Good Morning America!

First off, Happy Halloween!! I'm pretty anti-Halloween this year. Mainly because my sisters baby shower is tomorrow and we have a lot of last minute stuff to get done tonight. I can't believe tomorrow is the big day! And I really can't believe how fast her pregnancy has gone! In just a little over two months a little baby girl will be here!

Anyway, yesterday I received an email from a producer at Good Morning America. She read my story in The Daily News and wanted to talk to me more about my experience, especially dealing with a misread MRI. She's starting her research and talking to patients and doctors about this....apparently it's a bigger problem than I thought! If the pain in my leg hadn't persisted, I would've trusted what the results of my MRI said and maybe gone months--or years--with cancer! And then there were the problems getting referrals, etc. with the MRI readings being wrong. Why would the insurance company pay for me to see a specialist at the University of Washington when, according to my MRI, everything was normal!?

Needless to say, it was a pretty weird day! She asked what airport is closest to us and then said they'd be able to fly into Portland if they want to talk to me on camera. Crazy!! Even if they find better stories--which I know mine is minor compared to most--I still can't even believe I was contacted by Good Morning America!

In other news, I got my hours at work cut from 40 to 20. I've been anticipating this for months and I found out on Wednesday. I totally understand the need for cuts, the car industry has been doing horribly and dealerships are closing down everywhere, it's just the insurance I'm worried about. For me, that's more important than my paycheck right now. Joe and I are pretty sure I can get onto his insurance, we just have to sign a "domestic partners affidavit" so we need to get that figured out next week.

Anyway, it looks like Joe and I will be living on 1 1/2 incomes for awhile! I've always wanted to be a stay-at-home wife/mom, I just didn't plan on being a stay-at-home fiance. Or I guess I should say a part-time-stay-at-home-broke-fiance! :) Everything happens for a reason though......better things to come!

This is nothing compared to what I went through earlier in the year. Nothing!

Happy Thursday!

Almost through another week! I say this all of the time, but why is the time going so fast!? How can it possibly be the end of October?! Fall is my favorite time of the year (especially when we have weather like this!), so I'm sad to see it slipping away so fast. My mom always says that the older you get, the faster time goes. I don't know how that could be possible!

Anyway, life has been busy! Tonight my mom and I are going to meet with a lady in Woodland who does wedding cakes. She was recommended to us by two different people, so I'm excited to see her work! Below are some pictures of cakes that I'm going to show her. I love all of these!

2009 is going to be the best year ever....I'm going to be an aunt and I'm getting married! Total opposite of 2008!

Newspaper article

There was a feature story in The Daily News about my cancer treatment/experience today. Just in case anyone comes to my blog to find more about Fertile Hope, I want to clarify that it's not free for all cancer patients. To qualify you have to make less than $75,000/year (single) or $100,000 (married).

Also, if you're looking for Dr. Craig Nichols, he actually is at Providence in Portland, not Vancouver. And lastly, my radiation was not administired through my PICC line! :) Not sure how that got in there...

Roloff Farms

Yesterday Kim, George, Joe and I went on an adventure to Roloff Farms. This is the farm that the people on "Little People, Big World" (reality show on TLC) own. Despite waiting in a traffic jam for about an hour to get to the pumpkin patch, it was fun! Everything looked so different in person than it does on TV.

It was packed, but we found two good pumpkins and had a great day. It was gorgeous weather and it was fun spending time with Kim and George. I love everything about Fall! Especially days like yesterday! It was so gorgeous!

I also felt the baby kick for the first time yesterday! It was so amazing! Kim told me to put my hand on her tummy because she was moving and sure enough, I felt a little kick. I am so excited to be an aunt...only three months to go!