This week is a full one for me. I am transitioning back into work after a week off for Spring break and the girls are trying to get back to waking up early for school which is a slow go in our house. We all enjoyed our vacation but now it is reality!
I have a MUGA scan on Thursday morning... as you may know this is my LEAST favorite test I have to do every 4 months (Or whenever I get the courage to make the appointment).
I have Herceptin treatment on Friday.
It is a full weekend with all the Easter events and I am hoping to feel OK so that I can enjoy all that the kids will be enjoying! We shall see!!
Life is changing greatly in my world starting next school year! I am so excited to say that I am going back to my first love... Junior High math! I am so looking forward to being full time and I am joining a fabulous team! I so look forward to all that is to come... BUT first I am finding myself taking more time to enjoy each of things I am doing this year as a last time of doing them. I have loved the last 8 years of teaching math to K-2 students. I am so passionate about making math fun for all I have been able to make a difference in all the students I am able to see each year. Now I will be able to influence the entire class each year in 6th grade.... As I think forward to next year I am going to be walking into the building with a new body and a new position.
The new body I am talking about will be complete after I recover from my reconstruction surgery on June 15th. My tissue expanders will be removed and the surgeons will use the tissue from my stomach to re-create new breasts and then flatten out my stomach as it is sewn back up. OH have I found the silver lining to this thing that started as my worst nightmare!
I have been given so many signs of being on the right path by having twins follow me through each part of this journey... Lauren, Jen and Kate at the oncology office are either a twin or have twins, Dr. Posner(radiation oncologist) has twins, and more...
Now we have joined a new church which has been wonderful for us all! I was keeping my cancer quiet because I did not want to be defined by it in a new place. But there was one Sunday in Adult Sunday School that I was compelled to share my story only to find out that a woman I had connected with was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer just that Friday. I have been able to help her and encourage her over this past month as she has had beginning treatments. I have since connected with a couple survivors in the church and we have now been joined by a newly diagnosed woman. I do not wish to increase the number of woman who have this same diagnosis but if it must happen I am happy to make it my ministry to help others know that they too will get through the different phases of treatments. Just knowing I might give others comfort in a time that is so unknown and uncertain gives me such peace!
Love is the best way to go!
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