Recharged

Recharged

January 10, 2020

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Okay -- after yesterday's post, I ended up being able to go to bed at 5:30pm yesterday. David didn't feel well enough to go to driver's ed, and Jimmy ran his dad around for errands and made dinner. I woke up this morning still feeling like a slug because I haven't formally exercised in over a week, but recharged and ready for my session with Julie this evening.

I just need to come to terms with the fact that, although I really, really, want to be able to get to the gym most days, there will be some days that I just can't. There will be days when I need to recharge.

Thank you all for your words of encouragement and support.

On a side note -- I can't seem to reply to your comments on my posts. I've tried. Please know that I see them and I appreciate them. I'll keep working on responding, trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong. I seriously appreciate the comments. Thank you.

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Introduction

As I start this blog in the last week of 2015, I am 50 years old. I am married and have two sons, ages 18 and 14. I was diagnosed on March 5, 2015, with breast cancer. Since then, I have kept a caringbridge page (link below). I initially created the caringbridge page to have a place to give medical updates to those who wanted them. I've decided to start a blog as an extension of that caringbridge page, because there is so much more I want to say! I will take some of those same entries and build on them here (so if you've been following me on caringbridge, some of these entries may seem familiar). I will post random thoughts (they seem to always happen in the middle of the night!). I will post funny things, and I will post serious things. Hopefully, I will post interesting things. :)

I hope that with this blog, my writing about my experiences will do a few things:

-- For you who are have cancer; it may help to know that you are not alone in what you're going through. It's hard. No two people's experiences are exactly the same. I hope that you will find something here that will be comforting, and/or answer a question or two you may have. At the very least, know that you are not alone.

-- For people with loved ones who have cancer; it may help you to understand, at least a little bit, of what your loved one is feeling, emotionally and physically.

Feedback is welcome. If there is a topic you would like addressed, please let me know. If you think I'm wrong about something, please let me know. Constructive criticism is welcome; nasty comments are not. This is my first ever attempt at writing a blog; there is so much I don't know about it -- any tips are welcome.

Disclaimer: All views and opinions in this blog are mine. I do not purport to give medical advice. This blog is simply a journal of my experiences with my cancer, my thoughts and opinions, nothing else.