Back on Earth…
October 10, 2008For the past week and particularly the last few days, I have been feeling extraordinarily well. I normally get chemo on tuesdays, but this week (and from now on) its been moved to fridays to make things easier on my mom (she’s a teacher and misses less work this way). It’s amazing how big of an impact those three extra days make. For the first time since this all started, my body forgot that I’d been getting treated for cancer, and felt…. almost normal.
I spent the Jewish Holiday at my parents’ home in Randolph and went to a get-together at my friend’s family’s home the next night. I went for a walk by a serene lake and took a peaceful drive through my old neighborhood. I visited a friend of mine who has also has cancer and had conversations no one else could possibly understand. I attended the R/GA offsite and caught up with the geniunely goodhearted people I work with. I made significant upgrades to my PC, and enjoyed drinking copious amounts of consequence-free beer.
This morning I went with my ladyfriend to Popover’s and ordered my last meal before chemo: the delicious Eggs Benedict Arnold was a great way to end my temporary surge of invincibility. Chemo was business as usual aside from the fact that i got particularly nauseous and had to get pumped up with an extra dose of IV no-pukes. Now i’m sitting at my computer eating mashed potatoes, and looking back at this gift of extra health like it were a crystall ball peaking 3-4 months into my future. My body’s confirmed that it will recover very quickly when treatments end. 5 more to go…
PS: the streak continues.
I am very happy about this. I’m sitting here with this dorky smile on my face, just nodding my head and thinking, “That is really good to hear. Mm-mmm. It sure is.”