Catching Up

I have not forgotten my blog - I frequently write posts in my mind however finding the time to physically write the post has been difficult since I started working again and with the addition of two family members in our home.

Happy two-year anniversary to me! The two-year dates are all around me - last week was the two-year mark of finding the tumor, in a couple of days it will be the anniversary of having the tumor removed, and a few days later I will celebrate the anniversary of the "big" surgery. Yahoo - two years!

Next week I see Dr. Patel and will receive results of the CT Scan and blood tests that I had today. I will also receive the results of the BRAC 1 and 2 tests that I had a few weeks ago. As far as the CT Scan results - I feel too good to be worried. As for the BRAC 1 and 2 genes - well who knows? If I am positive then it is just another phase of treatment for me - a big inconvenience but one that I can get through. However, if I am positive we will all be concerned for my daughter until she is tested. I think that I probably will not be positive - from what I have read few women are. I will write a post as soon as I know the test results.

I changed the blog layout tonight and lost the links and widgets - oops, rats, and oh well! I have copies of the blog so hopefully I can reconstruct what was lost.

I feel like I have completely recovered from the treatment for cancer - my energy is good; I rarely have a "chemo-brain" incident; and my hair is finally growing in straight. Sometimes I even go days without remembering that I once had cancer. It is amazing at how accustomed I have become to having a port in my chest and the loss of a breast - it is my new different but yet normal body. I am completely blessed to be loved by a man who also believes that it is my new different but yet normal body.

Speaking of blessings - I continue to count my blessings every day and therefore I rejoice in each and every day that I have. To quote David, "my cup runneth over".

I am going to close with something borrowed from my friend Donna, "Be blessed for you are a blessing to me."