Good News is Good News

I've written about Access to Healthcare Network before on my blog, but I have more to write about.

Truly, if you are someone who does not have insurance this is the plan for you. There are income guidelines and a few other qualifications to meet, but man, I'm telling ya....it has saved our hineys.

Last Friday during my chemotherapy infusion I got a call from my Care Coordinator, let's call her Nancy. She was calling to offer me the $2,000 grant she secured from the Susan G Komen Foundation towards my treatment. I about fell out of the chemo chair. What insurance company would call you with that information? "Lisa, we know you've been worried about paying for your treatment so we went ahead and secured this grant for you."

I was thinking that I start the icky round of chemotherapy on March 18 (Not that this has been a party, but the worse one is next) so I would use some of that grant to pay for that next round. Well, I also found out that since there is no break in the treatment, I go from the weekly to the every-three-weeks-treatment with no break, and since I've already paid up to the cap on my chemotherapy, I DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE NEXT SET!!! This means that grant money can be used for the weekly doctor appointments or the upcoming surgery or radiation. Wow.

We also had to start with a new Primary Care Physician since ours retired in October and he wasn't on the list anyway. He did recommend a doctor who was on the list with Access to Healthcare, so we decided to go ahead with the new doctor. My husband saw him on Monday. And Access to Healthcare has funding to pay for the first appointment with the new doctor so that was $60 we didn't have to come up with.

In the mail yesterday we got a little postcard. The front says, "Nothing says I Love You like a free colon screening" hahahaha. On the back it tells me that Access to Healthcare has received grant funding to offer me or a loved on a free colon screening. Well, Happy Valentine's Day, honey. You can be the loved one!!

Keep the Faith.

Gray Hair Will Rule the World.

My husband shaved my head about 5 weeks ago after a week of my hair falling out. I had (have) very dark brown hair and was left with stubble. Now the stubble has continued falling out and I'm left with just the gray stubble. The gray stubble is GROWING. How can one lose one's hair and still have GRAY STUBBLE??? I feel like it's the cockroach of the hair world. Nuke it and it survives.

I'm coming up on my 8th of 12 weekly chemotherapy sessions. And I'm feeling the effects. The neuropathy in my thumbs is a bit buggy, but it's not too bad. Every once in a while it will hit in my forefingers too. And when I'm really tired I'll feel it in my left foot. I'm getting what look like red freckles on my hands and arms. And I don't mean read-head kind of freckles. Actual RED spots. like R E D. They flake off though and I'm told it's a side-effect of the taxol.

Yesterday we attended the International Networking Week event that I wrote about. It was fantastic. Jordan Adler did a great presentation and we came away with new ideas and wonderful inspiration for moving on and up in our SendOutCards business. That lovely shot in the arm that feeds your soul.

Thanks to the Executive Director with BNI, Willeta Christensen, we all had dinner together the Tuesday night before the event. We had a great time. The two local presenters, Molly Geil and OC Gillham also came to dinner. It was such a nice evening.

So, even though these treatments are becoming a dreaded part of the week, I felt well enough to attend some wonderful events this week and get my pitcher filled.

Here's a fun story:
I read Jordan Adler's book last year before we thought of inviting him to speak at our event. There is a chapter in the book about writing the story of your life. You write in a journal or notebook about your dream life as if you are living it NOW. Understand? You imagine your dream life...where do you live, what car do you drive? What is your family like? And you write it like your are living it TODAY.

So I got out a journal and started writing. I have a vivid imagination so it was easy for me. But like most projects I start, I got sidetracked and busy and set the journal aside. That was last October. Jordan spoke about that chapter in his book at our event yesterday. This morning I remembered my journal so I found it and started reading what I wrote.

On the third page I wrote this: "Just got back from having dinner with Jordan. We had a wonderful visit and a it was great to get a little coaching"

That's exactly what happened Tuesday night. Incredible.

So, if you'll excuse me...I have more writing to do....

Keep the Faith!

If You're Going Through Hell....

I love this little placque from Tamra Murphy. It says so much.

One of my favorite blogs is from T. Harv Eker. He posts the most positive things every day. This is something he would put on his blog. I may suggest it.

Thank you Tamra. I love this.

Keep the Faith