So, my friend Kathy told me on Day Two of the diagnosis ... you are already a survivor ... you're surviving with breast cancer. Today is my one month anniversary of being diagnosed. Now I have a survivor life span ... How so much changes in one month ...
I have serious heartburn (physical) tonight and my mouth sores are coming, I try to drink water and it's horrible. It's like the city suddenly dumped heavy metals in there ... I used to hydrate like a champ. I'm using organic mouthwash ... like four times a day.
I worked a solid day today and it felt great to focus on something else. I even put in a few extra hours tonight to make up for tomorrow when I go to meet my radiologist. Usually when I filled out the paperwork for a doctor, I always skipped over medicines and previous illness ... I have nearly 10 medicines I've taken in the last week if you include heartburn and Vitamin I. Times have changed. If you get to skip all those sections 3-5 full of medicines, medical conditions, etc. you should hug yourself.
I'm supposed to meet my running buddies in the morning. Should be an interesting testament to my self discipline. They tell me they have something for me ... since it'll be dark outside ... I hope it glows.
Love to you all ... if you're somewhere where it is not pouring outside ... look up at the sky for me ... I am over these four days of rain.
Ann -- a one month survivor with heartburn
Hang in there girl! Running will save you.
ReplyDeleteHave a good run. Don't forget, you're tapering.
ReplyDeleteI guess we could fix up your shirt with some glow-in-the-dark paint. Now THAT would stop traffic at 5:45 in the morning!
ReplyDeleteZech gets all the credit for that piece of brilliance--she just gave me my shirt sooner.
Thinking about you this afternoon!
Now it will mean more to you every time you cross that finish line. The one where you are finished with all of your treatments and cancer-free, and all the races that you are finishing from here on out! You can do it Ann- stay strong and steady!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I forgot tot ell you that BRad said you looked beautiful at church on Sunday. I asked him how you were since I was at work. I had read your blog and saw that you had a bad night. Those were his exact words "She looked beautiful"
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