Hello, My Name is Inigo Montoya … Prepare to Die

The past couple of weeks, I have been super busy with everything Christmas. It feels great to just be living life with no time to think about cancer. I’ve decided to do more of that. I think I am finally entering the stage of this journey where I can stop worrying all the time and just live life again. I have created my new word for this stage in my journey and for the new year: Live. Just live. Fully live. My spiritual word for this part of my cancer journey is: Trust. I have decided to just trust God, and if I trust Him with my life, I have nothing to fear, and it frees me to live life fully for however long I am given.

I don’t have much to write lately because everything is going great, and I am trying more to just live and not think about cancer so much, not to worry so much about time and how much more I have left to fit everything I want to fit into it. So, for the next three to six months until my next scan, and through this busy holiday season, I am going to concentrate on living.

I have been wondering if I should cut back to posting on just the first day of each month since things are going so well, and I don’t have much to say or feel or update right now — I now feel like perhaps I could live years with this disease. But I want to show people how to live and thrive with metastatic breast cancer. I know not everyone gets to thrive with cancer, but for some reason, I am still here and thriving. I want to give hope to others with this disease that it is possible to live and thrive with metastatic breast cancer.

So, I’ll keep updating every two weeks from chemo. Will write again in two weeks, in the new year! Another year for me to plan and dream and LIVE! Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year to everyone! Stay safe and healthy!