My run with Cancer

 Things are going well! I actually felt way better on the day of chemo this time.. no nausea!  That did kick in on day 2 but no worse than usual.  I have been able to manage fine.  It's more of a queasy stomach and taste aversion that true nausea. The cold sensitivity felt a little more intense than I remember, but that too is fading.  It's really wild... I mistakenly washed my hands with cold water while still in the chemo suite... and it felt like the water was electrified... as though I got jolted with electricity.   I had also remembered water being difficult to drink, but I haven't noticed that either this go-around... so I'm thankful for that. Thanks to everyone who reached out to me after the last post.  Even if I didn't respond... your words of support were truly a blessing.  Thank you Till next time! Shannon

 I typically haven't been updating this very much because things have been status quo for over 18 months.  We fine tuned the chemo side effects... I was truly living life and cancer really became more of a chronic condition.   At the beginning of the pandemic I remember praying "please let me outlive this thing so I can travel with my kids".  As time has gone on, that seemed more and more possible.  I had a great trip with some of my closest friends in October and was also able to take the kids away for a fun filled week in the Dominican just a couple weeks ago.  We had a fantastic time together.   I knew I was coming back to a CT scan and chemo within days and as usual, we had some scanxiety but that has become so routine that even that wasn't too bad.  We landed on Thursday (Nov 18), had a CT the next day (on Friday) and was to see my oncologist followed by chemo on the Monday. This was the first time I was able to see my oncologi...