning - at 9am - which is NUTS! It's sooo early!

I decided I think I'm going to get my first haircut in several months soon. I started to notice my hair is a billion different lengths and I think it'll look thicker if I cut it. I'm a little scared to do it, but I think it'll be a good idea. I think I'll do it in the next few weeks. I'm going to take a picture (maybe tomorrow) to show you all how the hair is doing these days. I can't believe it, only 2 chemo's left, I can't wait!!!!!!!

So yeah, that's pretty much all I've got going on this weekend. Pretty boring. Oh by the way, incase any of you are reading this and out of work on disability I was sent some info on how to get a free movie sent to you from http://moviesforfree.org/ - feel free to check it out, or to provide me with a suggestion for my free movie - I'm totally drawing a blank. Remember, I love chick flicks, so I'm open to suggestions.

XO

Suck It Chemo #10!!

Tomorrow is chemo #10...meaning after tomorrow there will be 2 left! Hooray!! Today was a good day, I went and got my nails done and then went out to lunch with my mom. I also got a $100 gift card to Sephora from my Aunt Claire and Anne Marie! I'm so excited to go buy a bunch of fun makeup! I'll have to go when I have a lot of energy so I can spend it all at once :) Hooray for fun times!

Today we got a bunch of thunder and lightning when me and mom returned from lunch. It totally freaks out my pup when it thunders! I had to take care his stressed-out-self - he was hiding under my bed for half of the storm then on my bed huffing and puffing and shaking my bed... what a baby!

So yeah, chemo tomorrow, bring it on! It's so funny, a few months ago I would only go to chemo in sweatpants and wouldn't wear real clothes when I would go...now the past 3 or so chemo's I've worn jeans and tank tops (port accessible of course!). We decided that I'm feeling better because of a combo of the celexa (anti-depressant) working, the lack of bleo, and knowing the end is near and that I'm cancer free making me a little more relaxed for chemo. S0 anywho, bring it on, the more chemo, the closer I am to being done!

XO

My Dog Is Hilllarious

Here's the pictures of my pup's lamb that I promised...

Look at my pup covered in stuffed animals!!!

XO

Cancer Made Me An Awesome Bowler

I'm such a chemopalooza slacker these days! I was feeling good this weekend, well since Thursday but then today I randomly felt crappy and slept all day like a bum. I went out to dinner with Janielle on Saturday, we had a fat kid bonanza Kelly and Mandy style and then we went bowling! Yep, I'm still awesome at it! Cancer has made me a super bowler! Okay, maybe I'm not awesome, but I usually get like 8 pins down outta 10, not bad! I'm excited that I found a place sorta near my house - I'm totally going to make my dad go with me one of these nights if I get bored :)

Yesterday we got invited to go to the Colony Club with Auntie Sue and Uncle Rich for Mother's Day brunch. It was REALLY yummy there, hands down the best homefries eva. It's pretty fancy there - I actually almost had to go out and buy something to wear because all I have here for clothes are sweatpants and jeans, but I found a skirt and some random dress shoes that I left here. The skirt just barely fit me and I couldn't wait to put pjs on as soon as I got home. It's still depressing knowing I have a lot of work to do once I'm done with chemo, I'm going to have to become one of those "gym people" and go on a regular basis until I slim down and can fit in my work clothes again. Everyone says the weight comes off pretty quick once you're done with chemo and I'm hoping I'm no exception to the thought.

I was excited to watch Desperate Housewives last night - if you didn't see it you should check it out online and watch the last 5 minutes - it looks like they might give Lynette Lymphoma! It looks like we'll find out more next week, but I'm kinda excited for this, maybe it'll help to educate people on Lymphoma -perhaps it'll help to end the stupid questions from people, either that or I'll get even more :) But still, Desperate Housewives has a huge viewership and to give a character Lymphoma would be really interesting. It really hits home and made me happy for my cancer to get recognized on TV, I know it's kinda lame, but it's true. Hopefully they'll give her the Hodge, that's what it sounded like. Anywho, check it out next week to find out.

I'll try and post more soon, but for now that's all I got. Oh and this is random, but I know you all love to hear about my pup, today my mom put this stuffed lamb in the grass - it's one of those decorative things crazy people put in their grass with one of those spike things, anyways, my dog loves this lamb but we had it put away for about a year. So my mom puts it in the back yard and the dog pulls it out of ground and walks around with it! He was carrying it all around the house tonight, it was AWESOME. I don't know what I would do without the entertainment of my pup! I'll try and get a picture of him with it tomorrow.

XO

Yumm Cupcakes

So I wake up this morning at 7am to my dog crying at my bed to get in - this NEVER happens. Apparently it was raining out and windy - which eventually became a thunder and lightning storm - and it freaked out my poor pup. Yes, the giant 120ish pound pup was scared in my bed. It was pretty funny.

So I haven't been posting a lot lately - I'm not sure what that's about, but I'm guessing it's the whole "I don't have cancer anymore" thing that has been keeping me from posting. I'm starting to think forward instead of right now, which is good and motivating to be done with chemo. I just wish it could go by sooner!

Yesterday I went grocery shopping with my mom and told her that we have to make cupcakes for my second to last chemo - why you ask? Well Paula, my chemo nurse, has a vacation planned on my last day, so we're going to have to celebrate me being done twice! :) We can't leave her out because she rocks! She's the best chemo nurse there - hands down! So anywho, me and mom bought some fun sprinkles for the cupcakes and little champagne candles to go on them!! Yumm cupcakes, I want one now :) I'll of course celebrate my last chemo as well, because duh, it's my last chemo! I'll have to buy some party hats or something! Weird thing is, you would think I would have seen celebrations for other patients being done - but I haven't. Maybe they don't get many celebrations because everyone is older. Oh well, they will!

It's been really hot the past couple days, I'm glad it's raining. I need some good sleeping weather. Yesterday was the first day since chemo that I was out and about and feeling normalish, not bad. It's funny, I don't drive at all for a week after chemo, I actually had to use my spare keys because I couldn't find my real ones - whooops! Last night I finished up my disability paperwork finally! It's a big relief to have it done, I really hate paperwork - especially annoying paperwork that wants you to list all the jobs you've had in the past 15 years and every medication I've taken - come on, I don't know all that -- okay well I know the jobs, but not all the drugs. Whatever, they'll get what they'll get and hopefully they'll approve this shit and all will be well.

Well that's all I got for now. Stay tuned for more randomness soon.

XO

Ahoy Flag Day!

So it's official - I'm not doing radiation. Hooray! I went to meet with Dr Fisher today at Dana Farber and he said that the side effects from radiation will out weigh the possibility of getting a relapse, meaning the side effects (breast cancer, lung cancer, thyroid problems) are too much to consider doing since I'm already in remission. So hooray, looks like June 14th it is - Happy Flag day!! Hopefully I can start planning post-chemopalooza soon - I'm thinking July/August timeframe. I can't wait to be done. I even asked him when my hair will stop falling out and he thought 2-3 weeks after I end treatment - how exciting!!!!! I figure my part will start to cover up by August.

I'm feeling pretty tired today but I figure I'll be over by Thursday - fingers are crossed :)

XO

Sleepy Doodle Weekend

I'm feeling a little sleepy today and yesterday - not too terrible, but definitely sleeping a lot. I'm still feeling mostly good though. My hair seems to be falling out a lot in the past few days, so I'm avoiding washing it. Maybe tomorrow if you're lucky :) I ran out of Zofran a day early, so I'm testing myself to see if I feel crappy without it. I have a feeling I'll be fine. However, my tongue has been feeling weirdish, like I'm getting sores, I know it's normal, but I usually don't get them. I think I'll have some ice cream later to take away some of the tongue crankies.

Tonight at 8pm is that Living With Cancer special on the Discovery Channel. I shouldn't watch it - ya know, since I don't have cancer anymore -incase you haven't heard, it's my bitch! :)

Anywho, just thought I would post an update. I'm hoping to feel normal by Tuesday, we will see. Gotta love not having the bleo!

XO

Oh And Don't Forget - Get Lots Of Bed Rest!!

I just found this picture of my pup and thought I might make sure you all get enough R&R! Yep, that's Bailey, tucked in with his stuffed turtle...he's so silly and thinks he's a person, but we love him anyways!! :)

XO

Get Your Chemo While It Lasts - Only 3 Left!!!!!!

Guess what - only 3 chemo's left bitches!!! Hooray! So far chemo #9 went without a hitch, I'm a little snacky tonight (gotta love the decadron) but other than that just relaxing and watching TV. It was a good day at chemo today - we saw Michael, my first attempt at making a cancer friend - when I met him he was bald, super skinny, and had just gone thru a bone marrow transplant - he's about 55ish I'd say, but he and his wife are super nice and used to be in every other Thursday like me - but since he's better, he hasn't been in the hospital as much. As me and Dad were walking in the hospital we started wondering how Michael was... then I'm walking down to get my blood drawn and who do I see -- Michael! I see him sitting in an exam room with his wife and a full head of hair, big bushy eyebrows, and a little weight back on him - how exciting! I was very excited to tell him my good news, and they were thrilled to hear it! And the whole day was kinda like that - we made some new cancer friends on the way in, a woman with leukemia and her husband, and of course I saw the usual suspects Yolanda, my favoritest blood drawer ever, she's hillllarious and we love her!! Then of course I saw Tina, Paula, Kellie, and Tim - all very excited by my good news. It was good to start talking about the future - what happens AFTER chemo!! Hooray! Chemo went well today, it was pretty fast and I only had time to nap for about 30 minutes, what a scam, I'm sure I'll pass out tonight at a reasonable hour.

I go to Dana Farber on Tuesday to meet with Dr. Fisher for a second opinion on the master chemo plan. Once he signs off on everything I'll be good with the decision. I went and picked up copies of all of my scans to bring him and I also picked up the reports -- funny thing is, the catscan reports not only say that I have non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, but that I also have a gallstone of about 1.2 cm -- I was never told anything about it, kinda randomly crazy! And as the for non-Hodgkin's, obviously a typo, but what a bad typo. Those damn catscan people are not the smartest folks.

Oh good times. I'm glad I've been in such a good mood lately. I heart good news! AND I heart parties, and don't worry there will be several parties thrown. Check your calendar for July 4th...I might end up throwing a lil shin-dig in Block Island around then. I figure just a few close friends that are up for the trek and walking around to some bars and enjoying the beach! One thing is - they'll have to be able to put up with chemo-weight Kelly in a bathing suit, might not be the most glamorous part of the adventure, so just a warning :) There will also be a post-chemopalooza at fancytown (my apt) and probably one at my parents house for family - I don't screw around when I throw funeral's for cancer!!! :) I also expect these parties to be bigger and better than the first chemopalooza - keep that in mind!!

XO

My Lucky $5 Bill

Hi everyone!! Thanks for all of the fun comments! I would like to mention to my PR friends that I got my first PR pitch today!! My blog is officially on a press list, how hilllarious. AND it was a pitch from the Discovery Channel - so ya know, not some random crappy company. The pitch was asking me to tell people about a documentary called "Living With Cancer" with Ted Koppel and Leroy Sievers from NPR (he has the My Cancer blog listed on my blogroll) that will be running on Sunday, May 6th at 8PM ET. So I've done my good PR deed, and I will be watching this if I remember to do so. I must say it was a good PR pitch, well written and all that jazz, but I was a little disappointed that it was a blast and wasn't tailored to me, it kinda makes me think now being a pitched official "blogger." And I really only say this because, as you all know, I just posted such exciting news on my blog, and if I were a PR person pitching my blog, and wanted to get someone to write for me, I would at least congratulate me for not having cancer anymore. What is it they say - you get more flies with honey...? Whatevs, just my PR 2 cents, I'm trying to warm up my PR brain again these days so I don't lose my pitching mojo :) Anywho, I'm done ranting, so watch the documentary, should be a good time. Here's some additional info from the pitch in case you need more info:

In an effort to foster a more open dialogue about cancer, Living With Cancer highlights a series of frank conversations between Ted Koppel, the host of the program, and Lance Armstrong, Elizabeth Edwards, as well as Leroy Sievers, a longtime friend and a colleague of Koppel’s. Living with terminal cancer, Sievers contributes regularly on NPR and posts daily about his experience on his blog, “My Cancer.” The documentary includes excerpts from the blog, as well as conversations with Sievers’ doctors and other patients who are treated with him.

Anyways, last night was fun. Me and Pat opened my cheap champagne before dinner, had a little glass, but it was still warm (duh, they don't chill the cheap stuff at the liquor store) so we went out to dinner, THEN I thought I was the luckiest person ever because I found a $5 bill on the ground, so then we went to go buy me a lottery ticket - and Pat convinced me that I would have better luck with one $5 ticket than five $1 tickets - so of course I listened, and well I don't have my "lucky" $5 anymore AND I didn't win anything - I was sooooo disappointed! What a scam. We then went back to the apartment and had some more champagne, the best part is that we drank it out of martini glasses - HELLO it's just classier that way! Duh. And I just love excuses to make Pat look gay :) Then I complained about my loss of my lucky $5 bill, and the best part is, I woke up the today with a note from Pat and a $5 bill "so that I never have to hear about this again" ha ha ha!! Hooray! But, duh, it's not a lucky $5 bill, so it's not as exciting! I never play the lottery and I should learn, but I thought if any day I was going to win, it was yesterday! Oh well, I still don't have cancer bitches!! :)

Today was a good day. I was in such a good mood and it was super nice out. I was outside for literally 5 minutes today and I swear I burned my scalp, yep it's getting to be time to start putting sunblock on my head - sad lamb! Or I'll be rocking the chemopalooza hat more often - it takes time to get used to wearing a hat though, I'm not there yet. OOoooo another good thing about yesterday, I got my disability check finally! They're soooo slow sending my checks and this time I got a month's worth instead of 2 weeks, so hoooray, I'm totally not poor anymore! The rent check is in the mail and all is well! What a relief. My parents rock though, they were gonna give me the money if the check didn't come in, thank goodness for them being around to take care of cancer Kelly --- well I guess "non-cancer Kelly" is more like it :)

My blog has been getting tons of hits lately - more than 2x the normal amount, and okay tons of hits to me is like 50 in one day - but hey, I'll totally take it, because half the people are random people getting on it because of Google-ing cancer terms, and I love new people finding my blog! So everyone keep those comments coming, they entertain me lots. I'm going to enjoy feeling good for a few more days before chemo. I should bring cake and party hats or something to chemo to celebrate :) Oh speaking of hats, so remember I mentioned my UK friends, Chris and Vicky, and how they wanted chemopalooza hats - they're totally planning on taking pictures with the hats at random far away places like the Eiffel Tower - HOW HILLARIOUSLY AWESOME IS THAT??!?! We so heart them, make sure you check out Chris' blog too and leave him some love :) He and Vicky really keep me motivated to kick cancer's ass with all of their encouraging comments and emails, so kudos to them!

Oh yeah, one more thing, hooray I got pretty flowers today from Meg! Thanks Sissy!!

Okay, hooray again one more time (let's face it, I'll say it again) for no more cancer! I'll write again soon, XO!