Happy 8 days past surgery! What a difference 8 days makes! Tom is doing quite well and is on the mend. Yesterday he was able to get cleaned up, we reapplied bandages and he is moving around very well. He is still dealing with quite a bit of pain, but that’s to be expected when you have as many large incisions as he does on his chest. Overall, he is such a champ, I’m blown away by his positive attitude and desire to push himself a little more each day despite the pain.
Overall, I’d say we are very happy with where things are at – we certainly had prepared for the worst going into surgery but I don’t think we would be having the same recovery if we knew we were recovering to just march ourselves back into chemo. Admittedly, before surgery we were really on our last leg as it relates to keeping our spirits up and feeling like we could beat this thing. I am so thankful that there isn’t more chemo because we probably would have been expending all kinds of energy just to stay positive. I know we would have found a way – but I’m just grateful that we didn’t have to go down that path.
I am in complete awe of patients and caretakers who have to fight this awful disease for years - some of which I’ve seen firsthand within my own family. We are not blind to the fact that we only had to deal with the actual active cancer for 128 days, and for that we will forever be grateful. Cancer touching our lives will extend well past 128 days, it will be with us for the rest of our lives. It’s part of our story now, and I know it will shape the rest of our lives for the better. More to come…
Overall, I’d say we are very happy with where things are at – we certainly had prepared for the worst going into surgery but I don’t think we would be having the same recovery if we knew we were recovering to just march ourselves back into chemo. Admittedly, before surgery we were really on our last leg as it relates to keeping our spirits up and feeling like we could beat this thing. I am so thankful that there isn’t more chemo because we probably would have been expending all kinds of energy just to stay positive. I know we would have found a way – but I’m just grateful that we didn’t have to go down that path.
I am in complete awe of patients and caretakers who have to fight this awful disease for years - some of which I’ve seen firsthand within my own family. We are not blind to the fact that we only had to deal with the actual active cancer for 128 days, and for that we will forever be grateful. Cancer touching our lives will extend well past 128 days, it will be with us for the rest of our lives. It’s part of our story now, and I know it will shape the rest of our lives for the better. More to come…