09/23/2025
Going to Katie’s later this week. Just need $10 more to get her a free house cleaning for this month.
I can take Venmo
Apple Pay or I can meet you if you need to pay cash or something to help cover her cost this month.
TYIA!!!
Katie Brown is a dear customer of mine and God has handed her an arduous challenge. She is an incredible lady with 5 beautiful children and i have the privilege to help out with their cleaning needs. I would like to help her out by asking my followers and friends to donate to helping with the cleaning expenses. Payments can be sent to me venmo ( please sepcify that it is for katie brown!)
I will want to thank everyone in advanced for taking the time to read, help and share.
S**c and Span Services will donate an extra 10% to all $ raised.
This is Katie Brown’s story below.
I don’t have the mental capacity to write an eloquent post. So here are the facts.
I have breast cancer. Invasive ductal carcinoma. We are anticipating stage 3 because of the size of the tumor and lymph node involvement but final staging has yet to be determined.
I had my first oncologist appointment today with Dr Hashmi (I can tell he is just so great from one hour with him). The plan as it stands now is:
Echo (done) full body CT and bone scan (9/2), breast MRI (9/4), and genetic labs (done). PET scan if anything concerning on CT/bone scan.
Port placement Friday morning.
Dr. Hashmi’s plan is chemotherapy every 3 weeks for 6 rounds, concurrently with immunotherapy which will be every 3 weeks for a year.
(Hopefully double) mastectomy after I finish the 6 rounds of chemotherapy. Probable reconstruction at some point. TBD. Not at the top of my list of concerns lol
Radiation for 4-6 weeks after mastectomy.
Echos every 12 weeks. Labs all the time lol.
I also have an appt with a KU Med medical oncology breast specialist (Dr Hu) on Friday for a second opinion—just because I want one, no other reason than that. KU Med also scheduled me with a breast surgeon for a consult on 9/10. They will do a repeat mammogram and ultrasound. They like to do their own scans because they specialize in breast cancer and sometimes things get missed or misdiagnosed. I will see the surgeon after those scans that day.
My main concerns right now are the kids and Derek. While I am the one with the cancer they will suffer too. In the past two weeks Derek has picked up all of my slack—allowing me to rest, process, cry, sleep the day away etc. all while continuing to work. He has been a rock, but in the same regard he has not been allowed adequate time to process. We told the kids tonight and while I think they have an okay understanding of what is going to happen, I know it will not be easy for them to see mom go through it all. I, on the other hand, am more than ready to get this nasty stuff going and get back to our normal life.
In the short time since this whole process started we have already been absolutely overwhelmed by love and support from our friends and family and are so thankful for that.
Oh and also I’m here for any podcast, audiobook or music recommendations for my 4-5 hour chemo sessions. 😵💫 Lucikly T. Swift is releasing a new album right in time. 💁🏼♀️
Anyhoo enough rambling. That’s it.
As Elias says “We can do this.”
p*s is har
