Hopper update, NSV, checking in

Hey all, Gone a week and all heck breaks out!   Anyway, I am checking in, reading to see how everyone is doing and to update everyone on me.   First and the most important, we started chemo on my Hopper girl on Monday.  She is getting a lot of her energy back and able to move around a lot better.  I felt her lymph nodes and they appear to be smaller.  She goes in every Monday for treatments and then takes predisone at home.  We are hoping to put the cancer into remission and then we should have another year with her before the cancer comes back.  I won't do it again when it does as the recovery chances are a lot smaller on the second time around.  She is still not back to what she looks like in my Avatar but she is doing better.  She still has all her back bones and rib bones showing but is eating like a horse due to the predisone.   My NSV was sort of exciting and one I finally allowed myself to have.  I was digging around in my closest for some clothes and I found a pair of pants in the back.  Still had tags on as they were too small when DH purchased them for me.  I tried them on and the felt GREAT!  Ripped the tags off and wore them to work the next day.  When I was digging, I found a shirt I really liked but stopped wearing as it was too tight.  Tried it on and it was too BIG!!!!  LOL  I wore it the next day anyway just because I COULD!!!!  I am down 50 pounds and had my second fill.  VERY glad to have my second fill and hope this one sticks for awhile.  It has made a huge difference this weekend.  My hunger is gone again and I am eating smaller portions.  I went four weeks between my first and second fill and the week before my second fill my stomach was growling between meals.   I was also POSITIVE I gained weight with everything that was going on with Hopper.  I tried to keep my emotional eating in check but still had some issues.  I even avoided the scale as I was scared.  To my surprise though I still lost which moved me from 40 to 50 pounds lost!  YEAH!!!!   I hope everyone is doing okay..Please check in and let me know...  I am hoping now that Hopper feels better I will be able to check in more often.  We still have the 8 mth old foster that is a wild child and I was able to start working with her this weekend which has helped her a whole bunch.  Hopefully a home will show up for her real soon.   Everyone on here is very supportive and I have missed you this week.  Anyone coming to St. John's event this Saturday?  I think it is for St. Johns patients only but I will be there.  Would love to meet some other people.   Everyone, keep the positive support going so we can help each other.   Jennifer 

  On your weight loss and well bummer on the skirt being too big; guess you'll just have to go SHOPPING!!!!!!!!!!   I'm so sorry about Hopper.  I'll be praying these treatments work for her.  I've lost two dogs to cancer; we opted not to do the chemo, as they were already seniors when they got cancer.  Still, it's painful for everyone.  Hang in there Jennifer:  she knows you love her. 

Jennifer,

 Aren't those WOW moments worth it all!!!!!

I did the same thing with some of my clothes I had stuck back!!

Just zoomed right past them during my weight loss!! I am praying for Hopper, I love my little fur babies! I would be just devastated if something happened to them. Brenda