cancer
365 Days…
365 days ago… I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma…365 days ago… I was scared, unable to comprehend the changes about to happen TO me…365 days ago… I was thankful for the diagnosis of Non-Hodgkin’s Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma because it meant there was finally a name for what was sucking the life out of me, making it impossible to eat, and almost impossible to breathe…365 days ago…I was packing for my first EVER hospitalization…365 days ago…I began a journey that would leave me forever changed…a journey that would tell me a lot about the people in my life…and a journey that would clarify and solidify who I am… This past year has been hard…I’ve lived the reality of chemotherapy, survived my first time having surgery (one of my bigger fears), and experienced the power of radiation and it’s ability to not only shrink the cancer but scorch the skin, and wreck the taste buds…I am more patient…I am more compassionate…I am more obedient…and, I am stronger than I could have ever imagined…I am ALIVEas my body continues to heal, so does my heart and mind…everyday I remind myself that I can make it, I remind myself that I can do it (whatever it …Read more
Nurses Pictures
Friday I woke up crazy early 5:30 and decided to get all my errands done before lunch so I could come home and take a nap…the first order of business was getting the dogs nails clipped, I have tried doing it myself and am horrible, it was SO worth the five dollars! Little Bit did not yelp once…my next stop was the cancer center to get some photos of the nurses and staff for my scrapbook…I realized I had almost none and it wouldn’t be a cancer scrapbook without them! they were such a support to me, I can’t even put it into words…then I went to return a few things to Wal-Mart, went to staples, Walgreen’s to pick up pictures, ben franklin (kind of a craft store, for some scrapbooking adhesive squares) met mom for lunch at a Noble Romans, got some dog food, and came home for a long nap…I’d call it a pretty good dayall this week the area where I received radiation has been red, itchy and rash-like (a lot of little bumps that kind of blend in with the redness…and when I scratch it feels so raw and kinda hurts…I am not sure there is …Read more
mohawks…
since I wasn’t going anywhere I just towel dried my hair without running a comb through it…hours later when I looked in the mirror I was greeted with a huge mohawk and some CRAZY hair… I can’t seem to catch thewonderfulness that is the mohawk when I take a picture…but you can get a little idea here…