Looks like we made it

I remember the first time we were in the waiting room at the breast center to see the breast surgeon, after I knew I had cancer, but before we understood any of the details.  I saw a chair with many signatures of survivors on it and wondered if I'd ever get to sign it.  I hadn't really thought about it much since then, but I was so pleased when I got this in the mail the other day:

This invitation really makes me feel like I made it through this whole ordeal.  It's funny that this is the thing that makes me feel 'cured' but, for some reason, validation from the breast center is what I needed.  I still can't believe that we're finally through the worst of this!   

It's been 4 months since my last chemo- which means I'm officially off chemo as long as I was on it. Wow.   Just wow.  What a difference 4 months makes!  Check out the hair growth from chemo til now:

I guess this means that my blog is winding down.  I struggle to come up with topics to blog about...I will continue to blog with any surgery and appointment updates, but they are so few and far between now so it won't be that often.  I'm considering starting a blog for everyday stuff, but I feel like that needs to be an entirely separate blog. I'll be sure to let everyone know if I end up doing that so you can follow along if you'd like!

I cannot express how much everyone's support, prayers and love has helped me through this.  And it turns out that blogging really helped me through this journey too, more than I ever expected.  I have yet to go back and read any of this blog, but I'm glad that I have the option to do so, when I'm ready.  One of the reasons I wanted to start it was so that I could always remember how I felt during all of the treatments.  That and keep others informed as well as maybe someday helping someone else through this.  If I can help just one person, it was all worth it.