Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe that January is our fifth month of fighting this darn thing – but hopefully we are closer to the end than the beginning at this point. Tom & I decided to kick off the year on our terms and took a little trip. We got away for a night and were able to surprise and meet up with some friends and feel “normal” for a moment.
We were gone for less than 36 hours, but even in those 36 hours we felt like we had our lives back a bit. Tom is feeling much better and stronger each day so that was the only reason we decided to get away for the night – in fact we didn’t even make a final decision on if we would go anywhere until late Thursday night. We are so glad we did. To feel normal was one thing, but to know that we are already living life a bit differently because we've had it taken all away was another thing. I've said this before but I'm very excited for our post cancer life.
We’ve got 16 days until surgery and I’m hopeful that he continues to feel stronger each day until then so he can have an easier recovery once surgery is done. In the meantime we will continue to enjoy our brief brush of normal even though we know there is an asterisk to the normal right now.
One thing that makes us feel very normal is the lack of doctor’s appointments! We will meet with the anesthesiologist next week but other than that, we won’t be back in the hospital until the day of his surgery. This is a real treat for us since there is so much coordination, paperwork, time, effort and energy required for the appointments – it’s the little things! More to come this week…
We were gone for less than 36 hours, but even in those 36 hours we felt like we had our lives back a bit. Tom is feeling much better and stronger each day so that was the only reason we decided to get away for the night – in fact we didn’t even make a final decision on if we would go anywhere until late Thursday night. We are so glad we did. To feel normal was one thing, but to know that we are already living life a bit differently because we've had it taken all away was another thing. I've said this before but I'm very excited for our post cancer life.
We’ve got 16 days until surgery and I’m hopeful that he continues to feel stronger each day until then so he can have an easier recovery once surgery is done. In the meantime we will continue to enjoy our brief brush of normal even though we know there is an asterisk to the normal right now.
One thing that makes us feel very normal is the lack of doctor’s appointments! We will meet with the anesthesiologist next week but other than that, we won’t be back in the hospital until the day of his surgery. This is a real treat for us since there is so much coordination, paperwork, time, effort and energy required for the appointments – it’s the little things! More to come this week…