Tag: cancer

Present over Perfect

.Reading time 6 minutes.

 

One of my biggest personal goals throughout our adventure is to calm my mind and become more present. Present in the sense of living in the moment (good and bad). for my kids, for my husband, and for my mind. I have a tendency to worry… and sometimes don’t even know why. I have looked closer into my personality which really helps me understand my personal struggles and also points out things I need to be aware of and work on.

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Big Bend National Park

.Reading time 9 minutes.

We headed out from New Braunfels to our first stop in Del Rio. It was, thankfully, a mostly uneventful trip. We lost our stinky slinky (the hose you use to drain the tanks) somewhere on 410 in San Antonio (luckily it had never been used 😉 ). Somehow, the cap came loose, and away it flew… oops. 

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I AM A SURVIVOR.

.Reading time 8 minutes.

September 21, 2019. A date I will likely never forget (even though I am trying!). It was a Saturday morning and I had just gotten the kids in the car to head to the gym when my phone rang. After months of questioning my personal health, I had undergone a biopsy on a lump in the side of my neck just days before, so I subconsciously took a glance at my phone… and it was the doctor’s office calling. On Saturday. Even before I picked up, I had a lump in my throat. But, this doctor had been so adamant that he didn’t think anything was wrong with me, so I said hello to hear him out (the good news that I had been overreacting and nothing was wrong). 

Unfortunately, instead of saying I was a hypochondriac and that the biopsy was clean, he uttered the “C” word. Cancer. The lump in my throat became a pit in my stomach and I tried so hard not to break down as I was standing in the garage with the kids staring at me from their seats. The next little bit of what he said was a blur, his ‘bedside manner’ was less than appealing, but I remember him saying I am referring you to another doctor (excellent), that this was ‘good cancer’ (um, excuse me?), and that I should come back to see him if my symptoms (fatigue) did not improve after 6 months (WHAT?). 
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