Cocktail No. 3

I have completed no. 3 and I am doing very well. With each week I receive a different cocktail, so like many of those delicious mixes the feeling you get is different so we will see soon enough if I will be drunk or hung over. Last week I got only one on the rocks and I felt a bit tired but was able to work all week. I decided to cut my hair short in the event that it does decide to disappear however I did not go all the way like Brittany Spears.

I continue to be amazed by the people I meet. When you receive Chemotherapy you sit on a recliner in a room with seats lined up facing each other. I think that is why they use the word therapy because that is often what it feels like as a group of people sit attached by a tube to a poll talking and sharing their stories. First we share our stories of tests, needles, knives and dreaded results. I enter each week wondering who I will learn about in my hours of treatment. My first week I met a women in her 30's with young children receiving what we in 'Therapy' call a sandwich, chemo+radiation+chemo. She is amazing! Then today I meet another women in her mid 70's who 8 years ago was diagnosed with stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer, yes I said 8 years ago and she is doing fantastic. I am stage 4 now and it was a blessing for me to meet her.

Geralynn Lucas wrote a book titled Why I Wore Lipstick to my Mastectomy, where she refers to angels as people you meet and may only ever see once but during these brief encounters with the angels they contribute something to your day; amazement, encouragement, comic relief or advice without even realizing it they may give you just what you needed.

I believe in angels!