The memory Facebook wants me to share today is a post from 3 years ago that says this:
GUESS WHO'S IN REMISSION? THIS BITCH OVER HERE!!!!!!!!! Yup yup, the
chemo WORKED!!!!! Less than 5% of leukemic cells left, I can go home
TODAY. grin emoticon grin emoticon grin emoticon grin emoticon grin emoticon grin emoticon grin emoticon grin emoticon grin emoticon grin emoticon grin emoticon grin emoticon grin emoticon grin emoticon ROUND 1: COMPLETE!!!!!!!
lol @ the happy face coming out as "grin emoticon" when I copy & paste it over here. Buuuut, you get the idea. So I'm in 3 years remission as of today. I'm really tempted to share this post on Facebook, but at the same time, I really don't want to, as I feel like lately I've been sharing too much cancer-related stuff. It's hard not to; I've made it to the 3-year-point of remission, I point I wasn't sure I'd make it to. This is big for me. Apparently true remission is when you make it 5 years without a relapse, but 3 years is pretty good, too. I also found an old post (which I had shared) that was me talking about how low my chances were at still be alive in 2-3 years, yet here I am. Also, I recently went to see the movie Zootopia, which is a movie I heard about while I was sick and when I saw the released date, in spring 2016, I remember wondering if I'd even be alive for it. It was such a strange (and beyond awful) feeling, knowing that I might not be there for a Disney movie I'd really want to see, and that the world would just continue without me, making movies I'd enjoy but never get to experience. So getting to go see it felt like quite the achievement for me.
But I've been posting about all of this to my Facebook lately, and I dunno, I kind of feel like I might be overdoing it. Which maybe doesn't make that much sense, seeing as it's something super important to me, and to say it affects my life greatly is an understatement. I mean, other people constantly post political stuff daily; if they can do that, why shouldn't I post something that actually does directly affect my life, waaayyy more than any political rambling could affects theirs? So, I don't know. Maybe I'll change my mind in a few hours and post some stuff to Facebook. Maybe I'll change my mind in 10 minutes. But for now, I'll post here, as this is a blog I created specifically for this purpose, after all!
Anyway, all this to say...it's been 3 years that I've been in remission. Let's hope for at least another 3, as that'll put me in an even higher life expectancy percentile! *fingers crossed* :)
Today, I shall celebrate!
