Speechless, for once

WOW! I'm on such a high. Last night, after watching the New York Jets lose yet again, I got dressed to meet some friends of ours for dinner. I haven't seen this couple in a while and I was looking forward to it. We were supposed to meet at the restaurant at 6:30. David and I walked in and the restaurant was very crowded. I was worried because I know that WE didn't make a reservation and I didn't know whether or not our friends did, either.

After fumbling for a few seconds at the door, I glanced around and saw my mother and my sister at a long table. OMG!! My brother, my daughter, my friends, my aunt & uncle (my son and gf Yasmine arrived a little later)! It was a surprise party for me to celebrate my one year New Birthday. Was I surprised? That's an understatement. But wait...it gets even better.

My sister tells me that she has Marsha on the phone from Florida. Anyone reading this is undoubtedly familiar with Marsha. Anyway, Illana tells me that Marsha's on the phone and is so sorry she wasn't able to be with us. She doesn't fly and she feels so bad that she's missing this celebration. I start to weep -- well, honestly -- I was kinda crying all along. So, I say that I love her and that, as per her suggestion, we're going to all go on a cruise together. So a second later...Marsha and her husband come out from behind the corner. OMG!!! I thought I would die of happiness! We just wrapped our arms around one another and cried and cried and cried, well, you get the idea.


Needless to say, it was the most fabulous evening. Once again, I want to thank those of you who have been praying for me and keeping me in their thoughts for the past year. To those of you who have commented on this blog and those of you who read the blog but chose not to comment or have written to me privately, you have helped me more than you can imagine. The tons of love and support that I got from you gave me the strength to keep on keepin' on.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Believe in Miracles!

More info on Mom

Mom saw the Gynecologic Oncologist on Monday. Thank God the sample he took came back negative. There's still a question on whether or not she needs a D&C and they want to get a closer look at one of her ovaries so she's scheduled for a histogram and a sonogram later this month. Hopefully, then we can put this all to rest.

Thankfully, she's feeling well and looking forward to getting down to Florida as soon as possible. In fact, she and my sister flew down yesterday evening to take a look at a couple of apartments. She's been thinking of moving to a different community. They'll be coming back this afternoon.

Besides that, I'm celebrating my new birthday. Last November 17th, I went into the hospital and after a week of chemo, had my tranplant on the 24th. Thanksgiving is REALLY a time for Thanks Giving. It's truly amazing and miraculous! I can't believe how far I've come and how lucky I am to have the brother/hero that I have and to be surrounded by such supportive family and friends.

Thank God I've been feeling pretty good. Although I'm still achey and fatigued from the Prednisone reduction. I'm down to 2.5mg twice a week. Hopefully, I'll be off it soon and able to get some of my energy back.

Thank you for checking in and for sticking by me and for all of your good thoughts and prayers. Believe in Miracles!

Update on Mom (without much info)

Mom went to see the Gynecologic Oncologist today. His name is Dr. Thomas Lallas and he's at Lenox Hill. He did an exam and tried to get a sample of endometrial tissue. He's not sure if he was 100% successful and won't know for about a week. At that time, IF he was able to obtain endometrial tissue, he'll be able to tell us whether or not it's benign. If it turns out that the tissue sample was NOT endometrial, he'll have to do a saline hysteroscopy. He thinks that it's unlikely that it's malignant but needs to rule it out. For now, we just wait. I think that Mom is less anxious about the situation since speaking to him. He seemed to reassure her.

We're very grateful that is appears to be pretty innocuous and are looking forward to getting a clean bill of health and taking to the road.

I will update as I get information.

Thanks for checking in and for your thoughts and prayers.
Mom's Hebrew name is Yehudis Chana bat Sara Rivka.

November 2

It's been a while since I've posted. Thank God I've been doing well for the most part. I'm still feeling tired but I think that that's a normal part of this process.

Mom has had some issues that need to be taken care of. She and I were planning on driving down to Florida in her car and then I was supposed to fly back home alone. She wanted to get all of her "doctoring" out of the way before heading down south. Unfortunately, something showed up on one of her sonograms and needed further investigating. After a CT and an MRI, she now has to see a gyn/onc. Obviously, we're praying that it's nothing bad, but we're checking it out. We had planned on leaving yesterday so we're just in a holding pattern right now.

Mom's making an appointment to see the doc asap. I'll keep you updated with any information.

Thanks for checking in and for your continued thoughts and prayers. Believe in Miracles!