Today is the last day of immunotherapy treatment. It’s also the last day of ALL my cancer treatments! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Since January 2020 I’ve completed chemotherapy, a lumpectomy, radiation, and immunotherapy.

It’s been a VERY long road, but the treatments worked, there is “no evidence of disease” (aka the cancer is GONE) and hopefully I’ll never have to deal with this again.

I’ll still have follow ups and appointments with the million doctors I now have… my oncologist, my radiation oncologist, my cardio oncologist, my surgeon, etc. I’ll have annual mammograms which I’m sure will be stressful.

But for today I’m not going to worry about any of that. I’m going to CELEBRATE!!!! 🎉🥂🧁😊 I’m done!!! I did it!

I honestly couldn’t have done it without everyone’s support. Everyone who has read this blog, thank you. I said from the beginning that writing is therapeutic for me and it helps me process my feelings. So thanks for reading!

Thanks also to everyone who sent well wishes, prayers, meals, donations, and care packages. The amount of love and support I’ve received over the last year has been heartwarming. I appreciated it so much! Thank you!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Immunotherapy infusion #10 out of 13 this morning. I’m getting there!! 😊

Oh, and big news – Dana Farber got new masks – cute peach colored ones instead of blue. 😜 (I know, I know, I really have no life if this is news lol).

I can’t wait to be done. Looking ahead, I think my last infusion will be in April. Then I assume I’ll have to get my port taken out at some point, not sure when. I’ll have another mammogram this summer. Many other follow up appointments, I’m sure.

It seems like I’ll be in Phase 2 Group 4 for the vaccine (people with one medical condition). Right now in Massachusetts they’re on Phase 2 Group 1 (people 75+). Hoping I can get the vaccine by April or May, but that may be overly optimistic.

Right now I’m focusing on getting myself as healthy as I can. I spent most of 2020 being pretty sedentary and eating a lot of carbs to help with the chemo nausea. It’s time to focus on healthy eating and being active so I can give myself the best possible chance of staying cancer free! I started the health app Noom six weeks ago and I’m so happy with how it’s going. I’m eating more nutritious foods, drinking more water, being more active, and I’m seeing the results already. I’m down 11 pounds, and I feel so much healthier and have more energy. (If anyone is considering Noom, I’m happy to tell you more about it. I really like the program).

Anyway, I’m ready to MOVE ON with my life. I can’t wait to get a job. See family and friends more often. Send the kids back to school. (Ben’s going to kindergarten in September!) Even little things like grocery shopping (never thought I’d miss that hahaha). Can’t wait. Still won’t happen for a while until Eric and I are vaccinated but I’m looking forward to so much this year. 😀

Love this ❤️💪🏻😊☕️

I had a whole post typed up about the ups and downs of 2020. The good and the bad. The challenges and successes.

But what it really boils down to is this – yes, I went through an absolutely horrible year. But THE CANCER IS GONE. 👏🏻😀

And I’m ready to move forward. So I deleted my lengthy post and I’m just going to say Happy New Year! 🥂 I’m really excited for a fresh start! 😊

I haven’t written in a while. I think that’s a good thing, though! It means things are pretty good. 😊 For the most part, I’m feeling fine. My treatments at Dana Farber every 3 weeks are routine and not so bad really. Six more infusions to go.

I’ve been so busy with Ellie’s second birthday, then Thanksgiving, now Hanukkah, and Christmas coming up! I’ve thrown myself into decorating for the holidays and planning activities for the kids.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m exhausted and have cabin fever and the kids are currently driving me crazy lol, but those problems are no different from so many families right now. So I need to remember how grateful I am to have “normal” holiday and pandemic stresses right now. Lol.

Here’s some pictures from Ellie’s birthday –

Apparently I didn’t take too many pictures on Thanksgiving. But here’s a cute one of Ellie in her turkey dress –

First night of Hanukkah –

Playing in the “doh” ❄️ as Ellie calls it –

Wishing everyone a happy holiday season! 😊

I needed this. We needed this. Many thanks to my neighbor Ann who is letting us use her lakehouse in upstate CT this weekend. The house is beautiful. The lake is beautiful. The weather is beautiful. And I’m here with Eric while the kids are home with my parents. Thanks Ann, Mom, and Dad for making this little getaway possible. ❤️

It’s been such a great week. My parents have been up since Friday visiting and helping us out with the kids. Big thank you to Gramma and Pop Pop for coming up so often!!! ❤️❤️

I was also able to go to my friend’s wedding ceremony this weekend and it was BEAUTIFUL! Gorgeous venue and just the sweetest ceremony. So happy for you guys! And so happy I was able to go and have a “normal” night out with friends (well, as normal as you can have during a pandemic lol), sitting around a fire pit after the wedding. So many laughs! It was exactly what I needed. 😀 Eric and I both got to go which was awesome. Can’t remember the last time we went somewhere together without the kids! 🥰

This morning I’m getting a little time to myself before my parents go back home. Got some Starbucks and I’m sitting here just enjoying this beautiful fall day. 😎