Let the holidays begin

GREAT NEWS TODAY. Just got back from Tim's doc and he is still in remission. No m-spike.
It's been over a year and a half now since any chemo meds. We are HAPPY about this. In 2007, we went into the holidays in a bad way. We had just found out that Tim's transplant had tanked
and he had pretty much gone through all that for nothing. It was already tough going into our
first holiday season with the "cancer cloud" hanging over us but that news was devastating.
Then last year, I was so trying to enjoy the holidays. The shock of his cancer diagnosis was behind us, he was in remission and feeling good. Then both of our tenants broke their leases
which threw a ton of work onto my plate and I went through a breast cancer scare that dragged on for 7 weeks. I can't begin to tell you what was going through my mind. A young child to raise
and both of us with cancer???? 5 or 6 days before Christmas, I am laying on a hospital gurney
having my left boob sonagrammed and I knew they found something. She was using this little
plastic thing and shooting the sonagram through it to get a measurement on what she found.
I just about lost my mind. She left to go show the doctor the pictures and when she came back
she told me I was fine. I broke into tears. It turned out to be water cysts and nothing more.
She did not know why I reacted so emotionally. Then I told her the situation and she said.
"OH. I understand now." Tim and I were so relieved. I told Tim, "So much for that boob upgrade you thought I'd get. Looks like you're stuck with the original equipment!" So today is my sister's birthday. We had an oncology appt. and I am
always nervous but the last 2 times we saw this doc on a family member's birthday, we got bad
news. I try not to be superstitious. Someone told me a long time ago that it is sacriligious to
believe in superstition. Makes sense. I don't want to believe that a broken mirror, smashed
spider or the number 13 on a calendar has more control over my life than God. So Lori's
birthday turned out to be the one that we did not get bad news on. We don't go back until
February. YIPPEEEEEEE!!!!! We are so going to drag every ounce of enjoyment out of this
holiday season that we can. I am not going near ANY doctors now. I, personally have had so many bad things happen when I get near a doctor or medical facility. They sent a reminder for
my yearly mammo a few weeks back and I was like " yeah, like I'm ever gonna make the mistake of doing this before X-mas again. See ya in 2010 suckers." I don't care if I have a whole
appendage falling the freek off, I AM NOT GOING to any doctors. So a big HOLLA to God for Tim's continued good health. Today is a good day. Break out the chocolate!