March-great news!

Found out today that Nysh's CA125 is 7!!!!!

She just got back from a fabulous trip to Puerto Vallarta with the goddesses and now she's in California visiting family and heading to Napa with two of her sister-in-laws. All is super!

Love,
Maggie

Rockin' February

Nysh's CA125 is 6.3 this month, fabulous! All other labs are great too!!!

Love,
Maggie

January All Good!

Nysh's CA-125 was 6.4 this month. All is good!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love,
Maggie

2008-The year in pictures...

Miss Ila (5 mos.)


Miss Vivian (2)


Paul


Danny, Beth & Ila


Matt


Ben


Eric & Jess


Fly cousins
Lil' Nysh, Shane, Maggie, Kiernan, Ben, Yuki, Miki & Robert


Hank, Liz (Betty), Lu, Nysh & Gene


Ben, Vivian, Nyshie & Maggie


Grandpa Paul & Baby Ila


Ila


Maggie & Vivian


Chad & Vivian

Nysh all good...

Hello all,

She just called me and her December test is great. Her CA125 is 8.2, all is fabulous!!!

Happy Holidays!
Love,
Maggie

More news from Nysh...

Hello,

I know it’s been awhile since my last update. No news is good news, right? Right. My 6 month post-chemo labs done over a week ago were all completely normal. My CA125was 8.2, well within the normal range. They’ll be done again December 17th, so will try and do a more timely update after that.

My other news is that I’m starting a very part-time nursing job tomorrow. I’d been thinking about it for some time, not sure if I could find anything without having recent clinical experience. I’ll be doing supervisory home visits for CNAs providing services for children under 18 with developmental disabilities. Lots of Downs, Cerebral Palsy, etc. The state requires a visit every 2 weeks just to ensure that the CNAs, PT, OT and/or Speech therapists are following the established treatment plan and a brief physical assessment of the child. I make my own schedule and can take as many or as few clients as I want. I’m starting out with 7 and can increase the number when and if I want to. The office is about a mile away (as the crow flies) and the two nurses who own and run it are great. Most of the clients live in our part of town. I’m really excited about it. I have the impression that a monkey could do this, but the state requires an RN (go figure). It’s a great way for me to get back into working away from home and something in healthcare. I’m just going to take it one step at a time. It sort of feels like my first step back into a normal (?) life. It’s been a long year…

Love you all,

Nyshie

More Good News from Nysh...

A very delayed update but I think most of you are aware that my 5 month post-chemo lab work was all completely normal, including my CA125. I will continue to have it checked monthly for awhile. My hair and my strength continue to come back, although my hair at this point looks a little like Lyle Lovett: thick and curly on the top and not much on the sides. I’m just happy to have hair, but with cold weather finally here, I think I’ll still need a hat quite a bit.

Otherwise, life is good. The elections are over, the Peak has snow and we currently all are in good health. Now that’s something to be thankful for.

Love,
Nyshie