What a day!! and it is only 10:30 in the morning and I have had a full day of momentous activities!!
I woke up with a twin in my bed who had come in complaining of not being able to sleep. Of course when the alarm went off I had to crawl over her to turn it off (.. or hit sleep timer 3 times) but she did not wake up for those times. SO I am not sure how she could not sleep in her own bed but there must be magic in my bed. :)
After that lovely broken up sleep, I went and got ready for an early doctors appointment. It was very much like those 25 days of radiation... the same time of morning and they are both located up north so I drove the same way as well. Keith made it home in time to let me leave on time. He took over the morning chores and got the girls off to school while I drove up to Gurnee. As I drove I was thinking about how different a year looks in my life!!
It was a year ago I was in Lake Forest at my annual OB-Gyne appointment complaining about a pain in my armpit knowing that it may not be an area Dr. Huang deals with but she could point me to the correct doctor to check it. As she did her breast exam she also found that small lump she wanted to have checked out and really expected it to be a baseline mammogram since I was really still young for this test.... FAST FORWARD........ here I drive with my lovely new "water balloons" that are so much smaller than the ones we got rid of. I am finished with all the original cancer treatments and am living life to the fullest each day!
It was such a wonderful feeling to see Dr. Huang and be able to thank her in person! She was just as excited to see me as I was to see her! She gave me a huge hug and was all smiles when she saw that I was still the same Lynn. She was so good about answering all of my questions about my new body and my side-effects from the meds. She was the first angel on my journey and I am one of the most blessed women in this world to have such a top notch group of physicians and Dr. Huang is the one who recommended all the oncology team. I was in tears when I was leaving because it was such an overwhelming moment in my life as I was saying goodbye to the Lynn who was there last year and am embracing the new Lynn of this year.
As I was in the room waiting I picked up a magazine in which I read about how rituals can help you heal.... I realized that this blog and all of you supporting me has been a ritual for me. I find so much peace as I write down all that is going on during this journey and I can feel all your positive support of me. These two things combined have been a huge part of my healing!! Thank you to all of you for all you do for me! You are all amazing and mean so much to me!
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