Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!

We had a nice Christmas. We celebrated with one set of kids/grandkids on Sunday, which was a nice time. Christmas Eve was spent snuggling with the puppers and watching them play with/destroy their new toys. Today, we got together with my side of the family for a nice brunch. All in all, it was a nice holiday.

I am very fortunate that my chemo schedule has allowed me to celebrate the holidays on a "good week". I was able to do some of the things I love to do (make candy and lefse), and enjoy time spent with family. 

I have had issues with the neuropathy in my calves and feet. I have been doing a lot of standing (while making candy and lefse) and it's definitely taking it's toll. Hopefully, it clears up after we are all done.

I am so pumped to get my last treatment done with. I am still in denial that the end of the chemo road is so close. It just seems too good to be true. 

I was talking with my uncle today, who is also going through a chemo regimen for prostate/bone cancer. We started talking about empathy, and how you tend not to acquire it until you have "been there". Having cancer has definitely made me more empathetic...not only to cancer, but to other ailments as well. I feel like it has made me more aware of other people. It has also made me more open to new people, letting more people in to my world. I have made more friends in that last six months than I have in a decade. 

I am not about to say I am grateful for my cancer, I'm still pretty pissed at it. 

I do think that having cancer has changed me, and I don't think I am done changing. 

It has been quite the road, and I am about to the end of it. 

Thank you, God, for giving me the strength to walk it.