September 7, 2008 - Watched StandUp2Cancer

Hi there friends and family. I'm not sure if you watched Stand Up 2 Cancer on Friday night. I was invited to an old friend's house to watch it. Out of the 8 women there, 4 were cancer survivors. It was a great bonding experience. Stand Up 2 Cancer was an incredibly moving show. It just killed me watching the kids fighting cancer. You know, when I was diagnosed, I could at least question things like....did I eat too much red meat? Did I not eat enough natural foods? Too many acidic foods over the years? Too much exposure to pollution, chemicals at work, etc? It could've been anything. But when a child gets cancer, it's really a mystery to me. The story of the child who "just wanted to be 5" cut right through my heart. Of course, God has a plan for everyone, so we just have to continue to fight and trust in Him that the reasons will surface in one way or another.

If you haven't yet donated to Stand Up 2 Cancer, you can do it in just a couple of minutes on this website: https://www.standup2cancer.org/donate_splash.asp. Hopefully there will be a cure as a result of everyone's donations.

If you are in Orange County and want your donation to go specifically to help Orange County women, you can donate to the Orange County Chapter of the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure. The proceeds go to provide breast cancer prevention through free mammograms, etc. I'll be walking for this cause on September 28, 2008. The link to my personal donation page is: https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=271499&lis=1&kntae271499=EBA332BDC41947508F28CE702462A84B&supId=228307733.
Thanks to everyone who has graciously donated to these or any other cause that's near and dear to your heart.

As for my fight, I'm doing fine. I feel a lot of fatigue in my legs lately and I have no eyelashes, but my hair is sprouting. If you look REALLY close, you can see it!!! Yay! Radiation goes until mid-October. So far, no really obvious signs of problems there. It's more the daily reminder that I'm fighting this thing that bothers me (cuz I have to go 5 days per week). Overall, things are pretty darn tolerable.

Thanks for reading my blog. It means a lot to me that you care enough to seek out my progress during my treatments.

Love to you all,

Sandy