Its not too late!! If anyone has some stuff for our garage sale, bring it on by.

Thanks in Advance!!

Here is another way to support Kristen. Every little bit helps and is TRULY appreciated!!

We Need Your Help

Kristen is an absolutely amazing person. A person so full of love and kindness beauty and strength. She has been a rock for so many people and has touched so many lives. Now WE have the chance to return the love that she has always shown to us. There have been many of you that have asked what you can do to help Kristen while she is fighting cancer, and so, here's your answer. We are having a yard sale/fundraiser to help raise awareness about Lymphoma and to help Kristen with any medical bills and expenses that may come up in the future. In addition to the money that we raise for Kristen, we will also be donating a portion of the proceeds to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

We could really use your help with donations or help getting ready.

We are in need of help in the following areas:

-Yard Sale donations
-Making/hanging signs
-Food-(think bake sale)
-Sorting and pricing before the sale
-Help during the sale

Also, if you have any service that you can donate for the sale (example: photography, haircuts, tutoring, computer training or ANYTHING else you can think of) please let us know so that we can sell that at the yard sale too.

If you would like to donate but can't make it to the yard sale, we will be setting up a paypal account in the near future so please check back.

For all questions or information about how you can donate, please email us at

kickkristenscancer@gmail.com

Thank you all for you love and support of Kristen. It means more than you will ever know.

-Team Kristen

(Feel free to forward this to anyone you know who would be interested-Thanks!)

#8

Today Kristen had her 8th chemo appointment. She met with the doctor before and he wants her to do a PET scan, CT scan, and a Lung Function test. She gets those done in ten days. He'd do them sooner but she has a cold and he doesn't want it to interfere with the results of the tests. If the scans all come back clear she will continue on and do the four more chemos that she has been planning on. If there is anything on the scans she will have to not only do those four, but four more. We are praying hard hard hard that all will be well with the scans and she can finish this H-E-double-hockey-sticks in September. So keep her in your prayers.

The next issue at hand is money. She is now on long term disability, so is not working anymore, and is not guaranteed her job when she is done with all this. Her work has been so understanding through all this and we appreciate their patience and support. SO, she is hanging on right now, but in the future may need some help, so I have come up with a plan. I'm thinking of doing a garage sale, with all proceeds going to her to help with the bills as they come in. If she doesn't get to that point or has extra, the money will be donated to the American Cancer Society. There is a slight chance I might sneek some and keep it aside for a nice relaxing get away or massage for when this is all said and done. Who knows. SO.... keep that in mind when you see that extra stuff you have lying around in a DI pile. More information is soon to come. If anyone wants to help, let me know.

So my kids and I went and stayed at my parents house while Sean was at Scout Camp. We had a lot of fun hanging out, but I especially liked hanging out with Kristen more than usual. Mostly at night after the kiddies were in bed, so it was nice to have no distractions. While we were there Lulu said she wanted to brush Kristens hair and not mine. I had to gently remind her that she has no hair to brush. She also told Kristen that she should come and sleep over when she got her hair back. When I asked her if she could sleep over now without hair, she said no. Funny girl. She also told her one day to go put a wig on.

As for my dear sister, she will be having chemo #7 this Thursday. After #8 they want to do some follow-up testing to see how things are going. She has been pretty well lately although at the beginning of this week she looked pretty much like a zombie because she was so exhausted. And today she has a horrible sore throat and cough. And her back has been hurting too. And as usual has a really hard time sleeping. So I guess maybe she hasn't been doing that well.

Thanks again for the continued support!!

Here is a recent photo...

We had a family party and my cousin Amy (http://www.amylittlephotography.blogspot.com/) took this picture of me. I am still really hesitant about posting pictures of me without hair, but it's who I am so I'll slowly get used to it. My eyelashes are falling out now and my eyebrows are thinning. I miss hair.

I don't know what to say.....

other than

THANK YOU TO ALL!!!
I have been given so much support, so many goodies and lots of love that I am often times overwhelmed. This is truly the hardest thing I have ever done(I thought having a kidney stone would have counted) and I am so grateful to everyone I know and to those I don't know for everything. I am truly blessed. I would love to thank each and every one of you individually but I know that's impossible. So just know that I am grateful, I do notice and I need it.
Love-
Kristen