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Getting Ready

From the moment he found out, James has been with me.  He left work and rushed home when I told him and the people at his station quickly helped send him on his way and wished us both well. James and I have both had our falling-apart moments, but we've also been incredibly optimistic.  Although we've both put on a brave face and do what we can to be positive, every once in a while we'd shed some tears because this isn't like getting a tooth pulled...this is major surgery to remove cancer from my body.  We're scared and we're sad. I've had many nights on our front porch either sitting in the chair next to him or sitting on his lap while we held each other.  He had a major golf tournament that he's played in for several years and was ready to cancel it if I said the word.  I didn't say it because I was fully aware that the last night of the tournament was the night that was when the significant others could join their men and celebrate another grea...

Now what?

I was diagnosed with uterine cancer on June 20, 2019.  The next day was just a day to somewhat absorb what I had just found out about myself.  That Wednesday,  I went in for a CT scan and I found myself crying when I was put in the hole.  This isn't supposed to happen.  Not me.  This is not  what I signed up for when James encouraged me to go to the doctor in the very first place. That night, James, Farrah, and I went to McGlinn"s for a nice dinner.  Farrah was in one of her most unpleasant moods throughout the time we were there and when we finally wrapped it up, James took his truck to get it ready for the next day, while Farrah and I jumped into my car. I'd said, "You know, I'm going through some hard stuff right now and your behavior and attitude is shit.  This  is the time we are needing you to buck up and try, just try to be a little bit nicer." Farrah's response: "I don't even know what's wrong with you BECAUSE YOU WON'T EVEN ...