I haven't posted here in a month! And now it's the new year. (Happy New Year to anyone who might be reading this!) What can I say? I spend a lot of my time trying to forget about leukemia, and writing here doesn't exactly accomplish that, so that's probably the main reason I've been avoiding coming here. That said, I do indeed enjoy keeping a blog and don't plan to give that up. And of course, there are certainly times when writing is actually therapeutic, so there ya go.
With the new year here, it's that much closer to the time of year I was diagnosed. This time last year I was already getting frequently sick and feeling tired and short of breath without understanding why. The point at which I got super sick and didn't get better, or the point of no return, or...well, I don't know what to call it, but THAT...that was around February 17th, depending on what point of getting sick you want to start at. I ended up in the hospital on Feburary 26th, admitted that night, had my biopsy the next morning on the 27th, and was diagnosed later that evening. Shit. I can't believe it'll be almost a year since all of that. If I make it one more year without a relapse, then my chances for survival go up. :) If I make it one more year without relapse after that, then my chances for survival go up a LOT. So I just gotta make it to that point, and I'll be as close to "out of the woods" as I'll ever be able to be, I guess. There's obviously and unfortunately never a real "out of the woods" with cancer, especially with the agressive kinds. But if it's the best I can hope for, I'll take it!
Anyway, I hope everyone had a good New Year's and holidays in general. I know I did. :) I went overnight with friends to Quebec City, which was amazing--my first out of town overnighter since being out of the hospital (the only out of town experience I've had since then was to Mount-Tremblant but just for the day), and it really was fun; definitely one of those times when cancer was pushed to the back of my mind for once. :) My Christmas was great, and the holidays in general were filled with good times and partying, I had 2 weeks off from school...the contract I had been working is finished but I'm returning to work at that same school for various other subbing jobs this month, so that's absolutely fantastic on so many levels!
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