It’s All About Perspective

I am currently sitting in the waiting room for my oncologist at the U of MN. My oncologist back home left the decision up to him. He’s going to to talk about whether or not we need to cut a chunk of my lung out, and I’m not all that worried. After being told half […]

Who cares!?

Who cares what people think?! Easy to say. Far more difficult to actually live. We all say it though. We’ve told our kids, or spouses, ourselves. Probably numerous times even. Yet how many of us actually BELIEVE it? I can tell you now that I don’t always believe it myself. There have been things I’ve […]

Life Only Has One Gear and One Speed

The beauty of life is that it’s predictable. Yes… you read that right. It’s predictable. You’re born, you age, and eventually you die. Sure, there are details in between all of that but the basics are simple. You can’t go backwards, you can’t stop, you can’t shut it off. It just keeps rolling forward. One […]

Relief… kind of

Yesterday I had my 6 month scans. I didn’t sleep much the night before and I didn’t before my 3 month scan either. It’s the not knowing. Is it back? Am I clear? What happened with that spot on my lung? Then there’s always a number of hours between my scan itself and my appointment. […]

5 Things I Miss About Having 2 Legs – Day 4

I thought for sure this would be easy to think of 5 things. As it turns out… it’s not. Certainly even more difficult when you are close to your next scan. HELLO SCANXIETY!!! On Monday I will go in for my 6 month scan. I feel great. I can’t see any signs of anything. But […]