Hello Family and Friends,
I feel like I should just call you all family. Would that be okay? After all we have been through together - I know this is just as tough on you as it is on me. I may be the one that is going through chemo but you are the ones that are having to watch me go through it. You are also the ones that have to listen to me whine so maybe it is worse on you. :-)
I feel like I have been MIA but I am happy to report that today I am finally feeling much better. I went to the doctor too, which made me feel even better. I have another treatment next Wednesday and then the following another PET Scan in GJ. I then go back to my doctor on Thursday and they will tell me how many more treatments I will have. On that same day I will meet with the radiation doctor. He will then tell me how long I will have to have radiation. My doctor today thought it would be 5 days a week for 3-4 weeks. So why am I so happy about all of this you may be wondering.....
Because we are planning the end of treatment. The focus has now shifted from just chemo alone to the next stage. I don't know when it is going to begin or how long that is going to last and that all doesn't matter - it just matters that we are planning the end of my treatment. It gives me hope. It gives me energy. It gives me the strength that I so desperately need to finish what has been started. This probably makes no sense and I don't even know if I am describing it well but the energy is there and that is all that matters.
Some of you may be cringing about the radiation but don't. My doctor says that compared to chemo - it is a piece of cake. Plus I will be in town everyday which means that I get to have lots of lunches with all my friends. Anyone interested? We might be eating peanut butter sandwiches at the park but it can be great fellowship all the same.
What else can I tell you - oh, I also got to visit with my pastor today. That was really nice. I hadn't been able to catch up with him recently because of the kids being sick and then me being sick - I pray all of you have a wonderful pastor like I do. If you go to my church then I know you do but, just the same, I pray that you take the time to get to know him if you don't know him well. He is just an amazing man of God, and Jason and I are so blessed to have him for our boss and pastor. There are no words. And his wife is amazing as well. She took care of Kearyn for us the other day when Kearyn wasn't feeling good and we were just so blessed to have our baby girl in her loving hands.
Anyway, I think I could write forever tonight. I am sure you are getting tired of reading. I will talk to you all later. ~Andrea
P.S. I wanted to give a special thanks to Kathy. Thank you for being so faithful in your reading and in your friendship. I always read you emails and I am so encouraged. Maybe one of these days we can get together for coffee and you can share what God is doing in your life with me. I would love to hear all about it. Thanks again Kathy, you have touched my heart. ~Andrea
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Day 27: The Little Things
Today I essentially forced myself to get up and around. I was just so tired of being tired! I feel like I am getting a cold which is not good. All of the boys are coming down with it and Creide was especially sick today. It is hard to keep my distance when all my little one wants me to do is take care of him. We have hand sanitizer in every room of the house but it still doesn't seem to help.
Thankfully, he is feeling much better tonight. My symptoms have not progressed but they haven't gotten worse either. I made myself go for a walk today. I walked to the end of the driveway and back, which is a half mile roughly, and it was really good. I loved soaking in the sun. My two little boys went with me and they were just so fun. After our walk Ky rode his bike for me and then Jason and the two boys played baseball while baby Kearyn and I watched. Again, the sun just felt so nice and it is in these moments that I completely forget that there is anything wrong with me or that I just had chemo a few days ago. I can focus on the things that God has set before me and just enjoy the simplicity of it all.
We then went into town as Cale had a basketball game.and we had dinner with Jason's parents before hand. It was just so nice to get out and move around. It is so funny because when we got to the gym there was a J.V. girls game going on. I tried to sit and "just watch" the game but before long I was standing up so I could get the best view possible. It was such a close game and the daughter of some good friends of ours was playing. It was such a close game, even going into overtime, and even though they have a very good and capable coach that I would have coach my kids any day of the week (including Sunday as he is just such a man of God) - I still wanted to get out there any help him. I chuckled to myself because of how silly it seemed. I just had chemo a few days ago, I have been so sick this round, but leave it to a basketball game to lift my spirits and get me back where I need to be. It is amazing what God will use and how He will use it. By the way, the team I was rooting for did win by 1 point in overtime and sent the Grand Junction team packing. Wha-Whoo!
Cale played well too. He is getting better and better each game and it is nice to see him kind of let go and just be a kid. (If you know Cale, he is like an adult trapped in a little kids body. Always analyzing, always thinking, never just throwing caution to the wind. That would be entirely too risky and potentially harm his future endeavors. Yes, he talks like that and even uses much bigger words sometimes. I have to keep a dictionary close by just so I know what he is talking about.) Anyway, he did great and I was thankful at the opportunity to be able to watch him play once again.
Now we are home and the house is quiet. Everyone is tuckered out from the days adventures. I am left to ponder all the little things that happened today and I have a smile on my face. God is just so good and so faithful. I rejoice that He loves me so that he would give me all that I have. It wasn't that I didn't appreciate my family before because I did. I cherished my husband and my children but now it is different. There is a deeper meaning to this life God has given to me here on Earth and I plan on thoroughly ringing out every last drop of enjoyment.
I pray that the little things in your life brighten your day tomorrow, and each day after, as much as the little things in my life have brightened mine.
Okay, enough of the mushy stuff. On to the Funny of the Day (I know that is the only reason some of you read these!)
1.) Jason looked at me today and said, "I am really glad you are awake today to talk to. The last 3 or 4 days have been really quiet. I didn't realize how much of our relationship hinged on your ability to carry on a conversation." Finally, I am appreciated!
2.) When Ky was with me on my walk he would run way out ahead and then run back to me which is a new thing because he use to run about 50 feet max. before he would completely quit for the day. He has actually gotten really fast too. He told me, "Mom, I am like lightening." I told him that I agreed. He then said, "Yes, I was so fast that I think I saw flames coming out from behind me."
Thankfully, he is feeling much better tonight. My symptoms have not progressed but they haven't gotten worse either. I made myself go for a walk today. I walked to the end of the driveway and back, which is a half mile roughly, and it was really good. I loved soaking in the sun. My two little boys went with me and they were just so fun. After our walk Ky rode his bike for me and then Jason and the two boys played baseball while baby Kearyn and I watched. Again, the sun just felt so nice and it is in these moments that I completely forget that there is anything wrong with me or that I just had chemo a few days ago. I can focus on the things that God has set before me and just enjoy the simplicity of it all.
We then went into town as Cale had a basketball game.and we had dinner with Jason's parents before hand. It was just so nice to get out and move around. It is so funny because when we got to the gym there was a J.V. girls game going on. I tried to sit and "just watch" the game but before long I was standing up so I could get the best view possible. It was such a close game and the daughter of some good friends of ours was playing. It was such a close game, even going into overtime, and even though they have a very good and capable coach that I would have coach my kids any day of the week (including Sunday as he is just such a man of God) - I still wanted to get out there any help him. I chuckled to myself because of how silly it seemed. I just had chemo a few days ago, I have been so sick this round, but leave it to a basketball game to lift my spirits and get me back where I need to be. It is amazing what God will use and how He will use it. By the way, the team I was rooting for did win by 1 point in overtime and sent the Grand Junction team packing. Wha-Whoo!
Cale played well too. He is getting better and better each game and it is nice to see him kind of let go and just be a kid. (If you know Cale, he is like an adult trapped in a little kids body. Always analyzing, always thinking, never just throwing caution to the wind. That would be entirely too risky and potentially harm his future endeavors. Yes, he talks like that and even uses much bigger words sometimes. I have to keep a dictionary close by just so I know what he is talking about.) Anyway, he did great and I was thankful at the opportunity to be able to watch him play once again.
Now we are home and the house is quiet. Everyone is tuckered out from the days adventures. I am left to ponder all the little things that happened today and I have a smile on my face. God is just so good and so faithful. I rejoice that He loves me so that he would give me all that I have. It wasn't that I didn't appreciate my family before because I did. I cherished my husband and my children but now it is different. There is a deeper meaning to this life God has given to me here on Earth and I plan on thoroughly ringing out every last drop of enjoyment.
I pray that the little things in your life brighten your day tomorrow, and each day after, as much as the little things in my life have brightened mine.
Okay, enough of the mushy stuff. On to the Funny of the Day (I know that is the only reason some of you read these!)
1.) Jason looked at me today and said, "I am really glad you are awake today to talk to. The last 3 or 4 days have been really quiet. I didn't realize how much of our relationship hinged on your ability to carry on a conversation." Finally, I am appreciated!
2.) When Ky was with me on my walk he would run way out ahead and then run back to me which is a new thing because he use to run about 50 feet max. before he would completely quit for the day. He has actually gotten really fast too. He told me, "Mom, I am like lightening." I told him that I agreed. He then said, "Yes, I was so fast that I think I saw flames coming out from behind me."
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