I haven't posted here about what I've been going through for the last couple of months, but since this is my personal blog I guess I should. Since November 11, 2009, I've been undergoing treatment for anal cancer. As cancer treatments go, mine was short. In fact, my last treatment was December 30th. You can imagine how excited I was to leave 2009 behind as I reserve 2010 for healing.
I've had a ton of support from people I know online, as well as from family and friends, and there is no doubt in my mind that their prayers are what have enabled me to do as well as I've done with treatment. As we go into the new year and I wait for scans in a few weeks to see how well the treatment worked, I'll admit that there is apprehension there, though with your help I am claiming victory and setting good health as a goal.
As winter turns into spring, I'm looking forward to my body gaining strength and my hair thickening up again (my formerly-thick hair now looks like a moth-eaten sweater, but at least it didn't all fall out). You can be sure that I'll be paying attention to every warm day and green sprig that pops up from the cold ground, expecting that my energy will increase as the weather warms up. In the meantime, though, there are the cold days of January to get through and I hope you'll send up a prayer for energy for me to do something each day to help reach my goal of noticeably-improved health by the time the forsythia bloom.
Thanks for joining the Cancer Warrior team and helping to pray me to good health in 2010!
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