Before getting into anything else though, a HUGE Thank You to everyone that has helped us out through this. Whether you were able to make the event or not, helped us meet our fundraising goal, or have even been sending positive vibes our way, Thank You!!!
We've been amazed at the incredible amount of support we've received so far! Thank You, Thank You, Thank You! We can't say it enough, and will hopefully have some time to decompress and say it a little more personally soon.
The event itself was a huge success!
Thank you to AmberJean and Salon Ori for letting us host it there, shaving all of our heads, and providing post shave gift certificates!
Thank you to Kaylyn Knopp for catering the event. Check out her catering facebook page: Vegano Private Catering.
Thank you to Amy and her business Mehndi Moments for doing all of the awesome henna!
Thanks to Chelsea, Snorine, Amy, Al, Shell, and Piper for raising money and shaving their heads with us!
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| Thank You AmberJean! |
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| Before Head Shaving |
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| After Head Shaving |
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| First cut! |
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| I think she enjoyed this immensely. |
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| Mehndi Moments. Thanks Amy! |
It was an awesome event. We really enjoyed it, and we hope you did as well.
Some amazing news, is that we've far surpassed our initial fundraising goal! When we first started talking about doing any sort of fundraising, Ryan wanted to set the goal at around $8000, as that's what we figured would get us through with minimal difficulty. I objected because I thought there was no way we would raise more than $5000. We compromised on a goal of $6000, as that's what we figured we could make it by with.
Well you've helped us raise about $9000!! Your generosity and kindness has absolutely blown us away. Thank you again!
All the Hugs!!
~ William Veldt
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Onto the update...
This should probably be two different posts but when it rains, it pours. So there.
This past week has been unusually difficult for me for some reason. Chemo is cumulative so perhaps it's just catching up with me. This has been the most challenging post chemo recovery yet. I've been more nauseous than usual, making it increasingly difficult to eat and I feel like I've exhausted all my food options. Nothing sounds appealing so right now I'm eating a lot of cereal. On top of that, if I even think about chemo and a particular thing that goes with it**, I immediately need to drink something flavored or I feel like I'm going to be sick.
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| Port Picture |
My hearing has come back. Hopefully to stay but it will be a couple days, like last time, if I'm going to lose it again. This is one of those hurry up and wait side effects. Dr. Bloom says my ears look good in general so...
I just had my last Neulasta shot yesterday, which is brutal. It causes an unreasonable amount of pain for two days. I cried Sunday night thinking about having to go in for it Monday morning, which is really the first time that I've cried related to having cancer. I'm not really even sure why. I'm not upset about it. I don't think it's "unfair", as if there's some man in the sky doling out what we each do or don't deserve. Maybe it's just misplaced irritability over not being able to eat and then feeling super shitty when I don't eat.
I'm a little nervous for the next round of chemo. Twelve weeks worth, every single week. My oncologist says it's more tolerable. We'll see. My chemo schedule will continue to be on Fridays so I'm currently accepting applications for chemo buddies.
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| **Saline Flush |
xoxo Ry
** The particular thing that goes with chemo that Ryan avoids thinking about at all costs is the saline flush that they do of her port almost every time we're in. They attach a syringe filled with a very concentrated saline solution to her port and pump it in to clean the port and the tube that goes into her jugular vein. The taste goes straight to her mouth and she makes some of the funniest faces, but she absolutely hates it.
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