Yesterday I
had my normal biweekly visit at the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack
University Medical Center and all my counts were excellent. I am very confident
that I can start to get re-acclimated into my life. I am happy to say that I
will start back at work tomorrow. Sure, I will have some limitations/restrictions
on me like: limited exposure to crowds and no travel for a little while, but I
am truly very excited to get back to work.
My next
appointment at the Cancer Center is Monday, April 15th
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer
Romans 12:12
More to come…
6 comments:
Whoopeee - I don't need to say much more. We've never met, but I can promise you that I am so pleased for you and your family. Don't go to work and end up turning the lights out in your first week (I did!!) - set an equitable balance early on and enjoy.
Go Rich go!
Thinking of you....... (with a smile!)
Gina
Hey Alan, Thanks for the Whoopeee!!! It is so great to be back at work. I have been pacing myself and not over doing it. At the same time it feels like I never left. And that is a good thing.
Thanks again,
Rich
Hey Gina, Thanks for keeping me in your thoughts. All is good. I have been busy getting back in the swing of work. It is feels great to be productive again. I won't lie to you, I am exhausted when I get home at night. I am sure I will get stronger the more I work. I hope all is well with you. Thanks again,
Rich
Rich,
Of course you are exhausted. Your body has been assaulted and it take months, sometimes many months, to be well and feel spectacular. But you will make it. You have done amazingly well so far. There is no reason to assume you will not continue to.
My husband and I went on a cruise on 11/30/2012. It was my birthday. Day zero of the transplant was 6/19/12. The MCL dx was 1/5-12/12. Anyhow... we sailed out of NYC. I was still bald with a gorgeous, and very expensive, scarf tied around my head. I was still a bit tired and as we approached stepping foot on the ship, I broke down and sobbed. I leaned against my husband and just plain sobbed. That was a pivotal moment for me. It was like.
.....you know.... we have really been slammed and we have handled it all the best we could, with dignity and grace.
Our only child had left for college three weeks before I found the first node swollen. It was quite a year. I deserved to sob!
And sometimes I still do. I face yet another scan on 6/15ish. I dread it and become way too focused on it, as you well know.
Exhaustion can be a gift if we let ourselves sleep! Sobbing can be good when it acknowledges what we have been through. And we both have been through a lot.
Let us lift a bottle of water!
Here is to taking care of ourselves while we move through our lives.
Let us be well and enjoy the journey.
Thanks for reading my vent. I needed that! Have a very special Easter........
Gina
Gina,
I have an approach to things that often drive the people around me crazy. “I’ll worry when I have something to worry about”. Life is so precious that I can’t see losing and time worrying about things. I play my guitar, I go to work, I volunteer at church, I meet with friends. When I have big health things like scans ahead of me, I don’t let myself get worried by this. In fact I often keep more self even more busy than usual, just to keep my mind off of things.
I often wonder if I am a little broken. I really have never had an emotional response to all I have been through. Sure, the first time I leaned of my MCL I was a little shocked, but that day I told my kids there was nothing to worry about and all will be fine. One of my daughters did admit that she was unclear what I told her being my words did not match my emotional state. “Did he just say he has cancer… why does he seem happy?” In truth, I never had any doubt that I would be fine. Am I naïve? Probably.
And when I relapsed, I took the same approach. This time I knew if I got through it once, I could certainly do it again.
With 6/15 coming up for you, I suggest that you plan some fun and exciting things beforehand… anything that keeps your mind off of the tests. And of course, KEEP POSITIVE.
I truly believe that things happen for a reason. One thing is certain… because of my MCL I have met so many great people, like you.
Keep the faith, my friend and have a Happy Easter
Rich
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