ROUND 2

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Good night!!! (I'm not sure what time of day your reading this post) haha

First off I want to Thank Each and Everyone who went to the 5K Fun Run this weekend.  It was a big success and It's most appreciated.  We raised almost $2000 dollars! Thank You, Thank You, THANK YOU!! We still have shirts left over, so if anyone is interested in buying them, they are going for $12 dollars.  Let me know if you want one.  They are the shirts from the Run, sizes are Med, LG, XL and ONE 2XL.
 

 As for treatment, I had Radiation and Chemotherapy today. Radiation has been going ok.  Last Friday (10/12/12) was a rough day.  I Went in for radiation, they couldn't get me set right on the table, so I ended up being there on the table for about 2 hours.  Like I have said before, this is the most uncomfortable position in THE WORLD!  By the time I left I was more than irriatated. I wasn't looking forward to going back this week, but today went wonderful! :) Thank you Lord!! As for Chemotherapy today I was suppose to start my second round, but I was unable to get treatment.  I have what they call Neutropenia.  What this is, is when your white cell count is too low, this being low causes some concern when it comes to infection or catching a cold.  Since my levels are low this means if I were to catch a cold I wouldn't be able to fight off an infection. Which is very dangerous.  So we will postpone my second round of treatment to next week.  I will get a injection in my arm today, tomorrow and Wednesday. The injectino is called Neupogen.  Neupogen helps my body raise the white cell counts to normal levels. I can't have treatment until my levels are back to normal. I will have blood work drawn on Friday to see where my levels are and if they are normal then treatment will start back again on Monday. 

Due to treatment, my hair has been falling out a lot! I mean a LOT.  I couldn't handle it any longer, I was picking hair off myselft, whatever I was sitting on, clothes, food EVERYTHING!! It was just becoming too much and driving me crazy.  So I had to just shave it off. I shaved it off last night.  It's a huge adjustment. My head has been so sore lately. Really sore lately.  It feels like I have had my hair in a pony tail for like 13 days and just took it out and it's just really sore.  It makes it hard to sleep at night cuz just rubbing my hair hurts. Once it all falls out it will be much better and not so sore. I think I can pull the bald look off a little bit. haha :) I still think my face looks fat! haha

Other than that all is well! :)

Thanks for reading and I will post again soon!

Tanya



LAST DAY FOR EARLY REGISTRATION!!!

Hey all!  Today is the last day for early registration for the 5k Fun Run!  You can of course still participate in the run...it's $20 today and $25 tomorrow and the day of the event!  Please please please help support a great cause!  We are sooo exicted for this event!  We have about 10 gifts to give away from generous businesses on the mountain!  Each PAID registration will be entered into each drawing for the gifts!  We have dinners, bowling, movies, massage...all kinds of goodies so you don't want to miss it!  We will have shirts for sale IF we have any left!  Look forward to seeing you all there!  Please email or call me if the link to the registration form HERE doesn't work for some reason and I get it to you.  We have goody...goodie (?) bags for each PAID registration...so you want to get registered! 

a HUGE thank you in advance!!!

Ash

ZUMBATHON...AMAZING turnout!!

WOW!!!  What an AMAZING turnout the Zumbathon had!  They raised over $600 and the owner, Chaz Hatch, of Hatch Toyota, matched the amount raised...bringing the total amount for Hope for Tanya to over $1200!!!!
THANK YOU ZUMBA GIRLS AND HATCH FOR YOUR AMAZING CONTRIBUTION!!!!

Thanks,

Ash

Chili's Give Back...update

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR AN GREAT TURNOUT FOR CHILI'S GIVE BACK!  WE'VE RAISED OVER $200 TO HOPE FOR TANYA!!!

Cupcakes & Crystals...A Jewelry Party!

Katie Lohman from Premier Designs, Katrina Johnson and Tyla Francis are hosting this fun day with the girls!  Of course if you aren't a girl you can still come...i'm sure your girlfriend, best friend, wife, significant other would appreciate some pretty jewelry too!  I am VERY excited for the party!  Let's make this the BEST show for Tanya so she gets not only the profits but gets spoiled with a lot of FREE jewelry.

I hope you can all make it!!!

Ash



COACH...COACH HANDBAG RAFFLE, ANYONE??

SOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED FOR THIS ONE!  WE'VE ALREADY RAISED OVER $300 FOR MISS TATA!! 

Chili's Give Back = SUCCESS

Well...tonight was THE DAY!!  I think we did pretty well!  We had about 30 people at our "table" and the Manager was nice enough to ring up EVERY TABLE in the restaurant under "HOPE FOR TANYA"!!!  This was after Miss Brinley passed out the flyers to every table and explained what it was for!  Just love that little Peanut!  So, by Thursday night we should have the amount that we raised!! 

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING AND GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE! 

Thank you,

Ash

WE HAVE SHIRTS FOLKS!!!

A HUGE thank you to Anton Sports in Tempe, Arizona who helped me create these shirts after a bazillion emails, changes and mock-ups!  You guys are awesome!  An even bigger thank you to Terri Wade and Becca Seeley who came up with the design!  WE LOVE IT!  Thank you to Mark Lashinski at Modern Industries who told my Husband, Dustin about a "side job" on some of their machines!  If it weren't for Mark & his hike to in the Grand Canyon we would have NEVER heard about you guys!  Thank you everyone...you are all AMAZING!!  Soooo...here they are!  Don't you just love????  I do! 

**shirts are only available (currently) if you register for the 5k Fun Run (or walk)!  IF we have any extra we will be selling them at the event...NEXT SATURDAY!!!**

GET REGISTERED....CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO:  http://www.hopefortanya.blogspot.com/2012/09/hope-for-tanya-5k-fun-run.html

Thank you,

Ash

Feeling Fab...

Hello!!! :) It's me again...

I wanted to give a little update on how things have been going. I know it's been while since I last blogged. Last week I was unable to get Radiation 3 of the 5 days.  Two days due to my intestines not lining up and the other due to the machine being down.  So I had a nice little weekend of just relaxing without treatment!! It sure was nice!!!!!! :) NO early morning appointments, no labs, no doing nothing but relaxing. Mom went with Ashley to the Mountain this past weekend so it was just Scott and I at home with the puppies. :) Bailey had her surgery on Friday so she was recovering with me all weekend.  :) We decided to have her fixed.  So we now have three sterile females in the house! ha ha I joke, but it's true. :)

I am finished with my first round of chemo, so I have two weeks free, with  just radiation.  It's been nice not having to run all over town. My second chemo round will start on Monday October 15th. My graduation day will be on January 9th just before my birthday! Depending on how I feel and how my doctor reacts when I say I'm having a BIG OL PARTY for my graduation/birthday!!! So get your party pants ready!!!
I am feeling great! I can't wait until my belly is fully healed from surgery and I am able to sleep on my belly, I miss that so much.  I am slowly getting there, I am actually able to lay half on my side and half of my belly.  It's not the same still ha ha.  I was taking a multi vitamin and it must have been too strong, It was exhausting me. I had no energy and I wanted to just sleep all day long.  Once I stopped taking it and changed it to just a normal multi vitamin I have so much more energy and I feel great! :) I am able to actually go all day without a nap! I have been loosing weight, I am down 8 pounds from the day I had surgery. I don't know really what's making me lose weight cuz I have a better appetite than Scott, and God knows that man LOVES his food! :) Just the other day we had finished eating, I polished off an entire FOOT LONG SUB from SUBWAY, and a couple hours later I look at him and say "I'm hungry"are you? His jaw drops and he says "No!!!! How can you be so hungry you had a FOOT LONG" ha ha It's great that I have such a large appetite! I guess Cancer patients don't usually have one, and that's why they lose weight.  I met with the dietitian today and she was impressed I was feeling so great! ha ha I guess Cancer patients don't usually feel great either! ha ha :) She said the reason I am probably so hungry is because my body is healing from surgery and all that healing uses so much energy so I burn a lot of calories. She wanted me to be on a high protein diet, which I knew already.  She gave me a list of foods that would help hit high marks! ha ha Overall I feel great! I hope and pray this feeling sticks with me all throughout treatment. I will for sure keep you all posted.

Please remember today is the Chili's give back day, so go have lunch, dinner, desert, HAPPY HOUR at Chili's and mention Hope for Tanya!!!  Keep in mind as well you can do this as a take out orders too!

We have a lot of fundraisers going on from Chili's Gives back to Coach Purse Raffles, so keep an eye on the blog for the latest and greatest fundraisers!!!

Much Love,

Tata

Chili's Give Back Night

TOMORROW IS Chili's Give Back Night for Miss Tanya! Thank you in advance for all your help!  Chili's will be donating 10% of all sales made on Tuesday, October 2nd ALL DAY
(at ALL East Valley & Payson locations),
if you bring in the below flyers (2nd one so you can cut and share) OR mention you are eating for "HOPE FOR TANYA"!  Print & post everywhere around work...help us spread the word!

Thanks,

Ash