REBELLION AND HOPE: I DID IT!

“We have hope. Rebellions are built on Hope!” Jyn Erso, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Today is the big day and another special edition of my blog! I am currently sitting in a chair getting my final Herceptin treatment! When I started my first treatment on September 22, 2016, this day felt so far away. I can’t believe everything I went through to get to this point.

Chemo (6 infusions of Taxotere, Carboplatin, and Perjeta, 17 infusions of Herceptin)
Surgery (Lumpectomy)
30 rounds of radiation

I thanked all my friends, family, and co-workers in my previous post, but I left out some very important people: my Doctors, Nurses, and Staff at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Illinois Cancer Care, St. Margaret’s Hospital, and United Physical Therapy! I’ve learned so much going through this journey and am so happy I had a very knowledgeable and supportive group of people that were always there to answer questions and make me as comfortable as possible. Never did I feel like I was a burden for asking the same question over and over until I understood the answers. Everyone was always positive. One of my nurses told me after I had my last infusion of Taxotere, Carboplatin, and Perjeta that I had “conquered chemo!” Those were the chemo meds that REALLY caused a war in my body and made me really have to fight back. And these are the words I carry with me as I finish up my Herceptin treatments.

I thought it appropriate that I wear a shirt I bought at Star Wars Celebration. It says, “Hope.”

*A picture mosaic of my cancer journey: