A Good Place

I have been seeing and hearing in the news this week all about the metastatic triple negative breast cancer vaccine that is in trials right now. It gives me such hope. If I can hang in there until this thing gets FDA approval, I am going to be in tears if I can get it. I was in tears watching the news. I cannot even imagine what it would feel like to receive it. I’d be telling the nurse to hurry up and get that sucker in me! I just hope and pray that I can stay NEAD in the meantime, and if my cancer comes back, I hope it doesn’t mutate into something other than triple negative. I cannot imagine what it would feel like to be alive to see a cancer vaccine come out! I was reading in one of my Facebook support groups a post where someone asked how many people in the group were surviving past five years of their metastatic cancer diagnoses. It was amazing how many people are now, how many people are thriving with this diagnosis. It wasn’t very likely to happen five and a half years ago when I was first diagnosed. I was given a year to live. But, thanks to new treatments and immunotherapy, I am still here five years past my diagnosis. I am hopeful for more new treatments and for the metastatic triple negative cancer vaccine.

I walked in a 5K race today. It was a beautiful fall morning on a school’s cross country trail. It felt sooooo good. I was able to walk fast the whole time, and I felt energetic. I am still thrilled about how much energy I have back and how much my body is getting back into better shape with this chemo break. TOTALLY WORTH IT!! I am living in the present and enjoying all the little things in life – the little things that are truly the big things. I am in a really good place right now, with hope on the horizon, enjoying the little things like sitting on the couch with my dogs after getting some good exercise and self care in on my walk in nature today.