A new PET Scan has been scheduled to see how well things are shrinking on the inside

Well, I had a big chemo today and I am a bit more tired than normal...I don't know if that is b/c they - whoever they are -lol say that as the build up of the chemo you will feel more side effects. ( I think the they's are just different doctors and people and stuff I have read in books in case you needed to know -lol) Well, I don't get nauseated b/c of the meds they have put me on Praise God...so I can take being tired...I mean hello I have an 8 month old baby girl and a 4 year old litte boy to keep up with - without chemo I think that is just part of life - but wouldn't change it for NOTHING!!!!!! :) I have recently spoken with my Doctor at Duke..he called me at home at 9:45 pm from home to make sure that he wouldn't have any interruptions in talking with me - how AWESOME is that - so compassionate - Anywho, he asked how my breast was doing - what a question - lol - anyways, I told him what the docs said here and I told him I was praying it was doing the same on my liver and he said "Almost 100% of the time if it is working on your breast then it is working on your liver!" WOOHOO! I must be honest and say I am a bit apprehensive to get too excited b/c who knows, you know! SOOOO he told me that he resent orders for brain scan down here and that the liver biopsy is just something to do in the future..I think when I go back to see him next on Dec 2 he really just wants to see how well the chemo is working and go from there!!! So that is the deal there!Today when I saw my Doc he said he would like to go ahead and get a PET/ CT scan scheduled to see what is going on inside and that the tumors seem to still be shrinking and my breast is getting softer compared to how hard it was in the beginning! :)So, my PET/ CT scan has been scheduled on November 24th and should find out results after Thanksgiving! I mentioned to one of my nurses today about when would the brain scan be and she said she would check with the Doc and possibly do it same time as my PET!!! So we shall see!Can I just share something with you - I am crazy I know but I don't know why I just always like to share with ya'll ..I just want too! It might be more than one thing so sorry! :) A few weeks ago I went to a store I always go to to buy baby clothes and a sweet, sweet young lady was there who I have talked to since b4 MIcah was born "She said are you ok" - since I looked different . This is the first time I had seen her since getting sick and I told her the deal and she said "Are you going to be a SURVIVOR" I know she meant no harm whatsoever ...some people just don't know what to say - I took no offense but at the same time I didn't know what to say..I said " I hope so" She said she would pray for me and I was off on my way. So then I started researching when do you become a survivor! I can't remember where I read it but I read something that said, "If you make it through the conversation of when your doctor tells you that you have cancer, then you are a survivor" - Cool! Then around the same time was the Komen race everywhere and I was looking at some pics from a survivor sister of her at her race and I saw people holding up signs like 1-5 year survivor and I thought ok..when I shared with her that that gave me encouragement she said there was actually a sign that said 1 year and under survivors :) I love it!!!!! And as if God didn't think that was enough for me to KNOW I was a survivor ALREADY, I got a very special gift from someone I have never met and it was a beautiful box and on the front it said Survivor and on the inside was a beautiful Survivor Angel ornament with these word - SurvivorTo celebrate your wondrous strengths and spirit so divine-You believe in miracles in the most cherished time.Your simple hopes and graceful dreams ride high on precious wings-This angel gently joins the chorus, for you it joyfully sings!Speaking of dreams..sorry..I told you it might be a little more..just one more...I received a journal that I have never heard of and thought I would share..It was pink with a pink ribbon on it and on the inside someone had already titled it "Catherine Peake's Pink Journal of Dreams " and in the card with the journal this person had said that she had already started the first page..I will tell you I read it cried - for excitement, for hope, for anticipation for new hair :)...you will "hear" why...the first Entry said "When I get well: I will wear pink ribbons in my hair and run on the beach with Mike, Micah, and Carrington! I will chase butterflies and marvel at God's wonders....YES, YES, YES I will!!!!!!It may not have made you as emotional but I just thought I'd share! So I guess that is way enough for now in my long-windedness! Until next time!A 77 day survivor sister, Catherine :)