Oh What a Day!!!

I was going along with my new routine of waking up VERY early, getting ready, and getting to work so I can get my day off to the right start.  I even had a team meeting and made it through that fine.  My students came in and I began my day.....

Then as we were putting the homework up on the board to discuss the answers I began to have a hot flash (A wave of heat came up me and I began to sweat horribly) and then I began to have a TERRIBLE pain in my lower abdomen to the point I wanted to curl up in the fetal position.  I hurt when sitting and standing.  Luckily I have another teacher in the room with me so I asked her to take over (Thank you Katie!!!) and I went up to the nurses office (YES, teachers can use the nurses office as well... Katelynn was amazed!).  I must have looked awful because the office ladies scrambled to call the nurse and get her back to this end of the building.  She checked all my vitals which were rather normal.  We talked about all possibilities.  We discussed which doctor I should go to ....There is a problem when you have so many you are dealing with and it really overlaps a few of them.  I am hoping to have an appointment with Dr. Jason so we can talk about this issue. 

My mom came to get me and we decided to go to my Oncology Physical therapist since I was already supposed to see her later on today.  Robin was so helpful!  She was able to see me right away and as she pushed on my abdomen she felt it was a possible hernia.  I also confessed that I had been overdoing for about 5 days with lifting and just plain moving around.  I got the pep talk that I need to remember I am still healing from the surgeries and it may take a year to get back to "Normal." 

I will be going to see all the doctors in the upcoming weeks to make sure I cover all my bases.  I do feel better now that I have taken 2 cat naps today and stayed off my feet as long as I was able to. 

I had so many angels on my side today and I cannot thank them enough for helping me!  I am so blessed!  I hated leaving the kids and just throwing together a plan for them but I knew I would be useless to them if I stayed.  I will take it easy and ask for more help now since I do not want this to repeat!!!

Life now...

I think back to November of 2010 and am in awe of how life has changed for mostly the GOOD!!!

I have finished with all my chemo treatments and are now finding out what life is like NOT going to the Oncology office every three weeks... although it has not hit me quite yet.

I am healing and getting stronger each day from all the surgeries this summer.  The reconstruction was rocky but I am seeing how worth while it is now!  I am still not able to lift a great deal or do any hard, heavy moving of things.  BUT my energy is increasing each day and I am finding my way through the adjustment of working full time.  It has been exhausting and exhilarating to be back teaching Junior High Math again!  It has been 10 years since the last time I was teaching 7th grade and I am finding it to be like riding a bike.  I am a little wobbly on the specific changes in procedures but for the most part it is all so familiar!  The students are amazing and the parents have been wonderful so far.  I love my team and we have really bonded well which can only make the year better!

Living "Caner Free" has been amazing!  I am able to keep living and enjoy every moment of it!  The lessons have been learned and I will not go back to the life in which I let things pass me by.