Wow! Time to Catch Up!

It has been a while since I've posted! So sorry! For those that don't know, I've had an interesting couple of years. In March of 2013, I finally mentioned the knot under my tongue to my doctor and she sent me to my ENT. It turned out to be a squamous cell carcinoma tumor. We had it removed and I was back at school in just a week. Monthly check-ups went well till the end of March 2014. I was having what I thought were persistent sinus infections (normal for me), and I mentioned the swollen lymph gland in my neck to my ENT. He ordered a CT scan and sure enough, the cancer had metastasized. At the end of April I had a surgery and they removed 28, lymph nodes, my left jugular vein and the muscle above it. Eight lymph nodes including the tumor were positive for cancer.  We were referred to MD Anderson Cancer center in Houston and saw the doctors there for the first time in early June. A CT and PET scan showed that I had another lymph node positive for cancer. I had surgery again the following week and that was the only positive node so it was removed. Two weeks later I began a series of radiation and chemo treatments. After 33 radiation and 6 chemo treatments I came home to recover. My first check-up in October showed no cancer. I have another coming up in January and feel like it will be the same. For the first time in a couple of years I have energy to get stuff done and feel like I'm really accomplishing a lot. I see 2015 as a year of continuing to heal and recover and make progress. I'll try to get back to scrapping and posting my creations as soon as I can get the house better organized.