I'm back to work! Yay? Lol I've worked 3 days with one more day before I get a day off, oh and I had a birthday party right after work for my soon to be four year old. Now I know it doesn't seem like a lot, but I'm just so tired. I knew jumping into four days in a row plus planning a birthday party was going to kill me but in the words of Joe Dirt "you just have to keep on keepin' on' and that's exactly what I'm doing. That and I'm busting my hump to work these 74 hours I need for FMLA before I go to see my endo on the 28th of this month to start talking about my radiation treatments, which will be in liquid form, not the traditional pill like every other thyroid cancer patient has taken. I still do not know why.
I have spent my last two working days in the ER and today I found out that one of my fellow employees lost her battle with cancer this morning :( rip Ethel. Hearing about her passing also makes me reflect on how lucky I am with my diagnosis. Yesterday we had a woman come in who had laryngeal cancer and had just come out of the same hospital as the one where I had my surgery. Needless to say she was suffering some complications and her road looked very long and hard and my heart just broke for her. I truly wish her the best. It's a weird thing when you have cancer, it's like you become part of this club and when you run into someone else who is in the same club as you the subject no longer becomes taboo to talk about. We all want the same thing, to win the battle, to beat it, to live. They understand our struggle, and our very real fear that we have from the very day the doctor tells you, "it looks like you have cancer."
Back to this birthday party I survived.My little Audrey is turning four! Where does the time go? But I am here to see it and I am so lucky for that. Thank you! And I plan to be around for many more, for both of my girls. Today we are coming down from our sugar highs from the cake but it's still a good picture. They remind me why despite all I am still blessed.