What a way to spend the 4th of July, having chest tubes removed! July 2007 |
This is the only wig I'll ever wear! August 2007 |
Did I mention that "pink is my signature color"? August 2007 |
I always thought it would be cool to have the GI Jane look! Here's my chance. My first buzz-cut...why not make it a party! October 2007 |
A little bit of chemo isn't going to keep me from making snowmen with my sister! December 2007 |
A goofy grin...and look, my hair is growing back... I even have eyebrows again! My 29th Birthday February 2008 |
...and I'm bald again! April 2008 |
See all the fun things you can do when you don't have to worry about fixing your hair! June 2008 |
Hanging out in the hospital doing a little apheresis stem cell collection in preparation for my Auto Stem Cell Transplant... July 2008 |
So happy to be out of the hospital! You can see my apheresis catheter poking out of my chest... August 2008 |
Look at all that hair...I look like a mini-me of my mom! December 2008 |
'X' marks the spot! My radiation mask was a little claustrophobic, and made me look a bit Pinnochio-ish! February 2009 |
Happy 30th Birthday to me! February 2009 |
So skinny from the Macrobiotic diet, but oh so happy too! And look, my hair is coming in curly! April 2009 |
Nothing like a travel adventure to heal the spirit... and apparently the body too! (But really, it was all God!) Backpacking through Europe July / August 2009 |
Mom and me ringing in the new year, and looking quite healthy I might add. January 2010 |
Only days after my lung biopsy, I celebrated my 31st birthday. February 2010 |
Camping is fun! Balloons are fun too! June 2010 |
Giddy up horsey! Gotta play now, because tomorrow I go to the hospital for an Allogenic Stem Cell Transplant. July 2010 |
Bye bye hair. GI Jane, here I come again! July 2010 |
Check out that tan line! Sexy! July 2010 |
Moon face. Gotta love Prednisone! But hey, I'm cancer-free now! October 2010 |
Still have that moon face, and still cancer-free and smiling! December 2010 |
With my wonderful oncologist on Valentine's Day... my face got really round again from an increase in my prednisone dosage to combat some GVHD. February 2011 |
My nurse Linda loved the pink wig...what a hit! She called it "pure sex"! I call it FUN! February 2011 |
The Stem Cell Clinic staff and nurses with my mom and me. February 2011 |
My 32nd Birthday...my 4th bday since being diagnosed... and my 1st since being cancer-free! February 2011 |
Ahh, it is certainly the least attractive look I've ever sported, but it just so happens to be my face right now after two months on high-dose steroids to treat some chronic GVHD. June 2011 |