Christina taking charge of her body and her life! Christina is coming up on the day in the Chemo process where you unavoidably lose your hair. In the bossy Christina style she decided to go ahead and shave her head before the cancer treatment had the chance to take it away from her. She brought along some amazing support and they all helped her make the process as painless as possibly. She is fighting with every breath, go girl!!
Today started out ok but has ended with the chemo flu bus (a really really really big bus) running me over. Expected at about this time in the cycle....but never welcomed. I am amazed (and grateful) at how the chemo kills everything....good and bad.....in your body and I am equally amazed at how your body will fight to repair itself. The human body and spirit is really an amazing gift when combined with the unrelenting will to fight and live life to the fullest....thank you for walking with us on this journey. We need you and love you! Life was not meant to do alone....that is for sure!!
On this Easter, I am thankful for many things....even with the swirl of chaos and uncertainty running through our family...I am thankful. Someone yesterday asked me how I could be so optimistic with stage 4 cancer....they weren't being a glass half empty kind of person....they were just curious. We were talking about how hard it is on everyone...not just the person with the cancer who is fighting for normalcy and life....but the kids, the family, the friends, the community, the kiddos around you that aren't sure if they can even approach you when they are use to giving you a big hug.
As I was sitting in my chair, honestly feeling awful, I looked at her and said....there is no other option. So this is the one that I take.
As I have been hanging out on the back porch today letting my body heal I wonder what makes someone a glass half full kind of person or a glass half empty kind of person? I don't know that answer....but here is what I do know....Your perspective in life is a great driver....It isn't always what happens to you in life.....It is how you react to what happens to you in life.
Chemo round 1 session 2=red devil .....Feeling pretty crummy today but good news is PET scan came back clean. No cancer in brain or excessively spread through bones!!!! Bring on the red devil...i honestly dont say that with a big roar of strength....this one sucks....LARGE.....but u have to brave through the storm to get to the sunshine....right? Love you all!
Ok....the "Cancer Sucks" pity party is over...I have crawled out of my hole. It is all a part of the process....ups and downs. Doesn't mean that I will fight any less...just means some days being brave doesn't mean I ROAR.......
Psalms 62:1-2 Considering how God has brought us through anxious times before gives us the confidence to trust in His continued protection. We wait expectantly for His next move.
