I know, I know, I ended the blog. But, I just read the last entry for the first time in a long time, and I had to post an update. Guess what, my next blog was a fun, happy one!!!! I never would have imagined it when I finished this one, but you gotta check out what happened in my life after cancer: www.triathlonkrista.wordpress.com
Life is good!
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Ending the Story
6/16/09
This will be the last entry on this blog. I never thought it would end, but it has! Krista's cancer blog is finished. I have started a new blog, called Krista's Recovery, that I hope to write over the course of the summer as I recover from the last year. The address is:
http://kristasrecovery.blogspot.com
My plan for the new blog is to post pictures (as long as I can remember my brother's technical training on using the camera with the computer!) and write about the first three months after completing cancer treatment. I hope to start it off with pictures of my upcoming trip to Vancouver, BC with the girls. I'm excited to be getting my old self back! I'm at about 60% normal energy level. So, we'll still be taking it easy, but also having some fun.
My medical stuff is like my in box at work- never quite empty. I had a visit with Dr. T on Monday and the mole is not cancerous (yeah!) I had blood drawn to check my vitamin D level, and I had a chest xray and a bone density scan scheduled. The chest xray will happen every 6 months (not sure if it's for the rest of my life or what) and the bone density yearly (I think) to see if the arimidex is wiping out my bones. I see Dr. T again in September, and then every 3 months for the next few years. The good part of all this is that I'll be watched very closely and hopefully have early detection of any problems. The bad part is that I'll be watched very closely and it will be a constant reminder that the cancer could be lurking in some corner of my body. I'm tied in to the cancer medical system for life.
I'm hoping over the course of the next few months (or perhaps for the rest of my life) to start identifying some of the things I've learned from the cancer experience. The big lesson I believe I got was that I don't need to do anything too different with my life to be happy- I don't need to wait for anything to happen or change. Instead, I am practicing BEING in my life more and I am becoming aware of all the little wonderful things that I never noticed before. Like today I went for a long bike ride and I had such gratitude for having the energy to do it. The bike ride was a pure joy- just a simple thing, but I got great pleasure out of it. And tonight I was reading the paper and Karina was telling me something about school and I put the paper down so I could give her my full attention and as I looked at her, I realized what beautiful eyes she has, in a way I never noticed before. I feel kind of like I'm waking up from a long, long sleep and experiencing my life with a heightened sense of awareness. It's pretty cool and I hope I get to hang on to it!
So, thanks to all who have read this blog and who have cheered me and supported me along the way. I hope that my next blog will be filled with joy and fun!
This will be the last entry on this blog. I never thought it would end, but it has! Krista's cancer blog is finished. I have started a new blog, called Krista's Recovery, that I hope to write over the course of the summer as I recover from the last year. The address is:
http://kristasrecovery.blogspot.com
My plan for the new blog is to post pictures (as long as I can remember my brother's technical training on using the camera with the computer!) and write about the first three months after completing cancer treatment. I hope to start it off with pictures of my upcoming trip to Vancouver, BC with the girls. I'm excited to be getting my old self back! I'm at about 60% normal energy level. So, we'll still be taking it easy, but also having some fun.
My medical stuff is like my in box at work- never quite empty. I had a visit with Dr. T on Monday and the mole is not cancerous (yeah!) I had blood drawn to check my vitamin D level, and I had a chest xray and a bone density scan scheduled. The chest xray will happen every 6 months (not sure if it's for the rest of my life or what) and the bone density yearly (I think) to see if the arimidex is wiping out my bones. I see Dr. T again in September, and then every 3 months for the next few years. The good part of all this is that I'll be watched very closely and hopefully have early detection of any problems. The bad part is that I'll be watched very closely and it will be a constant reminder that the cancer could be lurking in some corner of my body. I'm tied in to the cancer medical system for life.
I'm hoping over the course of the next few months (or perhaps for the rest of my life) to start identifying some of the things I've learned from the cancer experience. The big lesson I believe I got was that I don't need to do anything too different with my life to be happy- I don't need to wait for anything to happen or change. Instead, I am practicing BEING in my life more and I am becoming aware of all the little wonderful things that I never noticed before. Like today I went for a long bike ride and I had such gratitude for having the energy to do it. The bike ride was a pure joy- just a simple thing, but I got great pleasure out of it. And tonight I was reading the paper and Karina was telling me something about school and I put the paper down so I could give her my full attention and as I looked at her, I realized what beautiful eyes she has, in a way I never noticed before. I feel kind of like I'm waking up from a long, long sleep and experiencing my life with a heightened sense of awareness. It's pretty cool and I hope I get to hang on to it!
So, thanks to all who have read this blog and who have cheered me and supported me along the way. I hope that my next blog will be filled with joy and fun!
Sunday, June 14, 2009
More Fab 40!
- Click the little speaker icon at the top of the slideshow to hear a cool song play while watching.
- Double click on the slideshow and select "Full Screen" to see the pictures nice and big.
Enjoy!
Friday, June 12, 2009
I'm Done and I'm 40!
6/12/09
I'm done and I'm 40. Last radiation was today. I did cartwheels (in my head) on the way out. The doctor tells me that for today I am cancer free.
I didn't get a call this week about my mole, so that means that it is not cancerous (they would have called if it was).
I'm off to do some more celebrating, more later.
An ending and a beginning.
I'm done and I'm 40. Last radiation was today. I did cartwheels (in my head) on the way out. The doctor tells me that for today I am cancer free.
I didn't get a call this week about my mole, so that means that it is not cancerous (they would have called if it was).
I'm off to do some more celebrating, more later.
An ending and a beginning.
Fabulous Party With Fabulous Friends & Family!
Pictures from my fabulous birthday party with fabulous friends and family in my backyard yesterday. In the slideshow below, if you want to see the pictures bigger, just click here!
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
ONE MORE TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
6/10/09
I got two radiations done today, so I only have one more! It didn't really register with me until I was leaving the cancer center and the therapist said, "See you Friday for your last one!" I have no idea how I have gotten this far, but here I am!
My car is still in the shop, so I biked with the girls to school, then biked to radiation. I had that wonderful free feeling again and it felt really, really good to be biking to the cancer center. On the bike I notice little things that I miss in the car, and today it left me feeling so alive. I usually walk into that center feeling half dead. I guess I should have been biking all along! I had the grand idea that I would use the bike all day, but a few minutes after leaving radiation, I realized that I was too tired to make it home. Luckily my back up plan was to borrow a car and I was able to quickly ride to where it was and get myself home. I had a hot bath and rested on the couch for awhile, tired but happy.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
30 Down, 3 To Go
6/9/09
Wow, I couldn't imagine making it to radiation 30 times when I first began. 30 times. That's a lot. I am so ready to be done! I go in twice tomorrow, once in the morning and once in the afternoon, take the next day off, and finish up on Friday. Then I'm free of doctors until my 3 month check up (aside from waiting to hear back about the mole and getting those stitches removed next week). I will have a check up every 3 months for the next few years, then it will go down to every 6 months. The end is in sight. Thank God. It's getting increasingly difficult to keep going in there. I am so excited to be done and to begin the recovery process and to get my strength and stamina back.
My car is in the shop today so after I dropped it off, I rode my bike around town a bit then back home. It was so fun! I got a little too enthusiastic with the freedom and fun of it all and ended up getting over tired. I will be on the bike again tomorrow as the car is still not finished. I'm thinking of using the bike for exercise until my breast gets less painful. Biking didn't bother it much today, and there is something so fun and exhilarating about being on the bike.
Ok. I can do this. Only 3 more.
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