I had some very special friends visit! Thank you Jess, Sarah, and Laura! You made the day so much more enjoyable!!! I don't know what I'd do without you girls!
I received beautiful flowers from my team at work!
I got cards in the mail, many encouraging texts, and flowers and icecream from Lana and Matt!
Plus...the Fall Fairies (aka Brittany and Nick) visited my house while I was gone and made. my. day.
I mean really?! How amazing are these people?!
My friend Shanna even provided me with magazines for entertainment.
What an amazing support system I have!
I even received a certificate of completion from the amazing staff at Thompson Cancer Survival Center.
Even though I am truly happy to be done, I will miss my amazing nurses!
Needless to say, it was a pretty amazing day. I am in the process of recovering and in 5 weeks I will get a pet scan on November 1st.
On November 7th we will find out the results....If the scan is clean, which is our prayer, then I will be in remission! Woo hoo!
If it's not clean, then I may have to undergo additional treatments or radiation.
I've been thinking a lot about what this means that I am finished with treatments. I am beyond thrilled to not have to get poked and have poison go in my veins every other week, but I'm having to fight a lot of fear as well.
I'm afraid to completely celebrate until we get a clean pet scan.
I'm afraid that we'll get through all of this and then the cancer will come back.
I'm afraid it will take me longer than I want to recover.
I told my mom yesterday that the 12 treatments were like climbing a mountain.
I had this huge obstacle in front of me that I had to get over. Even though it was a big mountain, I knew what it looked like. I had a very specific task in front of me. et through 12 treatments.
Check! Now what?
Now that the mountain is behind me, I don't know what the path ahead looks like...which is a bit scary.
But whenever I get in places like this, I have to fall back on truth.
Truth #1: Fear is NOT of God. (Did you know God tells us to "Not be afraid" 365 times in the bible!)
Truth #2: God has protected me thus far, He will continue to protect me.
Truth #3: My life is not my own. My purpose is to glorify my maker, no matter what that means.
Truth #4: We are trusting God for COMPLETE HEALING!!!
Pray and believe with me that this thing is finished. I would like to spend the month of October recovering, losing weight, growing back hair, and enjoying the Fall! Not worrying about the future.
I love all of you and am so thankful for all the support.
This is the last time you'll see this banner! It will get torn down very soon!
Hooray!! I'm rejoicing with you!! On Sunday, my husband and I are buzzing off our hair, in support of you and others, who are kicking c*ncer's *ss. God bless you!
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