Yes, we are singing the praises! Our visit to Cleveland was very good. It was probably the best one yet. One of the best parts was that my neurologist said I don't have to come back for 4 months instead of 3. I know that doesn't seem all that exciting but IT IS! He was just very encouraging to us and much more hopeful for me! It was a good day! I don't think anyone could have wiped the smiles off of Mike and I faces! It was good, just really good.
My MRI was first thing in the morning and my MRI is usually no problem for me. Actually I've become so used to them that I about fall asleep. Trust me, it was much harder for me the first few times! They last about 35 minutes and they have to inject me with a dye. For some reason yesterday during my MRI I thought I was going to lose it! I got sick to my stomach and felt like I was going to flip out! I have no idea why this one was such a struggle. I didn't feel well after that for quite a while.
We're glad it's all over! So as of now we don't go back till FEBRUARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for all the prayers and encouragement!!!! It really means more than I would ever be able to explain!
Love,
Mike, Jess and Luke
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Off to Cleveland Clinic
Calling everyone and spread the word!!! Send Mike and Jess a quick little note as they head back to CLV Clinic on the 20th. Encouragment and blessings! Thanks everyone for being so faithful in your prayers for them.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Just Living Life!!!!
As the title of this post says, I'm just living life and LOVING LIVING! Everything has been just fine here. Mike's been busy doing some irrigation and working which anymore we are so grateful to say we HAVE JOBS! Luke started preschool last week and is loving it too! He's a riot as usual. He is an absolute JOY! Oh how we love him!
I talked with Cleveland Clinic recently and I now have my next apt. which is October 2oth. So let the prayer begin! :) I won't be meeting with my usual Oncologist this time because the last time when I was there they asked me if I had any questions and I just expressed my frustration with all the weight gain and they thought maybe a different med would be an option for me. At first I was like "sign me up now!" Since then I don't know about switching. If my weight is my ONLY real issue right now well then I think I'll take it. It's much better than chemo, cancer, etc! So I'm a little bummed about seeing my "Medicine Dr." because I love my Oncologist but that's okay.
I will update after my apt. in October! We have several weddings coming up so they will be a good distraction from my upcoming apt.! I'm feeling a little tense with all the chaos in the next few weeks and I know that the underlying problem is probably some anxiety that I don't want to admit to.
Take care!
Love,
Jess
I talked with Cleveland Clinic recently and I now have my next apt. which is October 2oth. So let the prayer begin! :) I won't be meeting with my usual Oncologist this time because the last time when I was there they asked me if I had any questions and I just expressed my frustration with all the weight gain and they thought maybe a different med would be an option for me. At first I was like "sign me up now!" Since then I don't know about switching. If my weight is my ONLY real issue right now well then I think I'll take it. It's much better than chemo, cancer, etc! So I'm a little bummed about seeing my "Medicine Dr." because I love my Oncologist but that's okay.
I will update after my apt. in October! We have several weddings coming up so they will be a good distraction from my upcoming apt.! I'm feeling a little tense with all the chaos in the next few weeks and I know that the underlying problem is probably some anxiety that I don't want to admit to.
Take care!
Love,
Jess
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Good News!
We are finally home after a long day in Cleveland. We got another good report today! The MRI showed that everything is remaining stable with no new growth or changes!!!!! So I will return in October for another MRI as I will continue to go every three months for quite a long time. As usual we had a great experience with our Doctors and all the staff at the clinic.
Thanks for the prayers and continuous support!
All our love this evening,
Jess
Thanks for the prayers and continuous support!
All our love this evening,
Jess
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Cleveland in the a.m.
Well...... we'll be off to Cleveland in the am tomorrow. My apts. are later than usual so there will probably not be a post to update with the good news till later in the evening.
Thanks for all the prayers!
Love,
Jess and the boys.
Thanks for all the prayers!
Love,
Jess and the boys.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
All Smiles...
Jessie didn't want to take a picture alone so she called on Janel to get in with her!!
Keep Mike, Luke and Jessie in your prayers, they will head to Cleveland in July.
Keep Mike, Luke and Jessie in your prayers, they will head to Cleveland in July.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Just not much of a "Blogger"
Sorry for the lack of "blogging," I'm just such a procrastinator! So YES my last trip to Cleveland was good. We heard the magic words, "STABLE!" My next visit is scheduled for July 29th. I did have a bit of a panic this week when I got my letter for my next apt. and it said it was for June 24th. I was mad! That meant I was going back nearly a month early. I wanted another month before I had to think about it! Three months go by way to quickly so I didn't want to be going back next month already. Thankfully Cleveland got it changed and said it was just an error. Whew!
I feel just fine. I still have issues with being tired but it's getting better all the time.
Luke is awesome. He finished up his first year of preschool this week. They had a graduation celebration, it was ADORABLE! He's loving this warm weather and wants to be outside all day every day! He starts T-Ball next month and I can't wait!
Mike is good too. He's very busy this time of year with Baseball season and getting everyones' sprinkler systems up and running. He's pretty tired and doesn't have much free time right now but he at least he enjoys his work.
Most exciting news: My cousin Lindsay just had her first baby!!! She's a cutie! We're so excited for her and Aaron! I can't wait to hold her again soon!
Well knowing how I am I probably will not update again till after my July 2th apt.
Enjoy your Summer!
Life is Good!
Jess and the boys!
I feel just fine. I still have issues with being tired but it's getting better all the time.
Luke is awesome. He finished up his first year of preschool this week. They had a graduation celebration, it was ADORABLE! He's loving this warm weather and wants to be outside all day every day! He starts T-Ball next month and I can't wait!
Mike is good too. He's very busy this time of year with Baseball season and getting everyones' sprinkler systems up and running. He's pretty tired and doesn't have much free time right now but he at least he enjoys his work.
Most exciting news: My cousin Lindsay just had her first baby!!! She's a cutie! We're so excited for her and Aaron! I can't wait to hold her again soon!
Well knowing how I am I probably will not update again till after my July 2th apt.
Enjoy your Summer!
Life is Good!
Jess and the boys!
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Dancing With God Invite
Who: All women, High School through "Golden Girls"
What: "Dancing With God"-- the fourth and final installment of a serial women's conference entitled "Sisters By Heart", which began in November of 2008.
When: Friday Night, May 1, 2009. 7pm to 10pm EDT.
Where: Oasis Christian Fellowship, 400 Enterprise Ave., Wauseon, OH
Cost: Free!
Program:
7:00 – Worship
7:35 – Laughter & Snacks
8:15 – Special Speaker: Tyson Aschliman
8:45 – Snacks and Q & A with Tyson
9:20 – Worship
What: "Dancing With God"-- the fourth and final installment of a serial women's conference entitled "Sisters By Heart", which began in November of 2008.
When: Friday Night, May 1, 2009. 7pm to 10pm EDT.
Where: Oasis Christian Fellowship, 400 Enterprise Ave., Wauseon, OH
Cost: Free!
Program:
7:00 – Worship
7:35 – Laughter & Snacks
8:15 – Special Speaker: Tyson Aschliman
8:45 – Snacks and Q & A with Tyson
9:20 – Worship
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
April 15th - Cleveland Clinic here she comes
Tomorrow Jessie and Mike will head to Cleveland for her check up and MRI.
Be in prayer for: calm their anxieties as they wait, healing, a good report, and a speedy & safe trip.
ginny
Be in prayer for: calm their anxieties as they wait, healing, a good report, and a speedy & safe trip.
ginny
Saturday, April 4, 2009
No news is Good news!
Hello all!!!!
I just typed up a real nice long post and lost it! Oh- how I love computers! So now you're probably going to get the short version!
We are all doing GREAT! Luke is fantastic. He is still loving preschool but is on spring break right now and loving that too. Since we didn't go on a vacation for spring break we told Luke that for his spring break he could sleep in our bed every night of his spring break! Hey, I know it's generic but it's free and he thinks it awesome! : ) We did manage to go spend the day in Toledo and make a 3hr. trip to Chucke Cheese. He loves it and Mike and I pretend the pizza's not that bad. Luke is sooo funny. He has us cracking up and laughing all day everyday. He has such a fun personality! He's sooo fun! He told me the other day that two of his friends (little girls) that he goes to school with and they go to the same babysitter sometimes call him their boyfriend. He was smitten about it. Then he told me that they even argue about who's boyfriend he is sometimes! Not long before that someone asked him if he had a girlfriend at school and he replied "yeah," and started naming all the girls in his class not understanding what a "girlfriend" was. Apparently he gets it now. Oh my.
The older he gets the more I want to shelter him. I want to shelter him in a healthy way. I want to protect his innocence. With my cancer diagnosis that was one of my worries was that I wouldn't be here to protect him. Well I'm here!!!!!! He is a BIG reason that I'm saying NO to this cancer business and fighting it with all I can.
Mike is good too. He's busy as usual. He's always working on some sort of project. Now that he's done with the basement it's on to the yard. Our yard looks like no one lives here! It's hideous. When they redid our basement last year it got all tore up and now it's just dirt with no landscape or front porch. I can't wait till they come and put the front porch on! So Mike has been working on getting the yard prepared. He's also coming into his busy season at work which he is much looking forward to. Not long ago he woke up in the morning and said he didn't sleep good that night and then he said he thought it was because he was so excited that it was supposed to be nice that day and he was going to be able to work on the baseball fields that day! I'm glad he likes his work!
As for me, I feel the best I've felt since my diagnosis. I had got used to my new "normal" but now I'm feeling so much better! I'm surprised at how good I feel. I had just got so used to not having much energy and being so tired all the time. It was just the way it was. I still get tired but nothing like I used to! I'm so excited. It feels so good to "feel good!" I know someone else who is battling cancer who's older and wiser than myself and she is such a great example for me. She and I spoke a few weeks back at church and she gave me such a boost. Her attitude and Faith have definitely had an impact on my worries or actually lack there of towards my next visit to Cleveland on April 15th. It's going to be a good visit. I know it. I think Mike feels the same way but I just can't quite tell if he's says that for my sake or if he really feels good about it all. I just with my Mom could have the same trust that it's going to be good for her sake and mine. I suppose she just can't help but do the "mom thing, worry." On another note, I've been working very hard at trying to shed these very unwanted chemo lbs. that don't really seem to want to go anywhere!!! If you all really want to do something to help me like you all claim, could you just eat more and gain weight too?!!! :) That would be fantastic!!! HA. That would be much easier than eating salad and getting up to exercise at 5:45 in the morning!!! Come on, Please!!!
Well that's all for now. I'm doing very good and I'm so thankful for the tremendous support from everyone over that last 19 months or so. We are amazed and so grateful! We are trying to do our best at "paying it forward." This has been a journey that has forever changed our lives. Many of the changes have been good and have improved our lives. I pray that my journey will somehow have an impact on someone else's life or possibly someone else's journey with cancer.
In every situation we have a choice. I have chose to be happy. I have chose to be as positive as I can. I have definitely struggled and been down but I try to get back up and often it's been because of every one's support that I can stand back up and keep going. I will beat this. I'm winning right now!
Good night. I WILL update after our April 15th apt. It's always an exhausting day so often Ginny or Janel will give you the quick update letting you know the good news. :)
Love,
Jess
I just typed up a real nice long post and lost it! Oh- how I love computers! So now you're probably going to get the short version!
We are all doing GREAT! Luke is fantastic. He is still loving preschool but is on spring break right now and loving that too. Since we didn't go on a vacation for spring break we told Luke that for his spring break he could sleep in our bed every night of his spring break! Hey, I know it's generic but it's free and he thinks it awesome! : ) We did manage to go spend the day in Toledo and make a 3hr. trip to Chucke Cheese. He loves it and Mike and I pretend the pizza's not that bad. Luke is sooo funny. He has us cracking up and laughing all day everyday. He has such a fun personality! He's sooo fun! He told me the other day that two of his friends (little girls) that he goes to school with and they go to the same babysitter sometimes call him their boyfriend. He was smitten about it. Then he told me that they even argue about who's boyfriend he is sometimes! Not long before that someone asked him if he had a girlfriend at school and he replied "yeah," and started naming all the girls in his class not understanding what a "girlfriend" was. Apparently he gets it now. Oh my.
The older he gets the more I want to shelter him. I want to shelter him in a healthy way. I want to protect his innocence. With my cancer diagnosis that was one of my worries was that I wouldn't be here to protect him. Well I'm here!!!!!! He is a BIG reason that I'm saying NO to this cancer business and fighting it with all I can.
Mike is good too. He's busy as usual. He's always working on some sort of project. Now that he's done with the basement it's on to the yard. Our yard looks like no one lives here! It's hideous. When they redid our basement last year it got all tore up and now it's just dirt with no landscape or front porch. I can't wait till they come and put the front porch on! So Mike has been working on getting the yard prepared. He's also coming into his busy season at work which he is much looking forward to. Not long ago he woke up in the morning and said he didn't sleep good that night and then he said he thought it was because he was so excited that it was supposed to be nice that day and he was going to be able to work on the baseball fields that day! I'm glad he likes his work!
As for me, I feel the best I've felt since my diagnosis. I had got used to my new "normal" but now I'm feeling so much better! I'm surprised at how good I feel. I had just got so used to not having much energy and being so tired all the time. It was just the way it was. I still get tired but nothing like I used to! I'm so excited. It feels so good to "feel good!" I know someone else who is battling cancer who's older and wiser than myself and she is such a great example for me. She and I spoke a few weeks back at church and she gave me such a boost. Her attitude and Faith have definitely had an impact on my worries or actually lack there of towards my next visit to Cleveland on April 15th. It's going to be a good visit. I know it. I think Mike feels the same way but I just can't quite tell if he's says that for my sake or if he really feels good about it all. I just with my Mom could have the same trust that it's going to be good for her sake and mine. I suppose she just can't help but do the "mom thing, worry." On another note, I've been working very hard at trying to shed these very unwanted chemo lbs. that don't really seem to want to go anywhere!!! If you all really want to do something to help me like you all claim, could you just eat more and gain weight too?!!! :) That would be fantastic!!! HA. That would be much easier than eating salad and getting up to exercise at 5:45 in the morning!!! Come on, Please!!!
Well that's all for now. I'm doing very good and I'm so thankful for the tremendous support from everyone over that last 19 months or so. We are amazed and so grateful! We are trying to do our best at "paying it forward." This has been a journey that has forever changed our lives. Many of the changes have been good and have improved our lives. I pray that my journey will somehow have an impact on someone else's life or possibly someone else's journey with cancer.
In every situation we have a choice. I have chose to be happy. I have chose to be as positive as I can. I have definitely struggled and been down but I try to get back up and often it's been because of every one's support that I can stand back up and keep going. I will beat this. I'm winning right now!
Good night. I WILL update after our April 15th apt. It's always an exhausting day so often Ginny or Janel will give you the quick update letting you know the good news. :)
Love,
Jess
Thursday, March 26, 2009
MIA
I know you thought she was missing, but when I went to get my haircut ....there she was!
Dark hair instead of blonde, smiling as usual, laughing as usual even though she still deals
with cancer.
Jessie goes back on April 15th to Cleveland for a check up, pray for miraculous healing.
Dark hair instead of blonde, smiling as usual, laughing as usual even though she still deals
with cancer.
Jessie goes back on April 15th to Cleveland for a check up, pray for miraculous healing.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
THEY SAY ITS HER BIRTHDAY..........
ON JANUARY 26TH.....
PAUL NEWMAN, WAYNE GRETZKY, AND EDDIE VAN HALEN WERE BORN.
IT IS ALSO NATIONAL PEANUT BRITTLE DAY......( I knew that)????!
THE BEST THING IS THAT IT IS JESSIE ROSEBROOK'S BIRTHDAY!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSIE!!! WE ALL LOVE YOU!!!
PAUL NEWMAN, WAYNE GRETZKY, AND EDDIE VAN HALEN WERE BORN.
IT IS ALSO NATIONAL PEANUT BRITTLE DAY......( I knew that)????!
THE BEST THING IS THAT IT IS JESSIE ROSEBROOK'S BIRTHDAY!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSIE!!! WE ALL LOVE YOU!!!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
2009 is looking better!
We returned home from Cleveland safely this afternoon despite the mild snowstorm. I will not complain about the snow. I LOVE THE SNOW!!!
Everything looked good on my MRI. "Stable," seems to be the ongoing label for my MRI. I will take that! Right now I'm trying to remember everything that we learned and my mind is a fog so when it comes to me I will post again. I know there was nothing too new that we hadn't already heard. I will return again in 3 months. OHHH..... so excited to say that this time they did not give me an IV for my MRI. I DO NOT like an IV. I asked if I could request to continue to go to that location for my MRI since they do not give you and IV and they said "absolutely!" That was very good for me to hear!
Mike and I managed to locate a Cheesecake Factory on our way home. It was truly a sweet ending to our already good day!
Thanks sooo much for all your prayers!!!!
Sending lots of love tonight!
Jess
Everything looked good on my MRI. "Stable," seems to be the ongoing label for my MRI. I will take that! Right now I'm trying to remember everything that we learned and my mind is a fog so when it comes to me I will post again. I know there was nothing too new that we hadn't already heard. I will return again in 3 months. OHHH..... so excited to say that this time they did not give me an IV for my MRI. I DO NOT like an IV. I asked if I could request to continue to go to that location for my MRI since they do not give you and IV and they said "absolutely!" That was very good for me to hear!
Mike and I managed to locate a Cheesecake Factory on our way home. It was truly a sweet ending to our already good day!
Thanks sooo much for all your prayers!!!!
Sending lots of love tonight!
Jess
Friday, January 2, 2009
Happy New Year!
We did a lot of reflecting through Christmas and the New Year. We had much to be thankful for in 2008 even though it was challenging at times. We know 2008 was full of blessings and we are looking forward to a calm 2009 filled with just as many or more good things and memories.
Christmas was great this year. Mike said it was his best ever (at least in his adult life). I think we just appreciated everything/everyone/each other more than ever. Luke makes it especially fun. It's magical to him. He loves Christmas and he so often would smile and it was like there was a sparkle in his eyes! He was just gleaming with excitement for Christmas. We had a total of seven Christmas's to celebrate this year. CRAZY, but it was fun. I love family get togethers.
Today Luke and I are meeting some friends at Chucke Cheese. He is so excited! I told him we would go since he's on Christmas vacation from school. He loves to say that he's on Christmas vacation! It will be fun to catch up with friends even in a germ infested, greasy, sticky Chucke Cheese. Ha! I haven't broke the news to him that we're going to stop at a few other stores on our way.
Overall everything has been well.
Mike and I will return to Cleveland on January 14th for my routine MRI. I'm fighting with some anxiety about this one. This will be my first one since I'm done with treatment. We will update as soon as we know something.
So here's to a great 2009!
Love,
Jess
Christmas was great this year. Mike said it was his best ever (at least in his adult life). I think we just appreciated everything/everyone/each other more than ever. Luke makes it especially fun. It's magical to him. He loves Christmas and he so often would smile and it was like there was a sparkle in his eyes! He was just gleaming with excitement for Christmas. We had a total of seven Christmas's to celebrate this year. CRAZY, but it was fun. I love family get togethers.
Today Luke and I are meeting some friends at Chucke Cheese. He is so excited! I told him we would go since he's on Christmas vacation from school. He loves to say that he's on Christmas vacation! It will be fun to catch up with friends even in a germ infested, greasy, sticky Chucke Cheese. Ha! I haven't broke the news to him that we're going to stop at a few other stores on our way.
Overall everything has been well.
Mike and I will return to Cleveland on January 14th for my routine MRI. I'm fighting with some anxiety about this one. This will be my first one since I'm done with treatment. We will update as soon as we know something.
So here's to a great 2009!
Love,
Jess
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