Hello everyone! I just wanted to let everyone know that my last MRI was still clear! God is Good! My Dr. said he didn't have to see me for a year...I said...."No Way!" The last time I waited, the cancer came back with a vengence. So I said I would only wait 6 months. My next apointment is in March 2012. Please keep praying for me that my miracle will continue and that the Lord doesn't need a 46 year old mom in heaven just yet! Thanks to everyone for your continued suport!

Well, I called the Oncology Clinic and told them I couldn't wait for April 8th to hear about the MRI....she told me..."Oh, you can get the results by phone...let me see if they are in" They were in but she also said she couldn't give me the results, a nurse had to. Which freaked me out. The nurse called me back within the hour and said.....wait for it.....MRI IS ALL CLEAR WITH NO SIGN OF REOCCURING TUMOR PLUS NO SWELLING AT ALL!!! HALLELUIAH!!! HOLY COW, I still feel numb. Think I should sit down for a minute.
Love you all!!!!

Hey everyone! Just a quick update...I just got back from a follow-up MRI today. I have to wait 2 weeks to see the doctor for the results which stinks. I really think that is cruel to make patients wait that long. Truely cruel. Sometimes I think doctors have no idea what they are doing to their patients by having them wait. Maybe I will call and say something. When I find out the results, I of course will let you know!

WOW!! It is already Febuary 17th. Valentines Day has come and gone and another birthday soon will be here. My honey left today for California for a weeks to do work for a client that flew him out there and wouldn't you know....RAIN all week for him and 70's in Arkansas. Poor baby. He will be missed. I wish I could see my inlaws...they are wonderful! I'm am truley blessed. We sent one of our dogs to CA. because he kept jumping over the fence. Get this, he would jump backover when we called him!! Crazy dog. However, my mother-in-law now loves him and he loves her. Zachary and I have a bet to see who he will sleep with tonight...I'm thinking Dean. We are also betting if he will piddle when he sees Dean. I bet yes! Sorry Oma. Not much news here. I do have a check up with the Oncologist in first week in April so I will keep everyone informed. Keep praying everyone. My doctor still can't believe my last MRI. He said he has never seen such a great recovery from stage 4 brain cancer. If all is good, I can't wait to get off all of these meds. But if I have to take them forever...that's ok too. More soon...love you all and thanks for reading my posts!
Anna

Good Morning!! It has been a while, which is good, I believe. It is very early and Dean and I have been up for about an hour and a half. It is snowing like crazy outside. The boys will be happy with no school. Not much going on, just life which is great however I must say it has been a bit hard to start living again. Not sure why. Maybe I'm still not sure of the "clean MRI". I will say, I am trying. Thanks to all of you that have supported me through one of the toughest years of my life. I will try to keep posting to let you know what is going on with me. Have a wonderful day everyone! Still and always...much love!
Anna

Hello everyone! Long time...Just wanted to keep you all posted. My right ankle has been swollen for weeks and I haven't been sure what is up. One night I was laying on the bed and Spencer was with me. I lifted up both of my legs and the difference was so funny we could not quit laughing! I asked my oncologist and he didn't have a clue. I waited to see if it would get better...it didn't. I called my primary doctor. It is Edema caused by the steroids. That stupid Dexamethasone has messed me up so badly in a ton of ways. I now have a new medicine!! WHOOOOO HOOOOO! It is one that makes you pee all of the extra fluid. so maybe I won't look so Fluid filled...LOL. So now I have 9 pills to take in the morning. We are going to stop taking the Dex. as soon as I am done with this bottle. I have to ween myself off a little at a time. I can't just stop...we know what happens when I do that. Not good. Anyway, Spencer and I went and got our tree today and will decorate it tomorrow after it loosens up. Dean and I have decided to have Christmas at our house. Should be fun, thinking paper plates and plastic silverware!! Just kidding. More later or when I have news. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!!

Hello everyone, I'm posting today with a heavy heart. Something wonderful happened yesterday because of a wonderful person. And because of that person, our family won a wonderful prize. A Family Christmas! After I got off of the phone, I told my 12 year old son. He said "But mom, we don't need it cause we already won a Christmas from your old work!" Wow!! Outa the mouths of babes. I quickly told Dean, he said about the same thing. We will already be given what we need, so why not let another family have a Christmas. I called the lady back and told her we would be declining the prize and why. She called me today to tell me thank you and that she couldn't believe that we would do that. I told her that When we are in need, I'll ask now, but when we have more than we need, we will give. Yesterday we gave and made another family happy that may have need it more than us. Now, this is not to take away from the wonderful thoughtfullness of the person that wanted us to win. We will be forever grateful. Yes it would have been amazing to have two Christmases HOWEVER, we are not a selfish family. I ask and pray for what we need and it is provided to us. We could not see taking 2 gifts so big as to rob another family of joy. I looked up definitions of selfishness just to see if this was us.... here they are... selfish
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: thinking only of oneself
Synonyms: egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistic, egotistical, greedy*, hoggish, mean, mercenary, miserly, narcissistic, narrow, narrow-minded, out for number one, parsimonious, prejudiced, self-centered, self-indulgent, self-interested, self-seeking, stingy, ungenerous, wrapped up in oneself
I will not and don't raise our children to act or think this way and my 12 year old showed us that yesterday. We are so proud of him! Let me know what you all think, what would you have done? Thanks for reading.
Anna