There Is A Bluebird In Our Pine Tree

There are bluebirds in our pine tree. They have set up house and are building a nest, the first one that we will be able to see and watch while they nest and raise their young.

Faith - the assurance of things hoped for.

It was something that Robin Roberts said. It has stuck with me and been ruminating for a couple of days now. It was the bit about never knowing for sure, that if you have been treated for cancer there is always the chance that other problems can come up, like other cancers. She was treated for breast cancer in 2007. I was aware of that bit as well. She said that she has always been an optimistic person but it's not like that any more. What I had forgotten was that it  sits there in the back of my mind. And then I contrast that with a man that is 102, interviewed at the Rodeo this year, looks healthy and happy, and in the back of my mind I am convinced I will not make it to that age and if the truth be known I live with the notion I am still far from out of the woods and if age could be chronicled in miles I have put on a lot of miles this last 2 years and the wear and tear shows. That just lurks there all the time. What will happen next? I have been blessed. Like Ms. Roberts, I'm not always optimistic.

Well this blog has been there, just sitting there for a couple of weeks now. Since then I have had another CT scan, as is the custom every 3 months. The reason? Because anyone who has had chemo and or immune suppressing drugs is an easy target for other opportunistic ailments to set up camp, more specifically other cancers.  On the scan, there was a spot on the lung that was not there before. Likely answer? A left over spot from a slight cold I had had a few weeks prior. A suspicious mind like mine has gone down other roads as well. Another CT scan on the 12 of April should tell us more. So we wait, but it's probably nothing. Dr. Khouri, Dr Isaac, and others said so. They can still be optimistic. It's easy, isn't it guys?                                                                                                        New International Version
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Heb. 11:1

2 Birthdays!! What a Life

Today is March 8, 2013. and that is one year after March 8, 2012, the day I received my
Stem Cell Transplant - a whole year. Wow. It is hard to believe that we have come this far and more specifically, how far I've come. Sometimes you can't tell from one day to the next that the grass is growing - can't see it can you?  a month later though wow what a difference. That's kinda the way it has gone for me. Day to day, not much But a month - that's different and now over 2 years since my diagnosis and a year since my transplant I'm doing very well and the rate of change seems to be accelerating and I'm having fewer bad days and more of the better ones.  Thanks y'all for your prayers and your messages and support. When I received my stem cell transplant everyone wished me a happy birthday for the new life I had received. As I thought about it at different times today I choked up. Lynne made a special dinner to celebrate to commemorate it. 2 Birthdays!!! What a life!!!