January 8, 2012 - Part Deux - Email Sent to Network

Hello Everyone and Happy New,

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years! 

The Thomson household had a wonderful holiday that seemed to measure up to the Thomson boys’ discerning expectations.  I quote “this was the best Christmas ever” – how’s that for measuring up.

Christmas and New Year’s was filled with lots of food, love, family, friends, presents, fun and food (did I say food…).  Having had a great time and no sleeping pattern, it is still great to get back into normal life, routine and a new year.

This year will be about getting through the breast cancer journey for me.  My job is to kick cancer in the butt (appropriately phrased by Carissa – the ultimate Cancer Babe)!  Once I am done, watch out!

So the next phase of the journey begins this week on January 11^th  - my first scheduled chemotherapy appointment.  I have to say that I am not looking forward to all the side effects, but after this first chemo treatment, only 7 more treatments to go (one treatment every three weeks – 8 treatments total).  You bet I will be doing a major countdown on this particular project and looking forward to a happy dance once this and other treatments are over.

I will continue to walk, go to yoga classes, spend time on hobbies and spend time with friends and family as I feel up to it. 

To keep anyone (who is interested) up to date with how I am doing and with my musings, I have set up a blog (thanks to Carissa – the ultimate Cancer Babe) as my main method of communication in order to respect everyone’s email inboxes.  I will still use email updates from time to time and will definitely use email directly with anyone that likes email better. 

The blog address is as follows:

http://carmelacancerbabe.blogspot.com/

I will send you all an invitation to the blog shortly where you can choose to join or not.  I believe you can post comments on the blog, so test it out and I will learn how to use it better too.

You can also email me at my new email address that I have set up through my new iPad 2 (yes I am now a current technology user thanks to this great Christmas present from Todd and the boys – I absolutely love it. One can live on an iPad alone – well almost:o)).  The new email address is as follows:

Carmela.Thomson@me.com

My regular email address is just as good:

Carmela.thomson@telus.com

My Best,

Carmela aka soon to be a Sinead O’Conner look alike:o)

Think Pink   

Live Strong, Be Strong

PS:  Latest quote from a yoga instructor I just met:

Breathe in Life

Breathe out Love

My version:

Breathe in Life and Strength

Breathe out Love and Strength

…. Learning to breath is all part of the journey