🌞🔥The Sun’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades😎🧯👨‍🚒🚒

Nothing much to write about today, but these pics popped up on my memories tonight. This was the Best. Chemo. Day. Ever., back in the summer of 2015, as I was just beginning chemo treatments. The Pink Heals Firefighters came to visit our infusion center in South Carolina. My nurses were having trouble getting a blood return from my port, so they had me trying everything, including lying upside down in my chair. My mom couldn’t handle it, so she left the room … and brought the Pink Heals Firefighters in with her on her return to my cubicle! They were really great, and really inspiring. It’s a great memory, and I smiled when the pictures popped up on my screen.

I am just living one day at a time and still thoroughly enjoying being off of treatment. I just can’t get over how much energy I have back. I’m loving it. The summer is going so fast already. My next scan will be coming up too fast in August. I thought I’d want a scan as soon as possible for reassurance, but I am now thinking that I don’t want to know if it’s back, and I don’t want to go back on treatment yet, so maybe I’ll wait till after the holidays. I don’t have to decide yet, and I’ll meet with my oncologist again before I have to decide.

I ended up in the ER last week for the third time with a heart rate clocked at 133 and shortness of breath. I now know it is not related to treatment, so I feel better about that. Other than that, life has been good. I’ll write again after my next port flush or after my next oncology appt. in the next couple of weeks. Stay safe and healthy, everyone, and Happy Father’s Day to all you dads and to my dad and stepdad. 💙