It's been a while since I posted an update and a lot has happened.  Some of you may already know and others may have been following his journey on here, but my dad recently lost his battle with cancer.  He fought so hard and gave it everything he had - we are so proud of him.  It has been a really tough road but we are able to find peace knowing that he is no longer in pain.  We already miss him like crazy.  John Sablak's Page

As for me, things are moving right along. The initial plan when this all started was to do chemo, surgery, radiation and one year of hormone therapy via IV, then 5-10 years of hormone pills.  The good news is that my initial chemo rounds shrunk the tumor and surgery took care of the rest of it - I am now cancer free!  However, soon after, I was surprised with 14 more rounds of chemo which I have been doing alongside the hormone therapy (12 rounds left to go)!  The reason for more chemo is because I still had existing cancer remaining going into surgery.  They just really want to make sure that it is gone, gone, gone.  I'm not stoked about more chemo, but I'll do anything to stay in remission!  I am also taking part in a trial out of the Mayo Clinic which is an additional oral chemo drug for my type of breast cancer.  So far, all of the chemo together has been making me feel quite nauseous the majority of the time, but I'm hoping to find a good solution to this, as this will last another 10 months or so.

Radiation started last week down at the Mayo and they are thinking that can cram it all into 3 weeks, so that's great news!  We are one week down and only 2 more to go! 

Thank you all for the positive vibes - I carry them with me!!