It’s Weird

It’s weird. Weird to think life can change so quickly. It’s weird that this c-word thing is real. It still doesn’t feel real. Well, I guess technically it FEELS real. But mentally it does still feel like a bump in the road that’s going to end soon like the common cold. Unfortunately, it’s not going to end. The surgery wounds will heal, pain will go away, but scars & appearance of course remain. The daily long-term “maintenance” medication I will need to take will be a daily reminder that it can come back. Simply put, life has changed forever and keeping cancer at bay is another job I’ve added to the list, which is a bit frustrating and difficult to comprehend. Especially since I’m so day to day now. I definitely don’t want, or intend, to live life in fear of this disease, but with every new phase I enter, I become more anxious for the phase to be over.

This week has been pretty good though! Wednesday felt like a day where I wasn’t a cancer patient. I attended my BD Annual meeting & saw colleagues I’ve worked with for 15-21 years. A great group of folks that too have been concerned and supportive along this journey. The event was at Top Golf and while I still had stitches and probably shouldn’t have swung a club…OF COURSE I DID? (ENJOY THIS SHORT CLIP of the fun and my mad golf skillzzz).

Yesterday was also a good day. I had an apt at the surgeons office & am FINALLY without stitches in the chest, abdomen, ANYWHERE! I’m without the need for gauze, bandages, ANYTHING to cover or pack a wound. As I left the surgeons office today, I bid them farewell until Summer in hopes I won’t need to see them again until I’m done with chemo and ready for final phase of reconstruction. Although they’re all great people, me not needing to return for severe months is a good sign, physically.

With the headshaving event on the horizon, I picked up the bagillion dollar wig yesterday as well so I can keep all you folks guessing if it’s “my hair or a wig?” Ok, I guess I’ve already put the spoiler alert out…when you see me with my fabulous locks, it’ll a wig?

Wrapped up the day at the Schott watching a Buckeye win. Although the game was crazy & looked more like a high school game…a win is a win & it was time well spent with the hubs. A brief tribute to Urban was a nice highlight as well.

So that’s a wrap on my “weird” week which will end with my not-so-incognito new baldilocks appearance. I bid you all a happy Friday and hope you have a fantabulous weekend!

Check back here and/or one of my social media outlets Saturday evening to check out highlights from THE adios hair Par-Tay! It shall be one for the record books