Posted in Cancer Sucks, Family on Jul 24th, 2010
We had a trip planned for this summer. The perfect beach house picked out and reserved, private golf cart to travel back and forth to the beach, wonderful friends to share the experience… then cancer hit. Date #1 canceled and rebooked for later in July in case all I had to do was radiation. That [...]
Posted in Cancer Sucks on May 7th, 2010
I apologize for leaving many of you hanging… surely you knew I made it past Day 2. Day 2 involved a Newlastin shot that tells my bone marrow to make more white blood cells to help me fight off infection. A side effect of the chemo will be that it attacks white, red blood cells [...]
Posted in Cancer Sucks on Apr 29th, 2010
First off, here is me. No explanations needed. I cut my hair. In about 2 weeks I will move to the super cute head wraps that I am making and the few hats I have bought.
Everyday, I try to be ready when Alyssa gets off the bus. Today, I waited by the glass door and [...]
Posted in Cancer Sucks on Apr 23rd, 2010
I used to fill out new patient forms with ease, checking no, over and over. Now within one month, my answers to any questionaire have become much more extensive. I am home from my second surgery tonight. We went in today to get a little more tissue from the muscle wall and to insert a [...]
Posted in Cancer Sucks on Apr 21st, 2010
It’s been 367 days since I posted on the blog. Don’t let the title fool you, it says the Whaleys on it, it’s really Julie’s blog. But today I feel the need to post something. Today is a big day, PET and CAT scans today to see if the cancer has spread to other parts [...]
Posted in Cancer Sucks, Family on Apr 19th, 2010
The news today is that I will head back into surgery this Friday. I will have the port put in, but also have a little more tissue removed to be sure that we got enough clear margins around this nasty tumor. And those are the words from the doctor today; a nasty, aggressive cancer. It [...]
Posted in Cancer Sucks on Apr 16th, 2010
I don’t know why this is happening. Well… I do remember a morning, not long ago, after the news came that it was cancer. I was stretching for a morning run – remember when I used to run? Yeah, that was fun. So, I was stretching, watching the sun rise from my window. And I [...]
Posted in Cancer Sucks on Apr 14th, 2010
*This post has been updated by a non-medicated Julie
If you are anything like my mom, you may wish I would pick up the phone and call you every morning just so you can hear for yourself that I am okay. And even though Facebook is great and I love to read all your posts about [...]
Posted in Cancer Sucks on Apr 6th, 2010
I never think that God’s message to me is ill-timed. But the opposite. He knows exactly what I need to hear, when I need to hear it. To set the stage, I am home alone. I have been for the past 3 nights. Ethan, his mom and the girls are in WV visiting his grandfather. [...]
Posted in Cancer Sucks on Mar 20th, 2010
Proverbs 17:22
“A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.”
I had a friend share this verse with me today. She was commenting on my outward appearance at a recent event. While I cannot say that I am trying to live out this proverb, I can say it gives me a little [...]
the Whaleys
We live outside of Nashville, TN. We have 3 beautiful girls, a son in heaven, and are currently in a fight with breast cancer. This is for those who choose to walk life next to us.