November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month!!!

Do I have amazing friends??

^ This is a picture of an old coworker of mine (Fire Dept Lt. ) and great friend.  I am very fortunate to have such amazing friends!!!

– Incase you cannot read this it says “10 Mile Run Team Ashley Anderson and Purple Stride”

It’s November!!

It’s November 1st!!! That means it’s time to see PURPLE everywhere!!! It IS Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month and it’s time to see a purple nation!! 🙂  Do it for me, do it for someone you know, do it if you love Apple and miss Steve Jobs, do it if you LOVE the movie Dirty Dancing and Ghost and love you some Patrick Swayze.  It doesn’t matter to me who exactly you are wearing purple for just wear it! Promote it! Tell everyone you know that this Ashley girl said Nov is for PC awareness and I think we should all show some support.  😉   K?  Cool.

Did you know?

• Pancreatic Cancer has the lowest survival rate of all the leading cancers – unacceptable!!
• Most people diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer (like myself) will die within the first year
• There is NO cure and NO early detection for pancreatic cancer
• Approx 44,000 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year
• Pancreatic cancer receives only 2% of federal funding for cancer research
• By 2020, possibly 2015, pancreatic cancer is will be the second cause of cancer related deaths in the US

The PanCan motto is “Know it Fight it End it” – I challenge you all to research a little more so we can fight together and end this!!

Events:

There is a PurpleStride in Philadelphia on Nov. 3 at 8am at Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park.    I will be attending this event!  A friend of mine is from Philly and actually wanted us all to do it together but since he unfortunately cannot make it now, the party must go on.  😉   Come out and rock that purple with me!

Just a note:  My birth stone is amethyst so I was just meant to promote purple!! I love it! ♥♥

oh I LOVE my birth stone!! I’d love to own this ring! haha

 

Once again, join the fight with me!!

2-0 Tigers!!

Me trying to leave chemo as fast as I can while Tim wants to take a pic of me…haha

Rainy Sunday, it normally gives me tons to think about but not so much today! Who has time to think when you are watching the Tigers then Nat’s, running around, signing contracts for an upcoming event, skyping with family and so on! Ahh!  I’d LOVE to get to another Tigers game this year!! I especially have a hard time relaxing the day before chemo because I want to get the most done before I have a day lost at the hospital (yes, full day..14hrs long, yuk) and then down the next day. Not counting on getting chemo tomorrow since it’s hasn’t been working out for me lately. My platelet counts (blood marrow) have been too low for several weeks now that I keep trying every week but am unable to get the toxins.  I can hope though! The picture I am posting today is from the last time I got chemo since I didn’t take a pic today… sorry!

I am SO excited I saw a link on Facebook for a petition for the NFL to wear purple in November!!! I will post the link so everyone who reads this and wants to support me will take 2 seconds and just click on the link and sign it quickly. 🙂   I think most people know what the pink is for so let’s get the word out for PURPLE!!! November is PANCREATIC CANCER awareness month! Can’t wait 🙂

Pancreatic purple ribbon

 

Woohoo I was happy leaving after successfully completing chemo again, after 7 1/2 months still on the same drugs!