New chemo is like getting life back

In the weeks that have followed since my last round of A/C Chemo, I have started a new type of weekly chemo. Well, two of them actually- taxol and herceptin. Since there's so much to catch up on with what we've been doing, I'm just going to give you a captioned photo update so you can see just how well things are going, peppered with only a few days of not feeling so great. I know it's a little scattered, but I still hope you enjoy! xoxo, Ry

First we found this little turd

Up in Duluth, a skeleton in the woods

Steve and Duckie hang out in Duluth

William and SK embrace after a dance party

Botzy and Lauren love Duckie

Donna and William get their root on

Jord and Botzy play outside

Pig meets Dog

William loves Duckie

Donna and William

William at Gooseberry

Mr. Monkey Man

Ninja Turtle Sighting

Rock the Garden from the cheap seats

We run into my favorite little Wulfric

We kidnap a five year old

Astronautalis and Sims show

Working on Que Sehra Farm

Amy hennas the littlest leg and our friends leave for tour

Jacque finds shade

 

Riding in the Riviera

Working for the weekend

William 

We really had a very normal weekend. Visited family, went for a bike ride while William long-boarded. Had brunch with Botzy. Lots of fun and normal stuff coming up this week. Hope I'm feeling up for all of it, but I am feeling good today so I can't ask for much more than that.

xoxo Ry

Silliness as usual...

Shell loves me!

Tauntaun!

By Friday I'm feeling back to normal. No fuzzy chemo brain. Mostly just random dibilitating pain from the Neulasta shot. During the day, I received the best ever care package from my cousin, Shell. Later in the evening William and I biked over to hang out with Jyoti and Josh and William passes out in a Tauntaun. 

xoxo, Ry

Back to normal life

BREFFIS!

After my days-long epic hangover, I rejoined the land of the living and went back to work, ready to take on the day with a gargantuan Starbucks and some chocolate and peanut butter bundt cake that my very talented friend, Amy, made. I got through the day alright and ended up leaving work with two more-than-half-empty bottles of wine, which I decided to consume. Because I am an idiot. Even though I didn't drink them quickly and didn't really have very much, I awoke the next morning feeling as bad as I had after that long late night of partying. I think I've got it now though...

xoxo, Ry

Wedding Night!

William signs

Botzy witnesses

First Kiss

Like our trip to Vegas, we spontaneously got married. On 4/20 in the middle of the night. In the middle of a Rap Show at the Sound Gallery. We asked our friend (hosting the show) and his lady friend to be our witnesses, were ushered into a small quiet room, and got down to business. We were already planning to get married in June so we had our marriage license. We sort of had a gun-shy officiant but when a new friendship and chance encounter presented a new friend who was already an officiant, we just decided to jump at the chance to get married in such a unique way.  



Unforunately, I had started chemo the day before. And we partied HARD that night. I paid for that night by feeling like I was dying for almost two whole days. But I'd do it again in a second. It was one of the funnest nights of my life so far.


xoxo, Ry