I'M HAVING A REALLY ROUGH TIME I AM IN SO MUCH PAIN AND THE MEDICATION IS NOT HELPING AT ALL I AM HAVING ALOT OF PAIN IN MY SIDE IN MY BACK AND EVERY WHERE ELSE . BESIDES THE FACT THAT I HAVE A SORE THROAT AND OTHER ISSUES. SO I CALLED THE DOCTORS OFFICE AND THEY TELL ME TO GO TO THE ER BUT I HAVE MY KIDS SO I PLAN ON GOING TOMORROW SO THEN COREY WILL BE AT HIS DADS THEN THAT WAY WHEN THEY ADMIT ME WE WONT NEED A SITTER

WELL I HAD MY LAST DOSE ON CHRISTMAS EVE AND WOW THAT MADE ME SO TIRED I MEAN I'M TIRED BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THAT DOSE MADE ME JUST WANT TO SLEEP. I GOT REALLY NAUSEOUS IT WAS GREAT. I REALIZE THAT LOSING WEIGHT IS NOT WHAT I WANT TO DO RIGHT NOW BUT MAN I HATE TO EAT. CHRISTMAS WAS GREAT I GOT A BIG SURPRISE MY SOON TO BE X BROUGHT MY SON COREY OVER AT 10:30 AM YES I SAID IT 10;30 FOR THOSE WHO KNOW HIM THAT WAS A MIRACLE I REALLY THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD KEEP HIM ALL DAY AND THEN BRING HIM TO ME AT AROUND 5PM LIKE THANKSGIVING BUT MAYBE HE DOES HAVE A HEART. ALTHOUGH HE DID YELL AT ME ON CHRISTMAS EVE. WE HAD A REALLY GOOD DINNER AT MY SISTERS HOUSE WHERE I ONCE AGAIN FELL ASLEEP THEN WENT TO MY BROTHERS WERE I FEEL ASLEEP AGAIN THAT SEEMS TO BE MY LIFE BUT AT LEAST MY SON FELL ASLEEP AT MY BROTHERS TO AND WE WOKE UP TO PLAYSTATION BAND THING. I HOPE THAT EVERYONE HAD A GOOD CHRISTMAS AND KNOWS THAT THE LORD IS WITH US AND LOVES ALL OF US AND PRAYERS ARE DEFINITELY ANSWERED. TO LYNDA I LOVE YOU YOUR THE BEST FRIEND ANYONE COULD HAVE THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR ALL THE SICKNESS I'M SURE ITS NOT FUN.

Well I MADE IT THROUGH MY SECOND DAY OF CHEMO NO FEVERI THINK I FIGURED IT OUT HOW TO BEAT IT HAHA . JUST TAKE MORE DRUGS! LOL I WAS A LITTLE WEAK IN THE STOMACH BUT DOIN BETTER. LAST MIGHT THE MOST AMAZING THING HAPPENED MY SISTERS BOSSES CHURCH CAME TO THE HOUSE AT ABOUT 7:30 PM AND SANG CHRISTMAS CAROLS TO US AND BROUGHT THE KIDS A WHOLE BUNCH OF CHRISTMAS GIFTS THEY HAD SEVERAL FAMILYS TO CHOOSE FROM AND THEY CHOSE ME AND MY CHILDREN TO DO THIS FOR IT WAS THE MOST AMAZING KIND GENEROUS THING ANYONE COULD EVER DO YOU HAVE SEEN EVERYTHING THE KIDS GOT EVEN I GOT SOMETHINGS AMAZING ,AMAZING PEOPLE,AMAZING CHURCH SEE THIS IS WHEN I KNOW THE LORD IS WITH ME EVERY LITTLE STEP OF THE WAY. THERE WAS ABOUT THIRTY OF THEM IT WAS WONDERFUL I WILL HAVE PICTURES UP LATER TODAY I HAVE CHEMO TODAY I AM A LITTLE SCARED I AM TRYING A NEW DRUG TODAY IT IS THE ONE CALLED EVASTIN IT CAN MAKE U BLEED INTERNALLY THATS WHY THEY HAVE WAITED ON IT THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS FULLY HEALED AFTER THE SURGERY SO WE WILL SEE I HOPE THAT IT WILL BE GOOD CAUSE THIS IS THE DRUG THAT KILLS THE BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE TUMORS. WELL I WILL WRITE MORE LATER I HAVE TO BE THERE BY 9:30 AM.

IM ON ROUND 2 1/2 AND I GUESS WE ARE FINDING OUNT THAT I AM GOING TO RUN A REAL HIGH FEVER AND BE VERY SICK AFTER THIS CHEMO STUFF. IT WAS ABOUT FIVE OCLOCK WHEN MY MOM WOKE ME UP TO TELL ME THAT I WAS MOANING AND SHAKING IN MY SLEEP AGAIN WE TAKE MY TEMP AND IM AT 101 AND BY 8 IM AT 103 AND CALLING THE DOCTOR THE DOC TELLS ME TO TAKE ALEVE OR TYLENOL AND IT TAKES ME TILL 12 AM TILL I BREAK THE FEVER . THANK GOD THANK I DIDNT EAT ANYTHING TODAY CAUSE I DIDNT HAVE ANYTHING TO THROW UP. MY SISTER CAME OVER AND I REALLY DONT REMEMBER HER BEING HERE THIS STUFF MAKES ME SO OUT OF IT. THEN THERES THE FANNY PACK THAT I KEEP FORGETTING THAT I HAVE ON ME SO I TAKE OFF WITH OUT IT MY KIDS KEEP LAUGHING AT ME . SO I GO BACK TODAI I THINK THAT I AN GOING TO TAKE THE ALEVE OR TYLENOL BEFORE I GET THE JUICE THATS MY NEW TERM. SO HERE WE GO MY APPTS AT 930 WOOHOO

SO I CHECKED INTO TO CANCER CENTERS OF AMERICA YOU KNOW CAUSE THEY TELL YOU ON THERE COMERCIALS ON TV THAT THEY ARE THE BEST. WELL THERE ONLY THE BEST WHEN YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF MONEY OR THE RIGHT INSURANCE. THE LAST TWO DAYS IVE BEEN IN ALOT OF PAIN. IT SEEMS LIKE THE MEDICATION ISNT WORKING ANYMORE. I ALSO HAVE BEEN FEELING A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER . ON MONDAY I GO FOR CHEMO I HOPE THAT I FEEL BETTER. I SURE DONT WANT TO BE BACK IN THE HOSPITAL OVER CHRISTMAS.

THANK YOU KATHRYN ! I LOVE YOU BIG SIS!!!!

WELL ITS MONDAY CHEMO DAY YUCK! TODAY WENT WELL BUT THE LAST HOUR OF CHEMO I GOT REAL SICK! THEN WHEN I GET HOME AROUND 7 I WENT TO SLEEP AND AT 10 PM MY MOM SAID I HAD A SEIZURE LIKE THING THAT SHE WOKE ME UP AND I STOPPED. THEN LATER AROUND 2 AM I WOKE UP I WAS REALLY HOT AND I WAS REALLY SICK MY MOM CAME RUNNING IN AND I WENT RUNNING FOR THE TOILET AND YES IM THROWING UP . MY MOM TAKES MY TEMPATURE I AM AT 104 YEP 104 SO OFF TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WE GO . COME TO FIND OUT I HAD A UTI. THAT HA GONE TO MY KIDNEYS. APPARENTLY I CAN GET SICK QUICK. SO I STAYED TILL THURSDAY IN THE HOSPITAL. I DOING GREAT I GO BACK TO CHENO ON THE 22MD OF DECEMBER.

SORRY EVERYONE I WAS WRONG I STARTED CHEMO ON DECEMBER 1 2008 AND YES IT DID SUCK IT WAS LIKE I RAN A MARATHON AND ALL I DID WAS SLEEP. I GOT A LITTLE SICK BUT OVERALL IT WAS GOOD . I GO AGAIN ON DECEMBER 8TH. I DONT KNOW IT ALL JUST KINDA SEEMS UNREAL OR I JUST DONT WANT TO BELEIVE IT. I DO WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT AND FOR A FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME WE ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE A FAMILY. TO MY FRIEND LYNDA TRETTA I LOVE YOU LADY U HAVE BEEN THERE FOR ME FROM THE BEGINNING YOU NEVER ONCE GAVE ME A HARD TIME ABOUT ANYTHING I WILL ALWAYS BE FOREVER GREATFUL TO YOU. TO ALL MY OTHER FRIENDS WHO CAME AND SAW ME AND CALLED THANK YOU . IT MEANT ALOT TO ME TO KNOW I HAVE PEOPLE AROUND ME WHO LOVE ME.

LETS SEE WHERE DO I START? ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO I STARTED HAVING STOMACH PROBLEMS WHERE I WOULD HAVING BAD ABDOMEN PAIN AND I WOULD THROW UP AND I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HOLD ANYTHING IN . NOT EVEN WATER. I MUST HAVE BEEN TO THE ARROWHEAD ER AT LEAST 15 TIMES AT ONE POINT I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD PANCREATITIS . EACH TIME I WENT IN THEY WOULD GIVE ME PAIN MEDS AND NAUSEA MEDS AND SEND ME HOME. I WOULD BEG THEM AND TELL THEM THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG. I HAD NO INSURANCE SO I THINK THAT THEY GOT RID OF ME AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. IN MAY OF 2008 I WAS PUT ON ACHHCS AND I WENT TO SEE A NEW FAMILY DOCTOR. DR JOHN MONROE HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS WEIRD THAT I HAD SUCH A SORE ABDOMEN . HE ORDERED TESTS BUT I GOT BETTER AND RAN OUT OF TIME AND I THOUGHT THERE JUST GONNA TELL ME THE SAME THING. WHEN I GOT SICK AGAIN MY DR TOLD ME THAT BEING THAT PAINFUL WAS NOT NORMAL. SO ONCE AGAIN HE ORDERED MORE TESTS. HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT IF I GOT SICK AGAIN THAT I NEEDED TO GO TO BANNER AT ESTRELLA . YOU SEE I HAD GOTTEN TO THE POINT THAT I WAS ALMOST USED TO THE PAIN AND THE THROWING UO. THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 12 , I HAD BEEN FEELING REALLY BAD ON THAT TUESDAY I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND I GOT REALLY SICK I ALMOST PASSED OUT WHILE DRIVING , I PULLED OVER AND ONCE AGAIN I BEGAN THROWING UP. I MADE IT TO WORK BUT I WAS PRETTY MUCH SICK THE WHOLE WEEK ON MONDAY I BEGAN THROWING UP AGAIN BUT THIS TIME I THREW UP BLOOD AND THAT REALLY GOT ME SCARED. ALSO THE PAIN IN MY RIGHT SIDE UNDER MY RIB CAGE WAS REALLY UNBEARABLE . I WENT TO MY PARENTS HOUSE AND I EXPLAINED TO MY MOM WHAT WAS GOING ON AND SHE SAID YOU NEED TO GO TO THE ER . I HAD REMEMBERED WHAT MY DOCTOR HAD SAID ABOUT ESTRELLA AND ON THE WAY THERE I PRAYED PLEASE GOD LET THEM FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME. I WENT IN TO ESTRELLA BANNER ON TUESDAY ,OCTOBER 21,2008 AT AROUNG 1 PM I WALKED INTO THE ER IT WAS REALLY BUSY . THEY CHECKED ME IN I WENT BACK TO THIS ROOM WHERE A DOCTOR CAME IN AND SAID YOU ARE HAVING ABDOMEN PAIN AND THROWING UP AND THE OTHER END BLOOD ? I SAID YES AND TOLD HIM ABOUT ALL MY TRIPS TO THE ER AND THAT I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD PANCREATITIS. HE TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE GONNA START AN IV AND THAT THEY WERE GONNA DO SOME TEST THE FIRST TEST THEY DID WAS AN ULTRASOUND. AS THE TECH WAS DOING THE ULTRASOUND I COULD TELL SHE SAW SOMETHING BUT THEY WONT TELL U A DARN THING. AFTER THE ULTRASOUND I WENT INTO ANOTHER ROOM WITH ABOUT 15 OTHER PATIENTS WAITING TO BE SEEN. AS I WAS WAITING THE NURSE GAVE ME PAIN MEDS AND NAUSEA MEDS AND A HUGE BOTTLE OF WHAT LOOKED LIKE DIRTY WATER AND SHE SAID YOU HAVE TO DRINK THIS OVER TWO HOURS IT IS NOW 4 U MUST DRINK THE WHOLE THING BY SIX ONLY HALF CAN BE GONE BY 5. THIS WAS FOR A CAT SCAN. I WENT FOR A CAT SCAN AND THEN I WENT TO A ROOM WHERE AT ABOUT 6:45PM A DOCTOR CAME IN THE ROOM AND SAID MRS. HEDSTROM I SAID YES AND HE SAID YOU R CAT SCAN SHOWS THAT YOU HAVE SEVERAL LIVER LESIONS AND THEY ARE MOST LIKELY CANCEROUS THERE WILL BE A NURSE THAT WILL BE COMING TO GET YOU TO BRING YOU UP TO ICU YOUR BEING ADMITTED YOU ARE VERY SICK AND YOU ARE GONNA BE HERE A WHILE. YOU KNOW YOPU CAN ASK ME ANY OTHER OF THE DOCTORS NAME THAT CAME TO TALK TO ME BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE NAME OF THAT DOCTOR WAS . AFTER I WAS BROUGHT UP TO ICU THE NURSE CAME IN AND TOLD ME THAT I REALLY NEEDED TO GET MY FAMILY DOWN TO BE WITH ME AND THAT SHE WAS SO SORRY THAT I HAD THIS SO YOUNG. THAT NIGHT I WAS VISITED BY DR. RODRIGUEZ THE GASTERNOLOGIST, DR. GLADDING THE SURGEON AND DR. ZAFFAR THE ONCOLOGIST. DR. R SAID THAT I NEEDED A COLONOSCOPY SO ON THURSDAY OCTOBER 23,2008 I HAD A COLONOSCOPY WHERE THE NEWS WAS NOT GOOD HE FOUND OVER 35 POLYPS IN ONE SECTION OF MY COLON SOME WERE THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS. HE DID A BIOPSY AND WHAT HE TOOK WAS PERCANCEROUS. THEN ON OCTOBER, 25 2008 HE DID THE UPPER GI THANK GOD THAT CAME BACK CLEAR. THEN ON MONDAY OCTOBER 27, THEY DID A LIVER BIOPSY WHICH CAME BACK POSOTIVE WITH COLON CANCER. THERE IT WAS IT WAS CONFIRMED I HAD CANCER AND NOT JUST A LITTLE CASE I WAS STAGE 4! WHAT HAPPENED TO 1,2,3 DID I MISS SOMETHING? NO I DIDNT SOMEONE ELSE DID AFTER ALL I HAD BEEN SICK FOR TWO YEARS AND

AND IN THE ER ABOUT 15 TIMES. THIS IS WHERE DR. GLADDING AND DR. ZAFFAR CAME IN . THEY WERE NEEDING TO MAKE THE DECSION WETHER TO START CHEMO RIGHT AWAY OR DO SURGERY . DR. GLADDING REALLY PUSHED FOR THE SURGERY AND AFTER DOING RESEARCH IM GLAD SHE DID. SO ON OCTOBER 30,2008 I WAS BROUGHT INTO THE OPERATING ROOM AND MY FAMILY WAS TOLD I WOULD BE IN THERE FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS AND FOUR AND HALF HOURS LATER I WAS BROUGHT OUT WITH ONLY A FOURTH OF

FROM MY ABDOMEN THAT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. THAT WAS THE MOST PAINFUL THING I HAD EVER BEEN THROUGH IN MY LIFE. THEY ALSO PUT A PORT IN MY CHEST SO THAT THEY DONT HAVE TO START AN IV EVERYTIME YEH FOR THAT. I GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL ON NOVEMBER 6,2008 I WILL BEGIN CHEMO ON NOVEMBER 24,2008 I THINK THAT ,THAT COVERS THE BEGINING ON MY FIGHT . I HAVE TO SAY THAT IVE NEVER BEEN THIS SCARED IN ALL MY LIFE . THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER . I WANT TO BREAK DOWN AND CRY BUT I HAVE THREE KIDS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR ME TO BE STRONG AND BEAT THIS THING BUT MOST OF IM LOOKING FOR GOD TO KEEP ME STRONG.

Kelly started her first week of chemo Monday and did very well. She is starting to get around better after her surgery.