I am in 'positive' mode at the moment. I had already decided I wanted to make this a much better year and to try and do what I could in my power to make it that way. I am taking my painkillers regularly so I no longer ache like I used to. I can tell the difference for instance, during the night when I have to get up - my hands and feet are aching but it is tolerable since I just go back to bed and sleep. I am trying during the week, to go to bed early, so I am not tired and have enough fuel in the tank to get through a working day and week. Its only early days but it seems to be working. And with going back to see Lynda my nutritionist and so watching what I am eating and even having lost a few kilo's, that is also having an effect on me. I feel great! And it feels great to be feeling great!
By the end of last year, I was so exhausted and couldn't be bothered with too much of anything, I was sure I wanted to cut my working hours down. But honestly, at the moment, I feel on top of the world and I am more than happy to be fulltime.
My trip to Melbourne to see my sister and family is coming up quite quickly. I try not to think about it too much and I know the time with them will fly by so quickly, but I can't wait to see them all. If I think about it too much, I get too excited (that word again) and I feel like a cat on a hot tin roof...I was messaging with my sister the other night and she said they are all so excited - yay!!!!!
My lovely nutritionist just recently shared my story and video on her website and facebook page and encouraged her clients to share it, to help get the word out there about the importance of being vigilant and being aware of breast cancer. She also shared it with a few other contacts of hers and I absolutely appreciate it. This lady has been so good to me. She has kept in contact with me as I had been going to see her before I was diagnosed with BC, so she would check to see how I was doing. She gave me advice on what I should eat when in recovery mode and now with being diagnosed MBC, I am seeing her on a regular basis while I learn how to eat wisely and get some of this damn weight off that I had put on in the last year. She's wonderful, I am honestly so grateful to have met her. Thank you Lynda.
On a sad note, one of our Metavivor ladies died earlier this week. Metavivors is a closed facebook group for women with MBC. You can post anything, queries you may have, your fears, good stories, anything and the support from others who 'get it' is great. It can be quite confronting at times and I will go through stages where I won't read any of the posts as I get overwhelmed and you just want to rush in and give all these wonderful women big hugs and lots of support but in reality, you just can't do it. But to read that this lovely lady had died, was quite devastating. She had posted something in early January with some glamour pictures she had recently had taken, and maybe that is why I really felt I had lost someone I knew. To be able to put a face to a name, I don't know. Very sad...and of course I feel for her family and wonder how they are doing.
But for me, life is good...in fact better than good - it is great! And I just wanted to share that with you all. I hope that whatever you are doing, you are keeping well and enjoying life..and so the first month of the new year is almost over and it has been pretty bloody good overall. Lets see what February brings - more of the same!
Sunday 28th January 2017 - 12.03am
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