Ready? Set, Go!
I’m at chemo today, receiving both my chemo AND my Tecentriq! Woo hoo! Not much to report today. I’m feeling good, and my attitude is good. Back to living one day at a time and trying to thoroughly appreciate each day. Time is still flying by, and when I glance at my calendar, it makes me a little nervous. The holidays are fast approaching, with only 3 ½ months left in the year, and I remember buying my calendar last year this time, receiving it, and wondering how far in the calendar year I might make it. And now it’s toward the end of the calendar, and It looks like I am going to make it to the end of the year, and I’m a little nervous about ordering next year’s calendar and going through the same emotions as I start to fill it with dates. I really want to make it through my daughter’s graduation in June. I’m hopeful, and everything is looking good right now. I am just entirely grateful to have made it through this year (almost) — see, I still have trouble living in the present and not in the future! — and being on this “easy” regimen and being NED have made it even better. I am definitely counting my blessings as Thanksgiving approaches in a couple months (already!). Wish I could slow life down lately. It’s contrary thinking to my young adult kids who always want to rush time and be older! My oldest child will be 21 this October! It’s the boys’ birthdays in October, then Halloween, then Thanksgiving, Christmas and the new year! So, time isn’t going to slow down until I start marking up the 2022 calendar. I have high hopes for 2022 and lots of plans, so I’m still expecting that miracle!
Oh, and I found a house in Annapolis that is for cancer patients. They have fitness and diet classes, game nights, tea times, speakers, and lots more. I wasn’t really ready for a support group, but it might be nice to be with people who are going through the same thing I am. I am thinking about joining.
Also, the above picture is a tshirt I ordered for the breast cancer 5K in October. Unfortunately, it is now a virtual event because of COVID, but the team we joined with my husband’s coworkers are going to do it together in October, I think. They’ll decorate the trail and have selfie spots along the way, so it should be neat still. The tshirt says I will do the 5K in honor of those I have known and loved who fought and who are still fighting cancer: my grandpa, my aunts Deb and Carole, my mom’s cousin Cindy, my “second Mom”’s friend Rachael, and my mom’s dear friend and one of my supporters, Alice. I’ll be thinking of them as I participate in the 5K, and I’ll be thinking of so many others who have crossed my path who have lost their battles with cancer and those who are fighting cancer. And, I’ll be thinking of myself and being extremely grateful that I am still here to participate in breast cancer awareness.
I’ll let you know all about it in my next post, and I’ll update you from chemo. I get the nasty bone strengthener next time. 😝 Until then, stay safe and healthy, everyone!