HEALTH UPDATE: OMG, I am still alive!!! I am 95% recovered from my open distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy (removal of my spleen and partial pancreas). I am currently waiting for results of a full body MRI which has been ordered as part of my surveillance due to the POT1 genetic mutation that I was apparently born with. I have a list of mostly annoyances to go over with my doctor. Will have labs done next week. Hoping for improvement with anemia and high platelets which could be a result of surgery. Appointments with genetic oncologist and surgical oncologist next week.
Ramblings…
Oh sweet Lord! God is so good. I’ve been tooling around town like no diagnosed pancreatic patient should ever be. By all appearances, I am healthy! Appearances do not tell the entire story but for now, this update, I will leave it at that!
Life is but a dream. I’m just flowing through, along with the summer breeze. There are play dates, trips to the pool and even a new adventure to Great Wolf Lodge in Gurnee, IL. Other events completed include an epic bridal shower for my beloved nephew and his beautiful bride to be. Our family will grow by one and I cannot wait to celebrate the beginning of their life together as husband and wife when they get married this fall. In major news, Mom is back home where she belongs. With the help of amazingly strong and kind women, she has the assistance she needs and it could not make me happier! I’m so grateful!
As usual, my glass is half full. I get the saying. It’s more positive to be half full than half empty. But even if your half full, there is still the empty half, right? What about the empty half? In life, there really is no way to avoid some kind of down side. That’s life! If a positive person could talk about the empty half, I could say mine is about half of that empty. My empty is less full than it used to be. If this makes any sense, I could have just said my glass three quarters full. Even the hard times are easier to cope with. The gift of appreciation for everything. Even the tough stuff.
That’s the update. Receipt of my MRI results will certainly add to this. And there lies the one quarter empty glass. The looming fears of cancer sneaking back into my life. A constant for survivors like myself. Constantly fighting the negative voices. The what ifs. Do not tease me and take this wonderful life back! Cancer can have part of me. I’m a negotiator. I’ll give you this worry. It’s ok. I can take it. But stay the hell out of my body!
Time to stalk mychart for results.
Keep the Faith 