As I reflect, it’s hard to absorb everything that has happened over
the last year. I will turn 40 tomorrow and I am full of emotion. It
was one year ago that I returned for a post-op visit, fully confident
that since the appointment was scheduled on my 39th birthday that I was
going to receive good news. I was so prepared for good news, that I
didn’t think about any other kind of news…. I was dressed up for the
first time in weeks and planning to have nice dinner with my tireless
husband who had been taking care of me for the last several weeks. And
then my perfect world crumbled around me… this is what I remember…
“lymph node, radiation, chemotherapy”. A collection of words that I
could hardly grasp. Fast forward to today, I have been through scans,
countless blood draws, six weeks of radiation combined with
chemotherapy, as well as another six rounds of chemotherapy over 18
weeks. I barely remember Christmas 2011. Many weeks were a blur with
it taking every ounce of energy I had to get through a work day.
I have determined that turning 40 is too big to only celebrate for
one day – I intend to celebrate for an entire year! So if you see me
anytime over the next year – please wish me Happy Birthday! Life is a
gift and I intend to live every day to the fullest!
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