High on Health

I am sitting at chemo waiting for my labs before getting started. The guy across from me is asleep and breathing deeply. It’s kind of rhythmic and soothing. The sun is out, and it hasn’t been out for days, so it feels good to be relaxing and refueling this morning. I’ve been feeling great and hardly thinking about cancer anymore. I am amazed that I can just live as normally as possible right now.

I have been working on my devotional and writing about my cancer  journey, so that has been cathartic. I should be finished with it in a few weeks. It’s spiritual and an aspect of my cancer I don’t normally talk about, so I’ve enjoyed writing it. A high school friend is a pastor, and he and his wife volunteered to edit it for me. Writing a devotional is new for me, so I’m excited to have their input.     

My daughter is coming home for Spring Break next week, and I’m happy it’s an off week for chemo so I’ll be feeling good during her visit.

I got news that one of my high school friends’ wife has cancer. I’m more concerned about them than I am about my cancer. I know what they’re going through, and I’m so sorry they’re having to go through it. My friends have been the best support group for me, so I’m happy knowing they’ll be there for my friend, his wife, and their family, as well.

I posted a pic of my three favorite cookbooks. They’re by Shalane Flanagan and Elyse Kopecky. A friend, my running buddy from our Newport News days, gave me the first one, and the recipes are awesome, healthy and all natural. I got the other two for Valentine’s Day, so I’ve been cooking exclusively from them since. I’ve been walking almost every day since the New Year, and this stubborn chemo weight is finally starting to come off. It’s not such a frustrating thing to work out anymore, and I am anxious to get back in shape to go farther and faster. I’m on a runner’s high, only walking. Slow and steady wins the race, right? My hair is long, I’m getting back in shape, and I’m feeling “normal” and like my old self a bit more. So, life is good. I’m trying not to take it for granted, being thankful, and living one day at a time. I’m stopping to smell the roses and living in the present. And I’m thinking Spring.

I’ll write again from chemo again in two weeks. Stay safe and healthy, everyone!