It felt so odd this morning to be planning my oncologist visit amidst regular errands and the ever long "to-do" list. It's the dance between the cancer world and the non-cancer world. Yet more and more they blend. And isn't that the truth. Everyone has mountains to face in life; your mountain may be different than my mountain, but that does not make it any less of a mountain. And, if we're lucky, life keeps traipsing on.
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Today I'm mindful that I am more than the disease I've been diagnosed with. I am Cheryl with my inborn gifts and passions. I am wife, mother, daughter, friend. I am more than my prognosis. A prognosis is merely an average. My friends, I am more than just an average! As a pharmacist I tried to focus on my patients as people, not the person on x,y, or z med. Not the statistics that evidence based medicine is grounded on. A person with a body, mind and soul. Human. Just like me.
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As we find our common ground in our humanity we can rejoice together wholeheartedly and mourn together wholeheartedly.
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Today my heart swells excitedly that I can ask you to CELEBRATE with me in my GOOD MRI RESULTS! No signs of cancer growth. Next scan in 6 months.
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Thank you for journeying with me ❤️
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XOXO
Cheryl
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