Sorry if you tire of these “one year ago today” posts. It’s therapeutic for me to connect with just how bad things were then and how grateful I am for my condition today. It’s hard for me to fathom how much has transpired in only 12 months. When people told me I’d be looking back on this in a year, I simply didn’t believe them (but they were right). I look back now and am amazed how far I’ve come.
A year ago today:
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One year ago was the lowest point in this process for me. I could barely walk even with a walker. My cancer treatment hadn’t started. I had worked so hard in rehab so that I could go home. When they discharged me from Good Sam, we made a quick stop by OHSU to meet with my team of doctors. Rather than a routine checkup on my way home they found a fever and raging infection and immediately checked me in to the hospital again. I had worked so hard to earn the ability to go home and heal with my family before the debilitating chemotherapy was to start. I was heartbroken to have been checked back into the hospital when I should have been home.
Thankfully, they tamed the infection, started chemo a week earlier than planned, and eventually got me home in good shape (just many days later than I had hoped).
They were right about looking back a year later. I’m in awe of how far I’ve come. Thanks for coming on this journey with me this year…