Hello!

Hi Everyone!
I have a lot of news to report, some good, and some not so good.

I have been having a lot of hip pain, and pain in my femur. I am having an MRI tomorrow, to rule out any lymphoma type of activity. Also, this Monday, I have my PET scan and CT scan at Northwestern. This I am praying will be clean, but I always error on the side of caution.

Some really exciting things are happening to me right now. I was emailed on Valentines Day by the head of media at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. They want me to do three things for them. The first thing is to be the subject of an article for the NMH faculty magazine. They want me to do a photo shoot next week, and be a calender girl for the NMH cancer survior calender. Also, they will use those pictures and make banners out of them for the NMH cancer survivor walk on June 3. This is a celebratory walk focusing on survivorship, and when people are walking the 4 mile walk by the lakefront, I will be on the banner cheering people on! I am so excited!

On St. Patrick's Day, I am going to be part of a patient panel, along with the top doctors in Chicago (the lovely Dr. Winter included) to discuss bone marrow transplants. I am so happy to get my life started, by helping others.

I also started a book about my cancer experience. Things are taking a little bit of time because I am not that motivated to write right now.

I hope all is well with you, and I look forward to seeing and talking with you soon. I recently changed my cell phone number so if you would like the new number, please contact my email for that information.

Love,
Sherrie

Here are some pics from yesteryear...When life wasn't so complicated. Sorry about the bad quality!

Dr. Fox

Hi There!
It is almost my one year anniversary of my femur surgery. Last February, I had a rod put in my femur because the disease was so bad in my left hip, they needed to protect the area. I have been having a massive amount of hip and knee pain as of late, and went to Dr. Fox today to get X-Rays and check it out. The X-Ray could show if any Hodgkin's Disease were back, and luckily it didn't. He put me on a prescription of Alleve twice a day. He said that for anti-inflammatory purposes, he thinks that the drug in Alleve is better than Ibuprofen in Advil. Also, with Advil, you need to take three pills, three times a day, whereas with Alleve, you only need to take two pills, twice a day. If any of you are having some aches and pains, I guess Alleve is the way to go!

Doctor Visit

Hey Everyone!
Everyone here in Chicago is mourning the Bears loss in the Superbowl, and well as absolutely freezing! The warm trend for this week should be about 14 degrees! It is brutal.

I got some not so good news right now from the doctor. My hormone levels from last week came back, and they are again consistent with the fact that I am very post menopausal. I was getting my hopes up, and it is kind of sad. Who knows what advances they will make in the future though!

Stay warm!
Sherrie