Bring it on

This past week has been a mixture of things that go wrong, hair falling out, dread....

and

Everything that is so right with my life.

First the bad:

Being bumped out of the closer parking lot at work

Numb feet

Tripping and falling on a curb on my way into work

My backordered wig

My leave being approved for the wrong number of days

My husband needing minor surgery

But as my husband always reminds me, into every sunny day a little rain must fall.

 Now the good:

Spending time with my family

A better (and cheaper) wig!

A husband who is healing well (surgery a success)

A manager who is understanding

and painting pool side

And a chance to stop and smell the roses my friends at work sent me.

Physically I'm feeling so much better that it hurts to think about having a port put in tomorrow and chemo on Thursday.

And yet, I have to remember that I'm in it, to win it.  

So in order to hammer my alien cancer I will be donning my best Ellen Ripley impression

and kicking some cancer ass in the infusion room on Thursday

BRING. IT. ON.

Starry, Starry Night

Starting to dread going into my next chemo session this week.  Coupled with a minor surgery to place a mediport to receive chemo means lots of hospital time/meds and feeling like....crap.

One of the bright spots in my week last week was the Dallas Force Support group.

FORCE (facing our risk of cancer empowered) is a group dedicated to BRCA+ women as well as women who are high risk for developing cancer.  At the meeting I met some really great woman.  Some were previvors, others survivors...but all were stuck in the same genetic cancer boat as me.

At least our boat is full of great people!

Anyhow...

We did a little art therapy called "wrecked books"

You choose an old book and rip out pages.

Then use it to journal "artistically" 

I had forgotten just how much I loved all things art related in grade school!

With a paint brush, set of water colors and a can of water I could almost *be* back in first grade.

No worries, chatting with my friends and creating.

It made me feel so happy and relaxed.

So today I'm going to buy some watercolors and paper and start painting.

Because it's good for my soul