A Home Run!

Hi everyone! You know when you’re on second base and the pitcher turns to try and get you out as you sprint towards third base? Yeah… that’s me right now… but the pitcher hit me right in the arm with the ball and now I’m back in the dugout. Boooooo! (Throw peanuts at the mound here!) However, I just kept running towards home because I did finish whole brain radiation this week. I was like “Screw you, pitcher person! You may have got me out but I’m still running! The coaches waved me on!” I stuck out my tongue and did a Happy Dance at home base.

I am back at home base though. Sitting here swinging the bat in the air to practice for my next “at bat.” In my last blog post I was getting scans. Well, they came back. Not the worst news but not the best news. Long story short, there are more lesions and spots in the lungs, lymph nodes and chest. Some of the older ones have stayed the same while some have gotten bigger. I have nothing in my bones so yippee skippy! I always do a victory dance when I hear that. I had a one day break and start… you guessed it… a third line of chemo today.  I am very hopeful that this chemo is the one that stabilizes “Dorothy,” my cancer…. for a good stretch of time. Remember, Dorothy started off as a tumor in my breast and looked like a twister. She’s just scattering debris everywhere and I’m not having it! Just drop the debris and leave it alone Dorothy! I wanna see the rainbow that follows the storm! 

In the meantime, I’m recuperating from my radiation treatments. I finally got to hit a gong to signify the end of a treatment. That was exciting! There were no gongs or bells at Sloan Kettering for me to hit or ring. It was nice to do something to signify the end of a treatment… as the chemo or immunotherapies will be forever. The journey continues.

This hasn’t been an easy journey for myself, or my friends and family. I just want to take a moment to thank you all for your continued support. I’m truly blessed and grateful. This journey is just that. A trip with raging waters, calm breezes and hills… but it’s a road nobody takes alone… though it may feel that way at times. Whatever you’re going through right now… keep going. Keep hope alive and know the dugout and stands are always full of people cheering you on as well— including me!