Happy, Healthy and looking to give back!

So, I had my last scan on January 18 and it came back ALL CLEAR!!! What a huge relief!! I’ve been walking on air ever since. Scan time evokes so much anxiety and getting good results makes me just feel like dancing around – which I did with my kids. I’d had a bit of worry about these two little bumps that I found. I don’t know how long they were there, but just noticed them a couple weeks before the scan. They didn’t show up on the scan and I showed them to both my oncologist and plastic surgeon last week and they both think they are likely to be titanium clips from my surgery. I’m having an ultrasound at the end of February to just make sure. I had a clip taken out with my last surgery and assumed it was left in erroneously, but as it turns out there are likely more in there… Now, wouldn’t it be helpful if they told you, “by the way, we left a bunch of metal staples in you and they may show up at some point,” so that you don’t have heart failure every time something rises to the surface?? I guess they don’t think of it. So, I’m not too worried since they are wanting to do the ultrasound just to rule anything else out. I’m feeling great and enjoying getting out for lots of long walks… Speaking of WALKING and giving back, I’ve decided to participate in two events this year – Relay for Life and the Avon Walk… I just signed up to be a team captain for Relay for Life in Napa on July 28 – 29. Relay is a wonderful event that raises money for the American Cancer Society and that benefits cancer patients directly through ACS support programs for individuals in treatment. It is a really fun event and I hope you will consider joining me and/or sponsoring me for this very important event. http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY12CA?pg=team&fr_id=36842&team_id=1093699 Also, I am going to sign up to do the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. The Avon Walk is a 2 day walk September 23 and 24 in Santa Barbara. It is a marathon the first day and a half marathon the second day. Now, I don’t even dream of being able to put that many miles on my feet in such a short time, but I’m going to do my very best to go as far as my little feet will take me. Please consider joining me and/or sponsoring me for this event. I will post my webpage for this shortly. Thank you so much!!! Julianne