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08/28/2006: "Renewed Hope"
Besides a gut feeling that getting in good shape is a help in my battle to beat cancer, I think the best benefit from all of this physical training is hope. I mean, if I can take on a triathlon, surely I can beat cancer. Right?
I talked earlier about feeling like a castaway, but I really have a lot of people pulling for me. I couldn’t begin to tell you how many people read this blog. I am not even sure. At first I thought the blog was readable because it is a little like a car crash, it is hard to not watch. But I am learning that people really care and are really supporting me. Thank you!
Training and competing in a triathlon and ½ marathon will give us all hope. I want my family to think of me as strong and capable. I want them to always have hope. And most of all, I need hope. I have experienced plenty of times where I felt hopeless this year. Jeanette was reminding me tonight that I ended my (unending) second round of chemotherapy in mid April. It seems that in just 4 short months I have gone from hopeless to hopeful.
I am also happy to announce that the pain that I had carried in my neck and shoulder blades for the past year is almost completely gone. My radiation oncologist asked that my next PET scan be moved back a month to make sure it registers a change in tumor status. So my new appointment is now October 12th. Can’t wait! Hope it’s a good one.
Keep up the good work, our prayers are with you every day.