I had to say goodbye to one of my doctors this month. They've moved me to 6 month visits and by June of next year we plan to be in Kentucky getting a little closer to my husbands family. It was a little emotional, you get pretty close to the team of people who are working to keep you alive and they have seen me in all sorts of different life stages at this point, happy and sad. Next time I drop by the office it will be when we are getting ready to move so that I can pick up copies of all my records. I still have at least one more visit with my oncologist who planned my chemotherapy treatments.
The recovery at this point is very positive, life is pretty normal and I would say my energy is finally back to normal. My memories of all the medical treatments are drifting further away into long term memory, I was rereading through what I wrote about it and had actually forgotten quite a bit.
I didn't write as much post treatment, that was a crazy year. I had on and off depression following my treatments, part of it was just how tired I was, I was pretty impatient to get back to my normal activities and my body just wasn't keeping up. It's hard to be patient in recovery, and it's hard to get back to planning for the future when its more than just scheduling doctor appointments and working every day.
I've been through a few jobs, I was a kindergarten classroom aide during my treatments and about 6 months after, it was a lot of fun and I only worked half days so that was very convenient with not feeling tip top I always had time for a nap if I needed one. For a few months I also worked at an ice skating rink in concessions and skate rental - not really something I would do again, it was fun but it felt like a set back post college years, the upside was making some good friends and staying pushing myself to stay active and strong when that really wasn't good feeling some of the time.
Following that I spent a few months unemployed, hanging out with my boyfriend now husband and trying to figure out what I wanted to do with myself. My cousin let me come work for him for a few months in his print shop designing business flyers and wedding invitations most of the time. That was probably the most fun I've had working, I really enjoyed the artistic side of things and I plan to work more graphic design into my future.
Following that were 7 miserable months at a call center for a credit card company, on the positive it was good for my resume, and I learned a lot about personal credit and finance, but I really did not enjoy the job itself for a variety of reasons that I really don't want to go into, just that I would never go back.
Which led to finding my current job, also at a call center, but now I offer tech support for Cricut (crafting company) which has been really fun and rewarding. I have learned a lot about technology, and it still pushes me a little out of my comfort zone sometimes but I like that we are encouraged to be creative, and I love the people I work with.
A few weeks ago I turned 29, I haven't colored my hair since Christmas and recently realized I have at least half a dozen gray hairs creeping in... mixed feelings about that.
Mat and I have been very happy, we just came back from a trip to Kentucky visiting family. It was really fun and we like to day dream about the day we get to make our journey eastward.
I could go on.... but life is good and I'm just so happy it turned out this way.
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