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Round 2 and Going Strong #RuthieStrong
Little scare this morning thinking I would have to postpone until tomorrow in order for insurance to pay. Surely don't want to pay for that myself! And, tomorrow David and Jack come to town to visit. We want to hike around our farm and the Hart's farm and show them all the beauty we have. And maybe PinckneyBend Distillery :-)They got it worked out though and here I am.
I have been awake since 4:30 am. I tossed and turned and finally got up around 5:00 and started working in the kitchen. Amazing what you can get done early in the morning!
I took Jim's coffee to him around 6:40 and we got our day started. Once again, he put the numbing medicine on my port so I don't feel the needle. He does such a good job of applying and covering it up with plastic wrap so it soaks in good. The nurses always compliment his good job. We left around 8:15 and made it in plenty of time to get my bloodwork going to ensure I could get my chemo today.
This whole cancer thing is still amazing to me. My original mammogram was mid -January. Here we are in mid-March and I have already had surgery, recovered and now on my second round of chemo.
I hope my second round goes as the first did. Three days of "up", three days of "way down" and then uphill until my 3rd round starts.
Cancer changes so many things in so many ways.
- You meet people, amazing people, that you would likely have never met. Today we met Laura and her husband.
- You face mortality
- You learn about a LOT of drugs
- You begin to realize that things you used to think we important, are not quite so important.
- You learn to listen to your doctor when he says take you anti-nausea BEFORE you get nauseous!
- You APPRECIATE! Your spouse, your AMAZING friends, the beauty of the world, the nurses in the cancer center, the doctors.... so many things.
I know I can do this. I don't like the "down" days. I am so used to being up and active. Feeling down and unable to even make it out of bed for a day or two is not pleasurable. But I have learned that when I need to rest, I rest!
Although I never wanted cancer, I must say this journey is truly a learning experience. One I will never forget!
Peace and Love to All!
