#13 Joy Unspeakable Joy: Noah is Here!
Praise God! My precious son, Noah Anthony Roman, is finally here! He was born Wednesday, June 28th, 2017, at 5:58 a.m. He came early just […]
Category: Pregnancy
#12 Chemo 2-The “Red Devil” Hits With A Wallop!
(This was written over three days: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) Chemo #2 was Thursday. What a surprise that was! While I’m smiling and looking happy in the picture and video, I had no idea what was about to come. Today, […]
#9 Hair, Going, Going, Gone.
Well, losing my hair came much sooner than I expected. Even though my oncologist and chemo nurse told me my hair would start falling out 10 to 14 days after my first chemo, I was convinced by others that […]
#7 Chemo Session #1 & Vlog
I’m attaching a video of yesterday’s first chemotherapy at the very end of this post. As for today, I am much more tired than usual. Unfortunately, I got sick last night, even though I took the nausea medicine, but it […]
#6: Chemotherapy Starts This Thursday
After a couple of days of grieving and crying, I have finally resurfaced from a brief period of mourning. But before I go there, I’ll start at the beginning and explain how my diagnosis of breast cancer was upgraded from […]
#5: The 7 Things I am Thankful For…
Scripture tells us to be thankful in all circumstances. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 says: 18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. I truly believe that choosing to look at life […]
#4: Sometimes A List Is Best
They say making lists are a sign of an organized mind. I definitely like to write to-do lists and even lists of dates, thoughts, ideas, emotions, etc. I’ve been an avid list maker all my life. My favorite notebook for listmaking […]
#3: Who’s Report Will We Believe? Isaiah 53:1
We will believe the report of the Lord over the report from the doctor this week. Last Thursday as I was laying in bed, I slipped my hand into the top of my shirt and accidentally found a strange lump. […]
#2: How I Finally Got Sleep…A Story With Pictures
Getting decent sleep is quite difficult when one is pregnant and even more so when there is pain and discomfort from IU (irritable uterus). People often don’t understand how painful it is and I sometimes feel I’m not conveying it well. […]
#1: 3 Reasons Why Being On Bed Rest Stinks!
I’ve been on bed rest a little over a week now and it’s worse than I thought. I’m absolutely miserable. I am 29 weeks pregnant tomorrow and have until at least the beginning of July 2017 if I want to […]