My heart is good. The herceptin drip can continue to eliminate any stray cancer cells. YEAH! I can have my port removed next June after my herceptin treatments are finished. YEAH! This means I can start wearing 45 pound backpacks to start training for the "big" climb in summer of 2011. Hip, Hip, Hooray!
On a more humorous note, when I said I had experienced rage and wanted to hurl my shoe against the wall, she chalked it up to "menopause." She said my exhaustion is probably a side effect of radiation. She suggested I wait until I feel better before taking the hormone pill I am to take for the next five years. More humor... a side effect of this pill is hot flashes. I might as well carry around an air conditioner.
Happy Thanksgiving! As I wade through this disease I give thanks every day for so many things. Some things I took for granted, but not too many. I know how lucky I am to be surrounded by such incredible people (I LOVE YOU), a job that pays more than $7.50 an hour, a roof over my head, and health insurance (as ridiculously expensive as it is). Sometimes we focus on what we don't have, and fail to appreciate what we do have.
We have so much to give thanks for every day.
There are no guarantees. We give thanks for what we have TODAY.
Keep Pink Tough and Expect Great Things.
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Yeah Leah! With a fully charged heart of love how could it not be healthy and strong!
ReplyDeleteHmmmm, menopause,,,,mood swings. Maybe you and I should move in together and send the boys up to the other house and save them. You and I could set up target practice on the walls and see whose shoe is closer. I say you really will need to come spend time in the menopausal portable. It all comes clearer out there when you know you are not alone...
Seriously look how far you have come Leah. Tired, but look how strong you are, how beautiful you are in the face of breast cancer. You are my hero and I am so thankful you went for your mammogram even though the outcome of that day changed your life. From the get go you have been so positive and so brave and so strong and I keep trying to take clues from you. I'm the half empty one in my relationship and I only accept what I can see and feel with my own two eyes and hands. Its hard for me to look at anything else. IN this battle you have had to move forward trusting those in the battlefield
who have the knowledge. There is nothing you can put in your hands that you can see or feel that is real to encourage you. Its faith, and trust, and hope and the power of positive thoughts and actions. You are an amazing teacher. An amazing friend and I am so thankful you are a part of my life.
Rejoice in today's clearer skies. Perhaps Rainier will show its snowcovered peak and we can pause and ponder.
Happy Thanksgiving Leah and Paul! PS the honey is yummy,,thank you so much.
I love you! Your words inspire me. Thank you...
ReplyDeleteLeah, Happy Thanksging to you and Paul (two days later)! I loved reading your blog and I love being reminded to APPRECIATE what we HAVE not what we've lost. I am so glad that your heart test results were GREAT and hiphipHOORAY that you can that port out this summer. Celebrations! I could say "ditto" to And Monica's words...very touching and true. And hey, wait, you make MORE than $7.50 an hour???? I better go check my pay stub cause I think I getting gypped! No, it sure is a blessing not to worry about how to pay the bills. There are too mnay people who don't have a steady, "high-paying" job like us teachers! Seriously, life is GOOD! Love, you, Leah! I'll be thinking about you training for the climb every time I see Mt.Rainier. You GO, GIRL!
ReplyDeleteoops looks like I typed in a couple extra words and left out a couple...hope you can get the basic meaning!
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