Better Day

I always feel so much better after i vent; thanks for listening. Gavin was so much fun today and Sammy had two friends over. The laughter always lifts my spirits. I had to relinquish my duties as leader of my marathon group and that makes me mad. I was really hoping to run the Breast Cancer Marathon in Jax, Fl on Valentines Day, but another opportunity missed. I find myself saying this phrase a lot these days, "Maybe next year " and hoping there will be another year.

I picked up my chemo drugs yesterday and had to pay $3000. That was a little shocking, but now our in-network deductible has been met. Now we just have to worry about the out of network cost. We have to pay 20% of everything including a $7000 deductible. It is kind of scary to think 20% of my $6000 chemo drugs per month is $1200. That doesn't include any testing or doctor visits. My PET scans are $6000 each and MRI's usually run $3000 unless they scan my brain again at a higher resolution. Then the cost multiplies and i haven't even see that bill yet. Needless to say that this is one of our concerns for Chicago since it is out of network. We are hoping we can do most of our stuff here so it will be in-network such as my drugs. Travis also spoke with the benefits person at work and she has been extremely helpful. She informed us that our policy has a life time coverage of $5,000,000 instead of $1,000,000. This makes us feel so much better since i have already used up $550,000. Thank goodness for insurance.

I have had so many nice emails from people i haven't spoken to in quite a while. Novak you totally made my day. Tanya and Teil I loved my flowers. Trishie and the Flemings, your generosity made me cry. The food from all our neighbors is awesome and the overwhelming support for sitters and lunches for the kids is incredible. Thank you so much everyone. It means so much to all of us to know you all care about us. When this is all said and done i want Sammy and Gavin to read all that you have done and realize how loved we all are.

A request... I was hoping to make a book for the kids of the cards and emails you have sent and was hoping to include memories of me that you all have. If you could email me a story, a funny, a memory, etc. that would be so great. I may have to have a PG 13 or R rating on some, but those are the ones i love the best.

Any who as Mrs. Fleming always says...

Hugs and Kisses