Yesterday was national GIST awareness day. All day long, my thoughts constantly went to cancer. Those thoughts circled my diagnosis phone call, my future, my next scan, the little symptoms I actually had when I was diagnosed, being misdiagnosed for almost a year, my label of high-risk… I could go on. All day I thought…
chemo
generic vs brand name
Happy Superbowl Sunday! Currently, I’m sitting on my couch, the fireplace is on, football game is almost approaching halftime, [can’t wait for you, Lady Gaga!], and Ace is curled up at my side. No Superbowl party for this one, just a nice, quiet little evening at home. Tony and friends went to Vegas, again, [insert…
t’was the night before Mayo
You know the feeling you got as a little kid when the night before Christmas rolled around? The excitement? The thoughts of dancing sugar plums? The wondrous ideas of what will be waiting for you under the tree the next morning? The little amount of sleep you’d get because your ears were perked to hear Santa?…
another kind of two year celebration
happy 1st birthday gistoflife!
a full heart
march 28th
days 14, 15, 16,17, & 18
content
Current life status: content. Current activity: sitting on the patio, listening to music, watching Ace pounce through dried leaves in the woods. Current background music: “maybe not” by cat power Current weather: 75 degrees, sunny, with a light, crisp breeze Current plans for the day: continue sunning myself, celebrating an engagement of a best friend,…
cup of reality, please.
Sometimes it’s not hearts and rainbows. Sometimes the sun’s rays don’t fix what’s broken. Sometimes life hands you a rotten lemon. Or in my case, slaps you with the ugly reality of taking a chemo pill and having cancer. Previous posts have suggested I make the most of life. I do. Sometimes I do this…