It has been about a month since I posted last but that does not mean things have not been humming along.  Since the last post I have been diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer.  Four giant words and a relatively small number that have changed my life irrevocably.

To date, I have had 2 rounds of chemo and several tests confirming the diagnosis.  There is neat little contraption called a "port" that was surgically implanted in my right chest.  This little piece of equipment is used to deliver the chemo.  It saves wear and tear on the veins and delivers the chemo to the best vein.  The biggest baddest vein in all the land I guess.

Only having had the 2 treatments, I have only had mild discomfort with the side effects.  The first week I kind of messed up the medication that was prescribed for nausea so we can not really blame that on the deadly chemicals they have shot into me.

The physical part of this is pretty much cut and dried.  You have a disease.  We have medicine.  The medicine is designed to kill the disease.  

The mental part of this is pretty much not cut and dried.  It is like someone sets off a "flash bang" in your head.  Everything is just scattered to the four winds and that is when you see how much "stuff" you have in your little brain.  Pulling all that information back together to become a functioning human being is quite the challenge.

I do it slowly.  I can only process so much information on any given day.  Once the processor is overloaded....I just shut it down to compile.

One step.....one day.......then repeat.

For now, I have a reasonably good grip on things and am committed to blogging daily.  So for now, is time to sign off until tomorrow.