Tough Good-byes

I am about to have to say many good-byes which are going to be hard!

On May 12th, I will be saying good-bye to my students as I begin my leave from work through the end of this school year.  As I type this I am tearing up because these young people have been some of my best cheerleaders and medicine throughout these last 6 months!  They have helped me to keep going even when I was exhausted and in pain because they would be so excited to have me teach them on the days I was at school!  They were also so disappointed when they knew I would be missing school for treatments.  This is a special group of students that will always have a special place in my heart!

After May 20th, I will have to say good-bye to all the staff at my oncologists office.  The nurses in the chemo room have become part of our family and the girls at the front are wonderful!  I will be back in the office but it will not be like it has been these past 6 months.  I definitely do not want to have to ever go through chemo again so I will find a way to go back and "visit" these fantastic people!!

These are going to be some tough days for me emotionally but I know it is part of life!  This journey has taken me on such a roller coaster and the ride is still not over.  It is just changing!

I am still in pain but it is a little less each day.  I can tell it will not completely leave even by the next chemo.  I am trying not to overdo but it is tough since I am down to only 2 more weeks of work.  It is hard to wrap up a year early without getting the loose ends tied up.  I have a wonderful sub taking over so I know whatever I do not do she will help me out by doing it.  So I am not truly stressing out.  This body is showing that it has been beaten up by all these toxins.  I keep looking towards September when I will be a whole new and healthy Lynn!  :)