The great news

 February 27 , 2017

     I had my last bone marrow biopsy on July 2017 and I was glad to hear that was the last one this year. I am bless to have such great doctors that helped me get through that rough patch but most of all thankful for my husband who was always there with me. During that last visit Doct. L told me my mproteins were down to .1 🤗😊 I was healing and getting closer to becoming in complete remissionn.
     Fast forward to last week I had a folllow up with Dr.L and I asked what my mproteins looked like with the last bone marrow biopsy. He said well , there is no sign of the M spike so it's in remission. A bit confused but then he said I need to see my regular doctor D. So I told him I would and called to schedule an appointment with my oncologists Doc. D. Wednesday morning came along with such great new .... I am in complete remission... yay
     Bless by the lord and heal my body. Now my mission is to help other do the same so if anybody needs anything please reach out to me at my email yvette1985@msn.com

Second infusion

   Today was the second and the last infusion. I am scheduled to come back in two weeks for lab work and a month later for a bone marrow biopsy. 😂
     I am feeling tired than usual. Mark tells me my breath is kicking when I get the infusion and the smell that comes out of my body changes. I can't  smell it unfortunately but it makes me a bit nausea. I'm glad he tells me these wonderful things 🙄. My back began tingling more frequently so I began stretching again. I did get my results and i am at .2 for my M-proteins. In January i was a .3 so im dropping slowly but surely. I hope with this treatment it puts me in complete remission. 😆
   I know I have been slacking off a bit with my diet and fitness.  I am slowly getting back to my clean eating diet leaving flour and sugar out. What makes it difficult is not being prepared. You have to be one step ahead of the game if you want to achieve success.🤔  Making lunch and snacks is key, specially if your going to be on the road. Every fast food meal comes with bread from burgers to pasta , oh and baking goods my favorite.  Once I get over this hump I will be straight. My way of life will change for the better. indulge once In a while  portion size of course,  will be what I do later on. I'm not perfect but I do try.

Immunotherapy update

   Today is good Friday and ready to go to church. I am on the second week of the immunotherapy and this week I have been so trained.  I haven't worked out for months. This treatment has me feeling like I have been doing workouts because I feel so tired and sleepy. I don't want to push my body and let it do what it needs to do. In a way my body is in a  battle right now and that's why I'm on overload exhaustion. I didn't really think about it that way but my wonderful husband constantly reminds me I need to rest. 
   Next Tuesday I will be receiving the second infusion  which will also be the last. I hope this will help bring down my M-proteins from .2 to 0 then I will be in complete remission.

You guys have a bless weekend. Thank you for reading  and God bless

Immunotherapy

    Tuesday April 4 was the first immunotherapy treatment. The hard part was the bone marrow biopsy, you know how I feel about that, ugh. I know mark hates watching the procedure and me screaming with pain. I rather give birth than do those biopsy. I was tricked, Last time I spoke to doc. L  he said he would put me under a bit which i tought what a relief. The day of the procedure he mentioned i would be ok and that I was gonna get all the anesthesia I needed. Dang...
     After that was over and done with I had blood work done and now we wait to get the immunotherapy t-cells. When  the t- cells were infused in me doctor L said I would be getting a garlic taste in my mouth and it might cause nausea so they would get me some candy, nice. But I didn't taste it so I was fine. Mark told me my breath was smelling funky. Lol , dammitt. We waited for an hour to make sure I had no reactions before we were released. 
     Usually people do immunotherapy after they hsve done the transplant but I'm not really interested in doing the transplant and decided to skip ahead. I am hoping and praying that with me doing things differently , they can discover something new that will help people and have more options available to them than just the usual. Everyone has choices and you know what is best for your body.
     I'm thankful for a wonderful family, friends and specially doctors that I drove mad with my non sense but for all their help and support. I know people get scared when they don't understand your mission and fear death. God knows why he does what he does and I'm here to fulfill my duties in this journey he gave me. Take the bad and turn it into good. Faith.

A year

     I can't believe it has been a year that I was diagnosed with cancer at 8 months pregnant. Man how time flies,  my baby girl is turning the BIG 1 in a couple of days. Wow ..
     Thank you Lord for blessing us with Alejandra. Even though I was battling cancer, I didn't want to Miss a moment in her life. My mornings with her are the highlight of my day. Even if I get no sleep I love being with her. I got to take it all in while I can because before we know it she will be running off with friends.😅
     I got to buckle down and start planning her birthday party. I got 3 weeks to get things squared away.  Excited , I made her tutu and it's so darn cute. Man she is spoiled with love. ..
    I have a doctor's checkup on the 20th and doing some blood work so I'm praying my count is till low. Well that's another blog I'll write.
     



Thank you for being part of my Journey, God Bless. Yvette Norris

Marathon

         I began the year with a goal to accomplish and that was to run the marathon. I told myself last year when I was diagnose with cancer that I was going to run that marathon no matter what comes my way. It had been a goal of mine for years and I was too busy with life that I never acted on it.
     I was scared because everything got in the way of me training specially doing the stem cell collection 4 weeks before the race had my body feeling pain on my joints. The week of the race I was able to do close to 2 hours of running.  I was content with that.
     The weekend of the Houston chevron full marathon my good friend Lauren and the her family came down from Atlanta to run the race with me. I love her for doing this race with me,  both our first time. Lauren  just had a baby back in August so it was going to be a challenge for the both of us. Excited and nervous,  damn these mixed emotions we were feeling but we were determined , mind over matter was the key.
     The day of the race we woke up early and got the crew ready. The crew being our husbands and babies. Two of my friends had also joined us that  morning to the race. I made us breakfast but we were so nervous we couldn't eat the whole bagel. Lauren and I took off road the center to get ready for the race . My group of friends were already there getting ready. 1 out of the  6 of us had done the marathon before so we were all nervous.

     We got into our section which was the last wave to be released and we took off. We tried to stay together to keep each other motivated but after the 8 mile we split apart.  At 10 miles my feet began to go numb. I focused my mind on praying and enjoying the people in the side  that would cheer us on. He weather was chill and at 11 miles it began to rain, yay just what I needed cold water. I put my shades on and kept running at a comfortable pace. I picked up every water they offered and kept moving. I would take my less than 1 minute walk every mile or so. At 15 miles I saw people huddled around and I past by  I saw the medic giving cpr to a runner. Some stopped and prayed. I began to pray while trying to hold back some tears. This emotion came down on me hard I couldn't control it. I kept going wiping the tear off and I paid real close attention to my body. I was so close and I didn't want to go down like that.  I kept praying for strength and endurance. The weather was chilling so it was hard to tell if you were fatigue,  I caught myself hyperventilating twice so I would stop and calm down my breathing.  I couldn't help to tear up because of how far I had gotten. I was so happy and thankful to my  God for being with me in this journey. My faith was growing stronger and stronger each second. It just doesn't stop growing and that is when it hit me the love is forever growing. 
     Finishing the last 1/4 mile and seeing husband standing there with his sign for me and my baby Alejandra amp me up and closer to the finish line was my family with their matching shirts that we made for cancer awarness just cheering me on to finish strong and so I did. Took.the last pit of energy I had and sprint to the finish line.  As soon as I stepped over the second count I teared up.. yes I was a big baby but thankfully I had my shades on so no one suspected a thing. .
     Mission accomplished with God by my side. I ran for a reason and that was to proof that just because cancer enters our lives doesn't mean our world has to end. I am proof that with God by your side you will overcome any obstacles that come your way. Cancer has no power  over us.


Thank you for being part of my Journey, God Bless. Yvette Norris