I am finished with chemo! My 8th and final treatment was yesterday! As I have been nearing the end of this phase of my cancer journey, I have been reflecting on all that I have been through and learned during this time. Two days after the nurse navigator called to inform me of the biopsy results, she called again to let me know what treatment plan the doctors had agreed upon when they met to review my case. They had taken into consideration all of the characteristics of my tumor from the ...
Loving Me Through It
I was in the middle of writing a post about my last chemo treatment being next week, but then I heard a song last night as Adam and I were driving to a friend's house. As soon as it came on, I said "Oh, I love this song!" and turned it up (which is quite typical of me when we are driving somewhere). Once I heard her words, I felt the tears welling up. It was dark so Adam couldn't see this, but he instantly took my hand. I knew immediately that it was a song I liked, but it had been so long since ...
The Next Step
Well, it has been nearly 4 months since my cancer diagnosis and I am finally taking the step to share more of my journey. I have felt God tugging at my heart for some time now to share my experience in greater depth, but this wasn't an easy call for me to answer. I have always been a fairly private person and don't enjoy being the center of attention, so the idea of taking these thoughts from the pages of my journal to a public audience really pushed me outside of my comfort zone. I have posted ...