tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16346862893859323662024-03-04T23:25:04.500-06:00Making Cancer HistoryAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14017970843888711047noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634686289385932366.post-46278291568188677542015-01-06T21:21:00.001-06:002015-01-06T21:40:29.827-06:00Prayers for Jeryka<p dir="ltr">I am writing this for Jeryka...Lauren</p>
<p dir="ltr">I am no longer on the trial due to the medication raising my liver enzymes. We tried to lower the dose a couple times with no success.<br>
I did have a good Christmas with my family and they even surprised me with us all going and getting infinity tattoos. It was a good day.<br>
I am now out of the hospital spending time with family and close friends. I'm not up for visitors right now and not very good at answering text. Please leave me a message under this blog on fb and my family will make sure i get it.<br>
Your continued love and support means the world to me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I love you all.</p>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14017970843888711047noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634686289385932366.post-67912971435851358652014-11-26T23:37:00.000-06:002014-11-26T23:52:35.637-06:00Thankful<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>So I have made it through the first week of the trial. I haven't noticed any side effects and I feel fine minus being in some pain, but we are addressing that situation. The last scans I got from NIH showed an increase in the liver mass plus multiple spots on multiple bones (femur, humorous, rib cage, and back). That helps explain the pain I have been having in my side right along my rib cage and into my back. Right now I am using a Fentanyl patch and pain pills to help keep the pain down. It seems to be working right now after having the up the dosage of the patch. As long as it stay on top of taking my pills the pain is under control. I am also going to go see a Pain Management Doctor next week to see what some other options are. We are also going to see if I am able to do radiation while on the trial. Which I think this would be the best option but I'm not the doctor.<br>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14017970843888711047noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634686289385932366.post-19933240643854281432014-11-05T16:47:00.001-06:002014-11-05T16:47:40.881-06:00Radioactive<p dir="ltr">Well the second time around was a little worse.  The pain from the shots user to numb my head and the pressure from screwing the halo on made me sick and light headed. After that little episode everythibg else went pretty smoothly. I honestly don't remember a whole lot since I slept for most of the procedure.  The nurses and doctors were wonderful and even remembered me from the last visit. I had a new radiation oncologist because the last one moved to Alaska.  </p>
<p dir="ltr">We got to the hospital around 630am and left that afternoon around 1. During the procedure they actually did two other spots that looked suspicious to them so they ended up giving me some steriods. We were hoping they wouldn't have to use them so we could start the trial faster but since there were three spots that got treated they had to give me some. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Removing the halo wasn't as bad as the first time but it still wasn't fun.  </p>
<p dir="ltr">We are on our way home now for a couple of weeks before hopefully heading back to Maryland to see those doctors.</p>
<p dir="ltr">A special thanks goes out to Joey Keith for making a quick trip down there to be with us (mainly Kyle since yesterday was a little blurry for me). And also thank you to everyone for their thoughts and prayers. We will keep everyone up to date.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Love,<br>
Jeryka</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14017970843888711047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634686289385932366.post-69593510606133142652014-11-02T16:45:00.001-06:002014-11-02T16:45:55.642-06:00Houston Bound<p dir="ltr">We are at the airport now waiting to board our plane to Houston.  I got the call on Friday saying the moved my Gamma Knife appointment up to Tuesday Nov 4th. Which is a good thing because it was scheduled for Nov 18th which would put off starting the trial that much longer. Thanks to Dr Koeneke for helping speed up the process and getting this ball rolling a little faster. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Right now we are scheduled to meet with all the doctors tomorrow. Tuesday is when I'll actually receive Gamma Knife and then we should get to come home on Wednesday. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Just a quick update for everyone.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Love,<br>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14017970843888711047noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634686289385932366.post-37594235536820502302014-10-21T00:16:00.001-05:002014-10-21T00:28:52.510-05:00Patiently Waiting<p dir="ltr">We went to NIH a couple of weeks back in hopes of starting the trial. But after doing every type of scan they had we found out there is a new small spot of the brain which eliminated my from the trial as of right now. I am not sure why there is a spot because that is why we did full brain radiation and full brain radiation was suppose to kill any and all spots that may be presents in the brain. Obviously it missed one. So now we are waiting for MD to look at the scans and decide if doing Gamma Knife to that spot is an option. Or to tell us if this is a spot we should even be worried about. If I do end up doing radiation again I can go back to NIH two weeks after and hopefully start that trial or maybe even a different one that may end up being a better choice. MD just got the scans and reports last Wednesday so I am hoping I hear from them really soon. The longer it takes the longer I have to wait to start this trial. So let's jusy say I'm getting impatient. </p>
<p dir="ltr">The scans from NIH showed an increase in the size of the tumors in both the liver and lungs with a couple of new spots. There was a suspect spot on the iliac bone. The bladder still looks good along with my kidney and liver function. I am still in some sort of pain each day either in my rib area, my back, my chest, or all three but my energy level continues to increase. Sleeping at night is still questionable but I usually make it up from about 7 am to 10 am.</p>
<p dir="ltr">On the other hand I am going to be adding breast milk to my diet. There is a current study out there that states breast milk helps with liver and lungs cancer. Which I currently have spots in both of those spots. No, I won't be buying breast milk off the internet from a stranger or from the person standing on the corner. I don't need any extra "stuff" floating around in my body. I will definitely let y'all know how it is after I get a chance to try it.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I have been staying busy with work and racing. Racing season is just about over and meet season is just about to start. So I really don't have too much time to sit around and worry. Not saying I don't by any means but as long as I keep myself busy my brain isn't usually allowed to wonder to the "what ifs" that are constantly in the back of my mind. </p>
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The trial I will be participating in involves me just taking a pill called Cabozantinib every night. I have to to NIH every two weeks for the first 4 months for a check up. After 4 months if everything looks good then I will get to go back up there every month. I will get scans every 2 months up there. This pill has shown improvement in patients with spots in their lungs but they don't have a lot of information with patients that have spots in the liver. So hopefully I can be the one that it shows improvement in both the liver and lungs. <br />
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Once again the doctors had to inform me that my case is very rare. So I am hoping I can help them learn more about it and they will know how to treat people in the future that may have this same rare form of cancer.<br />
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I am excited to get started. I was relieved I didn't have to spend a long period of time up there and that I can do this all at home. I will just become more of a frequent flyer and will get to know Maryland like we did Houston. NIH will help with all travel arrangements and they were actually going to see if I qualified to stay in the Children's Hotel while I was there but they thought the age cut off was 26.<br />
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Right now we are planning on going back the week of Oct 6 to get scans and then see the team on Oct 7 and will get started after that. <br />
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Thank you everyone for the thoughts a prayers. My family and I really appreciate it.<br />
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JerykaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14017970843888711047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634686289385932366.post-49839434592151665372014-09-22T11:33:00.001-05:002014-09-22T11:40:51.411-05:00Maryland<p dir="ltr">Here in just a few hours Kyle and I will be on a plane to Maryland. We will be meeting the doctors tomorrow at NIH to learn about a trial they have for me. I'm excited to go but nervous because I don't know what to expect. I don't know how long I'll have to be away from home so that part is kind of stressing me out. I like to have a plan but right now we are just going with the flow.</p>
<p dir="ltr">As soon as we learn more I will update everyone.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Love, <br>
Jeryka<br></p>
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I don't want to do chemo again because I feel like its just breaking own my body and making it really hard for it to fight off anything.<br />
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We are currently looking for trials at NIT in Maryland. A wonderful lady named Aricca has success finding herself a trial so I am going to hopefully follow in her foot steps. <br />
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The last couple of weeks have been really hard. I have no energy, my blood pressure is extremely low so every time I stand or do any type of movement I get light headed and short of breath. So I have had to stay close to the ground so if I do pass out I don't have very far to fall. Things are getting better but I am ready to be back to some sort of normal state. I just want to not be tired and have the energy to clean my house. I have been at work but I haven't been able to be the best coach I can be because I have to sit a lot. I haven't been able to be the best gym owner either because I can't spend the time I need to to make sure everything runs smoothly. I haven't been able to make it through a weekend of racing without spending a full day in the motor home sleeping. My family does so much to get my race car to the track and I haven't even been able to race. I know I won't feel normal as long as I have this disease inside me but I just want the energy to do my everyday task. And not let anyone down because I can't do what I need to get done.<br />
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So right now we are just going day to day. I don't think I am allowing myself to believe we are running out of options. Every time I have done chemo it has worked, even if it was for just a very short time, it should it was doing its job. And now I have nothing to show for the 4 rounds of chemo I went through this time.<br />
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Hopefully we will hear back from NIT with an option. And we can get started on that ASAP so I can get back to "normal" whatever that is.<br />
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Love,<br />
JerykaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14017970843888711047noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634686289385932366.post-65461115199990706582014-08-06T18:15:00.002-05:002014-08-06T18:15:51.189-05:00Going StrongWell, I have made it through 3 rounds of chemo and only have 1 left before I have to do scans again to see if it is doing it's job. And honestly this has been the easiest rounds of chemo I have done. I only have to do one day every other week and have been able to go into the work the next day without feeling bad. I hope the rest of the rounds go this easy. <br />
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We finally got results from Foundation One gene testing. The tumor came back with 4 different mutations, which is good because we have a few other options when or if chemo stops working. The first mutation they found has a pill they have used to help fight it and there is also a clinical trial going on that focuses on that mutation. The second one has just a clinical trial going on. The other two don't have anything right now but that doesn't mean there won't be any drugs or trials for those mutations. <br />
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I finished full brain radiation in July and just did a MRI today. I will see Dr. Bell on Tuesday next week with the results. With this also, I had very few side effects other than my hair falling out.<br />
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Hope everyone is enjoying their summer. I will be pretty busy the next couple weeks but I will try to update after we get the results from the MRI to see if the radiation did its job.<br />
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Love,<br />
JerykaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14017970843888711047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634686289385932366.post-19894952486964552262014-06-25T16:26:00.001-05:002014-06-25T16:26:08.664-05:00From radiation to chemoToday was my 10th and final round of full brain radiation. Overall the process was extremely easy and painless. My hair hasn't fallen out and I really haven't had any other symptoms. My head just started getting tender to touch which is the burn from the radiation. I won't know for sure if it worked until I do a MRI in August.<br />
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I will start another round of chemo on Monday June 30th. This round will consist of three different drugs, which two of them I have already done. I only have to do it one day a week every two weeks. Which is way better than having to sit in a hospital for four straight days. We will do three rounds and then repeat scans to see if its working. If it is showing improvement we will probably do three more rounds after that.<br />
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This past weekend we traveled to Indy for the Jegs US Open. We were suppose to race there Friday, Sat and Sunday but since the car count was low and it looked like rain on Sunday they moved Sunday's race to Sat. So we got two races in and a golf cart race before we loaded up and hit the road to St Louis. They were having the Super Chevy race so we couldn't just drive by a race track that was racing without stopping.<br />
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Indy was a little rough on me overall. I was struggling and not driving well at all. Other than in the golf cart race. JR, Larry and myself all entered our golf cart into the race. It was done on an 18.99 index and I will say our cart and drivers had it figured out. I made it down to four carts before turning it red. Jacks had a blast racing with us and he even helped me drive a couple of rounds.<br />
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We got to St Louis about 2 am on Sunday to sleep outside the gates near East St Louis. I was a little scared for my life that night. We all got one time trial in super pro and the quick race and there were no buy backs. I was 1 red second round in super pro and made it to the finals in the super quick before missing the tree. I haven't been to St Louis in over a year and it is probably one of my favorite track to race at. The racers from there have been nothing but supportive throughout this whole process and it was finally good to see all of them in person. I really appreciate each and every one of the racers out there. They know how to make a person feel good even during the most difficult time. I was able to forget everything and just enjoy my time at the race track with my family and friends. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The awesome aunt I am let Jacks dry his bike with the air nozzle after a rain delay</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then I watched him play in a mud/oil/transmission fluid puddle with the air nozzle. And this was the aftermath. Lets just say he got a shower outside in the hose.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Its not a win but it felt great to even make it to the final. I just take this runner up as a sign that I will have plenty more races in my future to win. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14017970843888711047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634686289385932366.post-16825210657751810762014-06-11T15:50:00.001-05:002014-06-11T16:01:29.605-05:00Radiation<p dir="ltr">I just finished my first round of full brain radiation.  I saw Dr Bell yesterday to go over the results from Houston.  I didn't think we would end up starting treatment the day after I saw the doctor but I was fine with it. I will do 10 treatments (1 each day for 10 days).  Each treatment will take maybe 20 mins total. Yesterday they made a mask that I will wear during each treatment. The mask was molded to fit my face exactly so I will get to take it home with me when I am done with treatment.  </p>
<p dir="ltr">This process was completely painless and easy.  A lot different than Gamma Knife. Let's just hope it works like Gamma Knife did. The doctors were really nice and worked with my schedule so I didn't have to miss work. They also let me have next Friday off so I can go to Indy to race. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Radiation will make me lose the hair I have worked really hard to grow. It will also cause fatigue.  I have no restrictions while I'm doing radiation, so that makes me feel a little better about it. They told me to just listen to my body and take it easy when I start getting tired. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Once I'm done with treatment I will start chemo again. Which I am not looking forward to but we will do what we got to do. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Love,<br>
<u>Jeryka</u></p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14017970843888711047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634686289385932366.post-48818127712512623882014-06-02T21:56:00.001-05:002014-06-02T22:04:20.670-05:00Once again<p dir="ltr">Well we didn't get the results we were hoping for. The MRI showed three new, but very small spots on the brain (that weren't on the scans I had done at home a month ago) And since there are multiple spots showing up they feel like full brain radiation would be best. On a positive note, the previous spots that were Gamma Knifed are still gone. So we know that I respond well to radiation. I was just hoping to not have to use full brain this quick since I can only really do it one time. The nurse was very optimistic about doing full brain radiation. She felt I would handle it well and she told us she had seen scans that were 10 times worse than mine. So that made me feel better. </p>
<p dir="ltr">The CT scan showed the spots in the liver and lungs have grown a decent amount from the last scan. They all decreased in size and were stable after chemo in Jan but showed regrowth on these scans. There are no new spots so that is good I guess. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Right now we don't have a plan. My original oncologist at MD was out of the office today so I saw a differnt oncologist. He was going to share the results with her tomorrow and she will be getting a hold of us to start the next process. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I'm not real sure what to think about all of this. I was a little worried about the MRI since there was that suspicious spot on the one I did at home (which didn't even show up on these scans). But I felt good about the CT scans and really thought everything would be fine there. I don't think I'm ready to start this awful journey over yet again. I have had a great 4 months of being free from chemo. I just don't want to go down that round again for the 4th time. Maybe they will have something other than chemo that I can do.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I'll update when we get a plan.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Love,<br>
<u>Jeryka</u></p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14017970843888711047noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634686289385932366.post-11605133376178153212014-04-20T22:18:00.004-05:002014-04-20T22:18:51.669-05:00EasterHad a wonderful Easter with my family. We did lunch at our house and then took the kids to the gym for an egg hunt. They could have cared less about the eggs, all they wanted to do was play. <br />
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We had a great weekend overall. It was nice having everyone together since it is so hard with our busy schedules. <br />
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I have been feeling great lately. My energy level is growing and so is my hair. I had an MRI of the brain a couple of weeks ago. There was a very small (3mm) "suspicious" spot that Dr. Bell was concerned about. So he was going to send the scans down to MD Anderson to see what they think about it. We will wait to see what they say and go from there. I am scheduled to be down in Houston on June 1st for my 3 month check up scans and to see the doctor. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14017970843888711047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634686289385932366.post-44000011030240155712014-02-26T10:41:00.002-06:002014-02-26T10:42:02.931-06:00Check upGetting to Houston was one of the most complicated trips I have taken. The girls had a meet in Oklahoma City on Saturday and I was suppose to fly out from there on Sunday morning for my MRI on Sunday afternoon. On Thursday night after work I decided to get online and check my schedule of appointments at MD. Luckily I did this because they had went a head a scheduled a CT scan for Sunday morning at 7:20. If I wouldn't have looked I wouldn't have showed up for it. Well this caused a dilemma because my flight out of OKC wasn't until 8:30 that morning. The latest flight out Saturday was at 2:40 and if I had to take that one, that would mean I would have to miss sessions at the meet. I waited until Friday morning to try and get a hold of MD to see if they could change my CT scan to later in the day since my MRI wasn't scheduled until 4:30 and we had already booked our flights, hotel and car. I left a message with the scheduling nurse who wasn't in on Fridays. I did finally get a call from the nurse who was just ready to get out of the office. Was no help at all and refused to help me out in anyway. Just told me they were pretty busy on Sundays and if I could just show up for the appointment at 7:00 am that would be great. So getting this scan changed wasn't looking real promising. So I went a head and changed our flights to Saturday afternoon, added a night to our hotel and car. <br />
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We headed to Oklahoma Friday afternoon and about half way there I get a call from the scheduling nurse at MD confirming my appointments. I had asked if there was anyway she could move my CT scan to later in the day. It amazes me what a little effort and willingness to help someone does. She was able to move the scan to 12:40 on Sunday unlike the last nurse who refused to even look at moving it. So this meant I could stay for all the sessions on Saturday and fly out early Sunday morning. So I changed our flights once again, canceled Saturday night with the hotel and car. At this point I was pretty sure I would be red flagged at the airport for all the changing of flights I just did in less than 8 hours. <br />
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We had a lot of fun in OKC and all the girls did really well. Friday night we got to watch a NCAA session between Oklahoma, Alabama, West Virginia, and Michigan. <br />
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I got out of OKC with no problems at all and met Kyle in Houston around 11. We headed straight to the hospital to start the excitement. Everything went smoothly during the CT scan and MRI, just took all afternoon. <br />
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I saw the neurosurgeon at 8:30 Monday morning with the results from the MRI. I wasn't real nervous for this appointment but its still stressful. I wish every doctor would do what this PA does. As she is opening the door to come talk to us she tells us everything looks great and nothing showed up on the scans. And then she sits down and asks all her questions and does her examination. This is so nice because she doesn't make us wait for the results and doesn't try to have a conversation before she tells us anything. <br />
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I was scheduled to see the oncologist with the CT scans at 10:30. We didn't get called back to the room until 11:30. Lets say I wasn't real happy at this point. Its just frustrating to have to wait so long before you are even called back. We had to wait another 20 mins in the room for the doctor came in. Then she comes in and wants to know how life is and then wants to do the examination, ask about the wedding and honeymoon. At this point I don't want to talk about life, I just want the results. After you give me those I would be happy to discuss anything with you. I already had to wait over an hour to see you, so just tell me the results. <br />
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These results were just as good as the MRI. Everything is stable if not slightly improved from the last time. The one spot on one side of the liver doesn't even show up, the spots in the lungs are barley recognizable, and the other spot in the liver is way improved. This was such a huge relief. <br />
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Now the plan is to repeat a CT scan in 3 months and an MRI in 6 months. I am hoping everything continues to improve. <br />
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I need to send prayers to a special person who starting this crazy journey. Stay strong and you will have so many people beside you fighting along with you. <br />
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Jeryka<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14017970843888711047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634686289385932366.post-86934940390389299582014-02-04T21:28:00.000-06:002014-02-04T21:29:33.389-06:00New YearI know it has been a while since I updated this and what better time to do than on a snow day. It amazes me how much I can get accomplished around the house when I am stuck inside of it for almost a full day, but I am not sure I could play Suzy Homemaker everyday. <br />
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The last month has been busy and hectic but I wouldn't trade it for anything. At the beginning of January I finally got to see my girls compete at their second meet of the season. I am so proud of how every girl did at that meet. The girls had their third meet two weeks ago and they all made huge improvements and its so nice seeing all their hard work pay off. <br />
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This last weekend was the Thumbwars practice tree race which is usually a good time. It is nice to see all the racers during the off season. I did not fair to well and only won a little bit of money but I still enjoyed the night. On Sunday Mom and Dad had the family over to celebrate Kyle and I's birthdays and to watch the Super bowl. It felt good to get to spend some time with my family and the crazy kids.<br />
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I saw my oncologist last week and all of my labs are looking great. I didn't get scans done yet because I might get some when we go to Houston at the end of February. But I am feeling great and getting more of my energy back each day. <br />
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My girls and I after KC Coed. Best meet of the year for them so far</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14017970843888711047noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634686289385932366.post-48417948568842346722013-12-29T23:37:00.001-06:002013-12-29T23:37:52.256-06:00Best Christmas present<div>I am pretty sad that Christmas is already over. I feel like it came so fast and then it was over. I usually like to start shopping pretty early but this year I really didn't get started until the Friday before. I finally finished up on Christmas Eve and still felt like I didn't have enough. Even though everything went by extremely fast I enjoyed every minute that I got to spend with my family and Kyle's family. I love watching people open presents especially the kids. </div><div><br></div>I had a CT scan done on the Monday before Christmas and then saw th doctor on Friday.<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> Dr. Koeneke delivered the best Christmas present I had gotten so far. My scans showed nothing in the lungs and two very small spots in the liver that were hard to tell what they were. He said if these spots showed up on a healthy person's scans he wouldn't be concerned at all but knowing there was something there before we are going to do at least one more round of chemo maybe two. If feels so good knowing that this chemo reginmin is doing its job so hopefully it will be a little easier to sit through this round. I will go in on Tuesday this week. Looks like I'll be having my own "cocktails" to celebrate New Years. </span><div><div><br></div><div>I had a MRI of the brain done Friday morning before I saw Dr. Koeneke. I was scheduled to see the radiologist on Jan 2nd so I wasn't even thinking about those results yet but Dr. Koeneke eased our minds and let is know that the scan came back clean as well. So that was my second favorite Christmas present!</div><div><br></div><div>On a side note, married life is great. Our wedding was a amazing and I couldn't have asked for it to go any smoother. It was so nice getting to share our special day with so many special people in our lives. I will share pictures on my next blog!</div><div><br></div><div>I want to give a special shout out to all the racers and their families who showed their support by purchasing Team Jeryka items from dragraceresults.com. It is greatly appreciated and I hope to be able to thank you all in person one day at the track. I also want to thank Scott Lemon, Luke Bogacki, Danielle Davis, Rick Huffman and Jeremy Maples for helping to make it happen. </div><div><br></div><div>Hope everyone has a great New Years!</div><div><br></div><div>Love,</div><div>Jeryka</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14017970843888711047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634686289385932366.post-23912012806396545962013-12-03T23:56:00.000-06:002013-12-03T23:57:12.218-06:00Missing outSo this weekend is our first gymnastics meet of the season, which I am pretty excited about. But what I'm not excited about is that I will be laying in a hospital bed all weekend for round 4 of chemo and won't get to see the girl's hard work pay off. This is going to be extremely hard for me. I want nothing more than to be there with them during their first meet. I'm not going to be able to help calm their nerves, give them last minute corrections or give them a hug after they do an awesome routine. These kids mean the world to me and I just want to be there for them. Tonight after practice was extremely difficult. It was so hard looking at the girls as I was giving them last minute advice because I could see the disappointment on their faces and it killed me. I couldn't let them know I was hurting inside so I held back the tears as we said good bye. I want them to be strong while I'm gone so I had to put my strong face on even though I didn't feel strong at all. Tonight was also hard because I have a gymnast who is struggling and there is nothing I can do for her before the meet. I can't help her work through her mental block from the hospital and it really bothers me. I just want to fix it for her and make it all better, but I can't. I feel like I am letting her, along with the other gymnast down for not being there for them whee they need me the most. It's not fair to them that they have to be put through this battle with me. They shouldn't have to worry about me, they should just be able to focus on doing their routines to the best of their ability.<br />
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This round could be my last round. It will all depend on what the scans show this time. After two rounds the spot in the liver shrank a lot from the original scans. If it looks like the chemo is still working I could do up to 2 more rounds. If everything looks stable we may take a break after this one. Since I am tolerating the chemo pretty well, Dr Koeneke would be okay with doing more rounds after this if it looks like it is still doing its job. I haven't been sick at all this time around, it just wears me out and sucks sitting in a bed for 4 days straight with only being able to get up to use the restroom. I take plenty of things to do but I never have the desire to do anything. Last time we took the clock down because it was directly in front of my bed and I couldn't stand watching the time go by so slowly. Last round my hemoglobin levels dropped pretty low so they did a blood transfusion. I was a little worried about this but it went fine other than being done in the middle of the night. I just want to sleep when I'm there but the nurses won't leave me alone no matter what time it is.<br />
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The last two weeks were the best. Between getting to marry my best friend and spending a week in Mexico. I got to forget about everything and just have fun. I think that is why this round of chemo is extremely difficult on me. I went from an extreme high to an extreme low. I am so sick of this thing running my life. I feel like everything revolves around it and I can't just live a normal life. I didn't get to race as much as I would have liked this summer and now I can't go coach my girls at their first meet.<br />
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On a brighter note, our wedding was amazing. Everything came together nicely and I had the time of my life. It was so nice to have our families and friends all come together and help us celebrate our special day. The dance floor was rockin' all night long and so was the photo booth! We got a good laugh from the photo album that was put together from the photo booth. I will try to post some pictures from the night real soon.<br />
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JerykaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14017970843888711047noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634686289385932366.post-52048215986890492052013-11-04T23:28:00.001-06:002013-11-04T23:28:35.246-06:00Why<p dir=ltr>Why? </p>
<p dir=ltr>That is a question I constantly ask myself. Why do I have cancer? Why was I chosen to walk this rough path? Why do I have to fight so hard to live? Why do innocent people get this disease? </p>
<p dir=ltr>I know I won't ever get any answers but I just don't know why it happened to me or why it happens to anyone. This disease is constantly on my mind. I wish more than anything that I could just forget about it and not have to worry anymore. I don't want to be sick anymore. I don't want to wonder if the chemo is working or not. I don't want to wonder if what we are doing is enough or the right thing? Should I be doing something else to fight this?</p>
<p dir=ltr>I am so ready for our wedding day. But of course me being sick is always in the back of my mind. What if the next round of chemo really kicks my butt and I'm too sick to make it to our wedding. Or if I do make it, what if I can't enjoy the day to the fullest because I don't feel good. What if I feel bad and can't enjoy our honeymoon? </p>
<p dir=ltr>I am just so frustrated with everything right now. This is my last free week before my next round of chemo and I was just wanting to feel good and today hasn't been a great start to the week. I just hope the next few days get better so I can enjoy them. </p>
<p dir=ltr>On a side note. I got an MRI two weeks ago and everything in the brain looked good. So that was a relief.<br></p>
<p dir=ltr>Love,<br>
Jeryka</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14017970843888711047noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634686289385932366.post-13353240173666223882013-10-22T15:17:00.002-05:002013-10-22T15:17:09.597-05:00Starting overI didn't get as lucky as I did last chemo treatment. My hair started really coming out this weekend. I didn't wash it hoping I wouldn't lose any more than I already had but I woke up this morning and it was pretty patching. So before I went in to get an MRI, Kyle shaved my hair off. It was depressing because I had finally had a decent amount of hair and I was actually starting to like it. Now I got to start over and what really bothers me is not having hair to do for our wedding in a month. But on a positive note, maybe this means the chemo is actually working this time and I will get to sleep in longer since I won't have to worry about doing my hair.<br />
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This was suppose to be a routine 3 month check up with the oncologist. I had my CT scan Wednesday. Which took forever to actually get it done and it didn't help that the lights went off while we were waiting (me being me, I was scared that was a sign). Thursday was the day I saw the doctor. Of course she was late but now I wish she wouldn't have even showed up......</div><div><br></div><div>The results we got were not what we were looking for. Th CT scan showed that the spot in the liver had grown from 1.2 cm to 2.8 cm and there were spots in the lungs that were bigger from the scans done at the end of June......</div><div><br></div><div>I was speechless. I wanted to go back to bed, wake up and start the day over again, only with better news. How could there be anything left in my body after the horrible rounds of chemo I just finished. I just didn't understand. I still don't understand this. </div><div><br></div><div>Once again the doctor reminded me that I am a very rare case (I have mixed feelings about this). She gave us two chemo options to do. We chose the one she felt was the most aggressive but she wanted to admit me into the hospital down there to get this chemo. </div><div><br></div><div>We got out of her office around 9. Went to admissions to get admitted and they told us we had to wait until someone was discharged. So we waited and waited. Drove around Houston, went back to the hotel, watched tv, ate, and oh yeah, waited some more. I was ready to just get on a plane and fly home. I was finally admitted at 10:30 that night, over 12 hours later.</div><div><br></div><div>Surely they wouldn't start anything that late.... I was wrong. They put a picc line in my arm since my port had to be removed. Which only took about an hour. Premeds were started around 3 and then chemo was started around 3:30am. The first chemo which is call IFex would be administered for 4 days at 3 hours a day. The second chemo is called Doxorubicin and would be give 3 days in a row going for 12 hours each day.</div><div><br></div><div>Let's just say that was a long four days in a hospital bed. I was able to get up and walk around but most of the time I just wanted to stay in bed. My energy level was low and there were times I didn't feel great. </div><div><br></div><div>I finally got discharged on Monday around 5pm. Kyle had to go to two classes on how to take care of my picc line. Then he had to clean it, change the bandage and flush it while a nurse watched him. They wouldn't discharge me until he passed the test! We were suppose to fly out at 6:30 but didn't make that flight. We got on the 7:00 one with a stop in Dallas. We got to KC an hour and half late because the plane from Dallas to KC had something wrong with the navigation. The best text I got about that was from my BFF Sarah, "well I guess you don't want to end up in Indiana!" At this point I didn't care where I ended up as long as it wasn't in Houston or a hospital. </div><div><br></div><div>When we got to KC I was feeling fine. Tired but I could handle that. I was excited because that would mean I would feel even better on Tuesday and would be able to go on with the week. That was wronge. Tuesday was a struggle. I had no energy, felt sick, my head was cloudy and I was really upset at this situation. I tried to go to practice but only made it two hours before needing to come home. I am so glad I have people in my life that will listen and let me cry when I need to. One of my parents finally saw me lose it as I was leaving the gym. All she did was ask how I was feeling. That was all I needed to hear at that time and I lost it. I don't like to show my emotions around the girls. I don't want to worry them. If they see me upset or worried then they would get that way and they don't deserve to have that on their minds. </div><div><br></div><div>I'm at a point in this fight that I really wonder if what we are doing is the right thing. Is going through chemo really going to get rid of everything? Is there something we are missing or not doing that we should be doing? Should I go get another opinion? Why isn't the chemo working? Do I want to go through this all over again? Why does it keep coming back? Am I going to lose my hair again after I worked so hard to get it back? How am I suppose to plan a wedding when I am in a hospital bed for four straight days and have no energy to get out? All of these questions plus a thousand more are all what was through my mind since getting the news. And Tuesday night I had had enought and broke down. I lost it but luckily I have some very special people in my life that allow me to break down and they help pick up all the pieces. They put everything back into prespective and got me back on track.</div><div><br></div><div>Wednesday was 100 times better. The morning was a little rough but as I got the day started everything got better. We got to see Dr. Koeneke this afternoon and he answered all of our questions. He really makes me feel at ease with everything. He takes the time to listen and answer questions we may have. We asked him about going up to Ohio to get a second opinion from the University and he was all for that (thank you Samantha and Jeg!). He also told us that more than likely they could administer the chemo up here. Which means we won't have to travel down to Houston every 3 weeks like the doctor down there was wanting us to do. He is also setting up an appointment to get a port put back in, which means I can get this dang picc line out (it's pretty annoying and a lot of work). </div><div><br></div><div>Every hour in the day got better. My energy was up and I didn't feel sick at all. I made it through the whole practice with the girls and they even got to try on their new leotards for this season!</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you to everyone that has called, text, or sent me a message. Your thoughts and prayers really mean a lot. I love you all!</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you to Joey Keith who made a trip down to Houston to sit with us during the first day of treatment. </div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Love,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Jeryka</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14017970843888711047noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634686289385932366.post-31732896773146281022013-09-25T13:25:00.001-05:002013-09-25T13:25:08.313-05:00NervousI am starting to get real nervous about my check up next week. I have a CT scan on Wednesday morning and then I will see the doctor Thursday morning to get the results. 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That is my car that gets to ride all the way up there!<br />
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This kid is crazy but love him to death. He got to hang out all weekend with us at the races.<br />
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At two weeks old these little guys made their first appearance at the race track. <br />
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National Gymnastics Day was Sept. 21st.<br />
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Here are some pictures from the last month or so. Everything is going great. I have been feeling good and my hair is coming in nicely. I will return to Houston the beginning of October for a check up.<br />
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Kyle won super street at the Topeka division race!</div>
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Abigail is ready to race!</div>
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I can finally get my hair into a ponytail!</div>
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My sister in law gave birth to these two perfect babies. They were born on Sept. 6th and are doing great. Mom and babies got to go home on Sunday. <br />
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Kaden James</div>
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Haylee, Blake and Cate meeting Carter and Kaden for the first time</div>
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The twins with the twins!</div>
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Tuesday morning Pam, Tera and I left for Hartford, CT. This would be the first time in a long time that I have flown somewhere that didn't involve doctor's appointments or getting stuck with a needle, so I was going to enjoy the trip.<br />
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Our flight out of KC was delayed an hour so when we got to Chicago we just went straight to the next plane and boarded. No time wasted in that airport. We got into Hartford around 4:30 with no problems, checked into the hotel and went exploring for a little bit. <br />
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It was an 800 series!</div>
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While we were eating dinner coach Chow (he was Shawn Johnsons and Gabby Douglas' coach) came into the same restaurant to have dinner. As we were leaving Pam stopped so I could get a picture with him. I got to thank him for the letter and t-shirt he had sent me earlier this year wishing me good luck with my journey. He has got to be the nicest and happiest person I have ever met. <br />
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A couple of weeks ago I went and saw Dr. Bell, the radiologist here in Manhattan to discuss what we should do as far as full brain radiation. My oncologist down in Houston thought I should see about getting full brain since I was done with chemo but the radiologist that did the Gamma Knife felt we should just use full brain when we need it since we can only use it one time. So we were just confused on what the best plan would be. Should I do full brain now just as precautionary and then we wouldn't have that option if something showed up later down the road. Or should I go ahead a wait, get MRI's every 2-3 months and use it if something shows up sometime. Right now I am going to wait. I have an MRI scheduled for August 18th. I am hoping there is nothing there and we won't have to worry about radiation right now. <br />
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I have been feeling great since I have been free of chemo. Everyday gets better and my energy level goes up each day. I will repeat scans, do blood work and see my oncologist in October. So I am somewhat free from appointments for a couple of months. <br />
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This coming up week is the last week of summer practice for the girls. They have been working hard (most of the time) and will get a week off before we start our school year schedule. I will miss morning practices because we can get a lot done when its just team in the gym but I won't miss having to get up early! Next week I will be going to Hartford, CT for National Congress and gymnastics championships. Congress is 3 days full of classes about coaching gymnastics and running a gymnastics business. I am really looking forward to going since I wasn't able to go last year. <br />
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This last weekend we got to throw a baby shower for Lauren and the twin boys who have been trying to join us recently. She is now 31 weeks and doing everything she can to keep the boys in for a little bit longer. After the shower my sister, mom and Sarah got to go wedding shopping. I was reminded the other day that I have under 4 months left before our wedding day so its time to start putting things together and marking stuff off the to-do list. I am so lucky to have a great group of ladies helping out with the planning and decorating. <br />
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My sister, Haley (Lauren's sister) and I rubbing the baby bump!</div>
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