BEEN AWAY, NOW I'M BACK

Today is June 12, 2015.  It’s been four months since I’ve updated my blog, and all I can say is it’s because my mind has been elsewhere.  That’s a good thing.  I’ve been back to my old self and doing the things I enjoy doing.  I’m hardly focused anymore on my cancer or wearing an ostomy bag.  In fact, sometimes I completely forget I wear an ostomy bag.

Last week I asked my oncologist, Dr. Witta, how many other patients have my same cancer and he has a few but theirs is worse.  “We caught yours early.”  I still don’t feel it was early enough.  Stage 3 with 3 lymph nodes was scary.  I can’t imagine having it worse.  But like I said, I hardly think about it anymore.  Dr. Witta said he considers me cancer free already.

Last week I had my 8th round of chemo.  The max is 12 rounds and I want to get through them all.  And as long as my side effects aren’t too bad I can continue.