I just hit my 5 year remission mark this week! The doctors say after
the 5 year mark you are pretty much in the clear.
Whatever that means! Cancer will always be a part of my life.
Since my last post we have been on a mission to be as healthy
and as strong as can be. Also, staying active has been important.
Been running and hiking up mountains. Have stopped eating sugar,
grains and processed foods and started eating more real food.
A few months ago I had my first real cancer recurrence scare!
The previous times I had my oncologist checkups there has never
been a doubt in my mind that I wasn't healthy.
But this last time was different. I didn't feel myself so I called
my oncologist and made an appointment for a PET scan
and a checkup. They didn't detect any cancer. I suppose I was
overdue for a scare like that. I am still going for checkups
every 6 months.
One of my previous posts on this blog I mentioned that I wanted
to figure out the reason why I got cancer. Why things happen to
certain people. Cancer has made Lorraine and I realize how
much life can become complicated with stuff. Stuff in your house,
stuff in your garage, stuff that really just sits and does nothing.
Stuff in food that we eat everyday that isn't real food. Slowly we
have been getting rid of our stuff. It sounds weird but living with
less stuff has given us more time to do the things we love.
Like spending more family time together and having more fun.
Having cancer made us realize that as long as we have each other
and our little girl that is all we need.
Cancer still scares us and I still think about it everyday.
These last five years I've known friends and different people
who have/had cancer. Every time I hear of someone having cancer
i think about how they are feeling or are going to feel.
If i can, i will tell them to keep fighting. If i can't tell them then
i pray god to give them strength.
Being that I have had cancer it is most important that I'm
in tip top shape not only for myself but for my family.
We as a family will continue to keep striving for that
better quality of life!
