Meant To Be

9/1/2017

I'm sure not many people would say Cancer was meant to be, but let me give you my thoughts on why I think Cancer, specifically Lymphoma, was meant to be for me! Crazy? I know : )
If you know anything about cancer, there are a ton of different kinds and subcategories of each. Each main "category" is represented by a different color ribbon and celebrate a certain month for awareness. You have probably seen a million pink ribbons which represent breast cancer....but we're not all pink!
If you know me, you know my favorite color has always been lime green, not just green, but LIME green! Well, what are the odds that my cancer, out of a ton of different colors... is represented by lime green?! Yup, meant to be! (I have other reasons, but I know I would sound totally crazy if I said them!)
So, it's finally here....MY cancer awareness month, September! So break out your lime green (and watch for my shirts to buy that are on the way) and support not only my lymphoma journey, but so many others too!

Now to go to the hospital to get my port put in!!

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When Cancer Comes a Knockin'

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On August 2, 2017, Brianna was diagnosed with Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma. Beginning Monday, August 14, 2017, Brianna will begin chemotherapy treatments. She will be commuting to Austin for 18 weeks to receive treatments. This site is set up as a donation page to help Brianna and her family cover medical costs and living expenses, as well as a one stop shop to get updates on how chemo is going and even buy a shirt or two in support!

UPDATE:
After getting her final PET scan to confirm the aggressive chemo did it's job, we got the news that it hadn't and that the tumor was still active when it shouldn't of been. Brianna is now undergoing radiation for 5 weeks, everyday in Austin.

UPDATE March 2018:
Brianna begin having the same cancer symptoms as she did this past summer during spring break, except more painful this time. She was sent to get a CT scan which showed her cancer had returned. She then met with her oncologist who planned the next steps which include to do more chemo (a differnt regimen this time) followed by a stem cell transplant.
She thought she was done....she was done.....and now she is having to start the cancer journey all over again...including losing her hair that had just start growing back.

UPDATE
END OF MARCH - JUNE 25th
(at the moment....things have yet to even begin apparently.)
If I didn't feel like I was really dying or truly out of options to live....I do now. Remember I was basically on our plan F and everything was just getting worse instead of better. I really thought I was done these last couple weeks and being in the hospital for another little week vacay. I finally updated by blog since so many people were asking, so you can read the detailed updates.

October 2018 Update:
Insurance has finally approved all of the CAR-T procedure and I will be getting my T-Cells retrieved from my body next week. (Oct 10th if all goes as planned)

MARCH 2019
The first post CAR-T pet scan showed the main mass has shrunk in size, even though still active. Hopefully, the CAR-T will continue to work its magic over the next few months before the next scan.

To donate to Brianna's GoFundMe page, please make sure the donation is made on the GoFundMe Page found here:
https://www.gofundme.com/teambonnet

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Now to go to the hospital to get my port put in!!

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Now to go to the hospital to get my port put in!!

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"You either get bitter or you get better. It's that simple. You either take what's been dealt to you and allow it to make you a better person, or you allow it to tear you down. The choice does not belong to fate, it belongs to you."​~Josh Shipp

Archives

When Cancer Comes a Knockin'

CANCER CHRONICLES

"You either get bitter or you get better. It's that simple. You either take what's been dealt to you and allow it to make you a better person, or you allow it to tear you down. The choice does not belong to fate, it belongs to you."
~Josh Shipp