YARD SALE! COME & GET IT!

I think that it is safe to assume that we all have days where we question this crazy world!

But it is days like today that we realize that this crazy world is full of good people.

Several of my neighbors donated items as well as $ to Kim and once again our family & friends were awesome working together for a good cause......our super women Kim.

My heart is full when I see people working together for the love and support of Kim

Thank You to my awesome family! Thank You to all of our awesome friends! Your time and patience is priceless

Lots of Love! Kristin

Surgery update...

Well...I received a phone call today from my nurse and the head surgeon has denied surgery right now. Today has been an emotional day. I really got my hopes up and thought I was one step closer to getting rid of this cancer. I've cried a few times today from being so disappointed. I'm being reminded by my family that we are still moving in the right direction. Tumors are still shrinking...and it's good news that they even considered checking into surgery. I'm reminding myself of all those things but it's still hard to get your hopes so high to then be so bummed. I've had my day of crying so positive feelings from here on out. I will be meeting with this head surgeon this coming week (I think this week) to go over his reasoning and game plan. I'll keep you posted. For now, Chemo is my friend...round 10 next Friday.

Come out and see us at the Yard Sale! There is sooooo much stuff...it's awesome. Thank you to everyone who has donated items and time for this. And thank you to my wonderful cousin for hosting this massive yard sale at her house for me. I love you!

Kim

YARD SALE

Just another reminder of the yard sale this weekend Feb 28th and March 1st @ 7am

We have already gotten some great items....beds, luggage, a drum set! and several nic nacs

Sunday when the sale has ended, we are looking for anyone who is willing to take left over items and drop them off @ Goodwill or any donation center. (that would help us a ton!)

Thanks Everyone!

KIM, WE LOVE YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH! KEEP ROUND HOUSE KICKING CANCERS ASS! HEE HEE

Very exciting news today.....MUST READ!!!!!

Today was round 9. I'm doing really well...I'm actually blogging on Chemo day! My insurance company covers my chemotherapy at Mayo Clinic but does not cover for me to have my scans done there. So...I go to Banner Estrella Hospital to have my scans done each time, their radiologists create a report and send it to my doctor at Mayo. Due to me being "out of the normal" for this cancer, they always have had their (Mayo's) radiologists do their own report on the scans. The nice thing about Mayo is there is not one doctor reviewing my case...it's an entire team that makes decisions about changing anything. Today I was informed that my scans were reviewed again and they are only seeing 3 small tumors on my liver and that I may be a candidate for surgery!!! This is amazing news! The normal protocol is surgery first to remove as much cancer as possible then chemo to get rid of the rest. From day one, I was not able to have surgery due to my liver tumors being way too large and covering the majority of my liver (you can typically have the max of 50% removal and I was way beyond that mark). They now are waiting on one more surgeons okay to do an exploratory procedure (small camera through the belly button) to make sure that there is no cancer in the lining of my stomach or anywhere else. The scans are only showing the 3 small tumors now. If in fact this other surgeon gives the okay, we will be scheduling this procedure very soon. If they only see what the scans are showing then I will be stopping chemo for 4-6 weeks then having a pretty major surgery and have my colon resection (cutting out the colon tumor) and liver resection in one surgery. Once I'm healed from the surgery I will have a few more rounds of chemo to make sure all cancer is gone from my lymph system. They will then monitor me with scans every few months. All of the doctors are amazed at how far we have come since October. I'm am so excited!!!!! I've been praying for this day to come and now we just need to continue to pray for no other cancer found and a speedy recovery from the surgery. I will keep you all posted on when each procedure is scheduled and completed. I can't thank you all enough for your continued love and support. Our God is so good!!! Thank you Jesus for this day!

Much love,

Kim

YARD SALE

PLEASE start dropping off yard sale items.
call me before 602-448-1156
major cross roads are 7th ave & Bethany Home Road
6145 North 9th Ave
phx 85013

Yard Sale Feb 28th and March 1st

Also if anyone has tables to display items on please let me know (so far I have 3)
Thanks, Kristin

LUV U KIM!

We are home!!

Here are a few pictures of our trip. We had such a great time in Vegas. Our first day we flew in early and had some time to spend while they cleaned a room for us...so we ended up at Margaritaville which was right next to our hotel. I think we had lunch there almost every afternoon. Deanna's team played well. The played each morning (so that meant getting up early). I was able to see some of my old coaches and players who all coach now. It's awesome to be around these major tournaments because I get to see so many people that I know.
Saturday night we went to see KA. It was amazing. The theater is something I can't even explain...a stage that goes vertical and every which direction. We got in pretty late that night. The next night we just hung out at the piano bar next to our hotel. That was very entertaining. We laughed, sang along, Deron acted like a total retard who couldn't clap on beat...he had so many people around us laughing. We had such a blast. This trip was exactly what we needed. Thank you to everyone who helped us make this trip possible. We decided to come home a day early. Deanna's team finished really early on Monday and we missed our babies...so we checked out of the hotel and headed to the airport on stand by. Every flight was booked with it being the end of a holiday weekend. We got bumped on a few flights but ended up getting on the 7:40 flight. We were boarding this plane and we had to sit away from each other but at least we made it home. Then the weird thing...we had another volleyball team on our flight and I was walking to the back of the plane and I hear girls telling me that there is an extra seat with them. As I looked up at see the seat, the person sitting in the next seat was one of my college teammates. It was the coolest thing ever. We have not seen each other in about 5 + years. So we got to catch up over our 50 minute flight. We got home around 10:30ish last night to find Dylan in our bed. He refused to sleep in his bed because he said that we would be so tired and would not come in and wake him up when we got home. lol He was so cute when we woke him up. Kyrstin on the other hand was so tired I couldn't even get her to open her eyes. She was so excited this morning to see us. One of my favorite sounds is to hear her come in with her chipmunk voice and say with a huge smile "Hi Mommy". I think both kids grew while we were gone...what did Uncle Scott, Aunt Cher, Nana and Grandpa feed them while we were gone??? I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentines Day and extended weekend. This Friday is Round 9!!! Only 4 to go, then new scans and next step plans.

Much love,

Kim

Just a quick update before bed

I'm getting my bags packed for our trip to Vegas for Deanna's volleyball tournament. Our fight leaves first thing in the morning so I'll only get about 3 hours of sleep tonight if I'm lucky before we get up to fight traffic and security at the airport. Pray for Deron as I am not a morning person...lol. Thank you Maite for making our flight plans possible.
I had the honor of meeting a wonderful family tonight. They are the Hale family with 3 beautiful little girls. They put on a golf tournament in December in honor of ME. I was so set back when Deron told me that some guy (we had no clue who he was) left him a message at work telling him that he put on this tournament and raise money for our family and to call him so we could meet. I have been so blessed to have such amazing people surrounding me. Tonight we met and they were such awesome people. I want to thank you both and all of your friends so much for doing this for my family. You have no idea how much this means to us. They even took pictures and put together a slide show for me. It is below for everyone to enjoy.


Then after leaving the Hale family...I took my kids and mom across the street to Olive Garden. Our waitress and I got to talking about my situation (I'm not sure how it came up) but her father is a colon cancer SURVIVOR. She had no idea that she and what ever siblings she has must get checked every 5 years. I know that the Lord put us at her table to have that discussion. It was just too weird how it all played out. Our God is good!!!! That goes for anyone who has a relative that has had colon cancer (well...any cancer for that matter), YOU MUST GET CHECKED!! You can NOT wait until you are older or "at the age that they cancer come about". I've learned that cancer does not discriminate on age, race, religion...you must talk with your doctors and DEMAND to be screened. Some doctors don't discuss things like this with you. YOU have to be in the driver seat with your own life. You might have to deal with the insurance companies for approval if your "not of that age yet" (Agh...that just irritates me about insurance companies...this in another topic for another day). Early detection is key people...with any cancer. Okay...I'm off that soap box for now. I've got to get to bed.
I wish everyone a wonderful Valentines Day and President's Day. My Valentines Day looks like this...volleyball most of the morning and afternoon...hopefully a nap...dinner (not sure where yet) and KA Cirque Du Soleil show at the MGM Grand. I'm so excited. I've never seen a show in Vegas before. I'll let you know next week what we thought of it.


Much love,

Kim Miller

Drum Roll Please........

Okay, sorry for not getting on yesterday to update on my scan results. It was a good day. My liver tumors continue to shrink!!!! My lungs have not changed at all since this whole thing started. The doctor said we could research what is actually in my lungs but we would have to stop treatment for some time to be able to do biopsy's and such. However, he is not too concerned about needing to find out what is in the lungs right now. We will continue to monitor the lungs each 2 months in my scans. I'm still having a little Neuropathy in my hands so we have decided to completely stop the 5FU drug. This is the drug I've been off for the past month now. We will keep all the other chemo drugs that make up the Ful Furi but just eliminate the 5FU. I am now down to one day of chemo every other week. My doctor thinks it is positive that I have not been on the 5FU for a month and my tumors are still shrinking. The other active cancer killers are working and so is our good Lord! Surgery is still not a thought. My primary tumor in my colon is off to the right side and is not causing an obstruction or bleeding (Thank you God) therefore, we will leave it alone and continue chemo treatment for the next two months and then redo scans to measure progress. Keep the prayers coming!
Thank you to everyone who continues to bring wonderful food to my family, the volleyball club who has been so wonderful to us, my friends who continue to be by my side, my family who deals with my every emotion and to my husband and children who make every day so worth while. I love you all so much.
Round 9 is on the 20th!

Kim

Yard Sale!

Round 8 is over!!

As I expected, I did not have to do the 46hr. pump again due to the Neuropathy in my hands. It isn't really bad but the fact it has not gone away is not good. We did the same chemo as last time. We did not talk about clinical trials the past week. I have scans this week so as soon as they can get them done, I'm hoping to get my results Monday, February 9th. Keep praying for positive results. Saturday we attended a benefit concert for me the was put on by Sentimental Journey. They were awesome. If you have a chance, you have to check them out where ever they play. Thank you so much Sentimental Journey! My hands today are a bit swollen but not bad at all. I'm able to open my own water bottles today, yeah!!! I've been pretty tired the past two days but not nauseous. I was given a new nausea pill called Emend (recommended by Susan Turley's brother, thank you). I was not nearly as nauseous this go around and I never did get sick on Friday!!!! I'm excited to have asked my doctors if I could push back my next treatment so Deron and I could make it to Deanna's biggest tournament of the year in Las Vegas over Valentines weekend. They told me that important family events can not be missed due to chemo. I need to run my life...not the chemo. That made me feel so good about asking. Therefore, my next treatment will be February 20th. I go get a massage from Sue tomorrow to help get the chemo and toxins running out of my body. Wednesday I have the genetics testing appointment. I'm not sure what to expect. This testing will determine if I'm just the random 10% who just get cancer or if I now have the genetic line that my children will need to be screened in their teenage years and every few years after.
Thank you to all the women who continue to bring dinners to my family that I was able to spend the evening with last Thursday night. I had a blast meeting you all and hope to be able to get together next month.
I just finished watching to Super Bowl game and it was a nail biter. I was so hoping that our AZ Cardinals would pull off that win but it just didn't work. Congrats to the Cards for an amazing game played! I'm off to get in bed. Goodnight! As always...keep the prayers coming...our gracious God hears us.

Much love,

Kim