Wednesday, July 23, 2008



Thought I'd show you one of my purses I knitted and felted recently. I have several in the making to post soon. Have been making use of idle time I have here and there knitting and scrapbooking.

Went to see the dr. yesterday; my scans only showed slight improvement but I am having side effects from the daily meds I've been on, which I had considered minor, but I suppose they could get worse the longer you're on them. So the dr. is changing it up abit for now to a weekly treatment of Navelbine and Abraxane beginning Aug. 15. He also informed me that I'm looking at treatment for this indefinitely. That has been tough to swallow considering I thought I would eventually get to the end of this sometime. So my goal now is to.."put my big girl panties on and deal with it"!! (LOL!) Keep me in your prayers that all goes well with this new stuff!
Thanks to all for your love and support!
{Hugs}
Leslie

Sunday, July 13, 2008



The flowers appear on the earth;
the time of the singing of birds is come.
Song of Solomon 2:12


Hope all is well with everyone~
All went well with my colonoscopy, it was just as everyone claimed, the prep beforehand was the worst part! All was good, with a few minor exceptions~~thankfully! I don't think the dr. was so sure going in (no pun intended!!) considering my history. Glad that one's over!

Was able to visit my sister and family at Nags Head for July 4th. We had a great time although it seemed like a short time. Ellen and Shawn's new restaurant (Food Dudes Kitchen) did a record weekend! Even for a small place, it is alot of work! Keith and I enjoyed the fireworks they had at Nags Head Pier. Good times!

Have a CT and bone scan coming up on Tuesday. Please keep me in your prayers! I'm praying the meds I have been on have shown improvement with my lymph nodes. They held my Avastin treatment again this past week due to the fissure found on the colonoscopy. I think they are just trying to be cautious; apparently there can be problems with the Avastin. The PA reduced my dosage of Xeloda due to dry cracking feet. I thought I was just in desperate need of a pedicure! Oh well, so I've had to go to bed with A&D ointment and socks on to remedy it! So much for getting a pedicure~they don't even recommend it--darn it!

Take care! {Hugs to all!}
Leslie