DONE!!

CHEMO IS OVER!  CHEMO IS OVER!  CHEMO. IS. OVER.

i did it!  we did it!  He did it.  yeah buddy!
 
sooo, can you tell i'm just a little, teeny, tiny bit excited?!?  i'm gonna say this will probably qualify as the 4th best day of my life!  the 1st being the day i accepted Christ as my Savior, 2nd being my wedding day, and 3rd being Little Dude's birthday.  i barely squeaked by with my numbers but whatever!  it happened and we are DONE!

the doctor said to wait about 10 days on eating salads and hard to clean fresh veggies.  WOOT!  so i plan on starting the New Year off right with a big ol' salad. 

as for tonight?  we CELEBRATE!  my favorite meal of pork tenderloin, mac and cheese, and mashed potatoes.  and then we're going out for a massive piece of chocolate cake.  now that's what i call a celebration, people!

now i know there's still a loooooooong way to go.  lots o' scans/tests, a year of Herceptin, a major surgery coming up, a more minor surgery (after the Herceptin is done), and 5 (probably 10) years of tamoxifen.  but this was the most intense part of treatment and i feel like i've reached a milestone!  


and now i gotta say...
THANK YOU, friends.  thanks for hangin' around and readin' my little blog.  it's not over yet!  thanks for your support.  thanks for your prayers.  thanks for your gifts.  thanks for loving me through it.  thanks for making me laugh.  thanks for making me cry tears of joy. 
it *really* helps to know that you're in my corner.  i mean it.

an extra special and very MERRY CHRISTMAS, y'all.  may you be blessed as much (and more!) as you have blessed me and my little family. 
i like this translation of Philippians 1:3 from The Message...
"Every time you cross my mind, I break out in exclamations of thanks to God."