UPDATE, finally.

Well, it’s definitely been a while since I’ve written a post. The last couple weeks of recovery from my surgery have been a whirlwind of emotions, pain, and overall understanding. Finally, every day is only getting better, and I had a doctor’s appointment that was filled with great news (good lord, I needed that). I will not be needing chemotherapy (HAPPY DANCE) and will be having the chemo port removed from my abdomen in a couple weeks when I have healed more and will be able to go through another procedure. The recovery from this surgery has been miserable. I thought the laparoscopic recovery was bad, HA, who was I kidding?! I have a vertical incision that covers more than 50% of my abdomen (from about an inch above my belly button all the way to beneath where my pants rest). I shuffle around the house like the hunchback of Notre Dame and move at the pace of a snail. Sleeping is horrendous, as my bed and just laying flat in general are my worst enemy. Heating pads and ice packs have definitely helped, but the frustration of limited mobility is astronomical. BUT, it will only get better, I just need to exercise a little bit of patience. LOL

Also, I’ll be 100% honest and say that menopause is NO JOKE. For the most part I’ve been somewhat emotionally stable (relatively speaking, LOL), but the extreme temperature changes are insane. Majority of the time I’m freezing and then throughout the night I become so overheated, it’s INSANE. However, it’s overall bearable. I’m just so thankful that the pain is decreasing continuously daily.

My journey has inspired me to become an advocate to spread awareness and to help young adults surviving cancer. It amazed me the little amount of resources that are available for young adults surviving cancer, especially the scholarship opportunities. Even though I’m sure there is a small population of young adults who are diagnosed with cancer, it shouldn’t mean that there aren’t any resources and assistance for young adults who are diagnosed.

SO, my husband and I have started to create a business that we will overall help young adults surviving cancer. It is my sincerest hope that our efforts will impact not only our community locally, but also the community of young adults surviving cancer. I’m so excited and ambitious to begin this new chapter of our lives.

My mom went back to Michigan, which I will admit, has been really hard on me. I didn’t really realize how much I loved having her here, not just because of how much she helped around the house, but because it was so nice just spending time with her even though we were limited as to our activities we could do together. Thankfully, summer semester of school has begun and I’ve enrolled in two courses: Foundations of Corrections and Data Analysis of Criminal Justice. So, my dumb self, didn’t really read into what the courses actually entail. Obviously the foundations of corrections is pretty straight forward and should be fairly easy for me because of my career (LOL), but I never read into what “data analysis,” encompasses. Well, “data analysis,” is synonymous for STATISTICS, apparently. OMG. If you don’t know me, I’m so ridiculously terrible at math, I have no clue how I passed the basic math courses required for my undergraduate degrees. Taking a GRADUATE statistics class may just be the death of me. So, if my posts completely stop, you now know why LOL. “Death by statistics, not cancer,” is what my obituary will read.

Time for some horrendous statistics homework, stay tuned. I plan to transition my blog posts into advice and our journey of starting a small business in Florida, because there are very limited resources for that. SO, I want to document our journey in hopes to help others wanting to follow the same dream as Nathan and me. 🙂