Hi Everyone!
I'm on my way to becoming a blogger-I think! I welcome any and all suggestions to help make this a fun experience. I want to blog about a number of subjects and hope to help others and to learn new things myself!

Some of the things I'm looking for are to be able to talk to others about crafting and gardening. Also anything to do with childcare, which is my business. I'd love to here from parents of children that attend a daycare and from other providers.

I am also a cancer survivor. I was diagnosed in July of 2010 with Stage IIIC ovarian cancer. I had surgery to remove the cancer, debulking to remove anything that could be hiding any cancer cells. This was done at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Wonderful doctors, nurses, staff and facility! I received 18 weeks of chemo, Taxol and Carboplatin, in St. Cloud, MN at the Corborn Cancer Center. Again, WONDERFUL people! I finished chemo on January 10th, 2011.

While at the Mayo, I was diagnosed by Genetics as having the BracaI gene. This is a mutation that makes the chances of getting breast or ovarian cancer much higher than someone's chances that does not have the mutation.

So, in August of 2011, I decided to have bilateral mastectomy as a preventive measure. I needed a large surgical hernia repaired anyway so, why not do both at the same time, right? I don't really recommend having that much done at one time!

Anyway, that said, I would love to hear from other cancer survivors about anything they wish to share. There is alot that goes on after treatment that friends and family try to understand but its hard unless you are going through it to really understand.