Time flies when you are feeling good. The most significant thing that has happened in my life related to my cancer experience is getting my groshean ( a more or less permanent pic line used during chemo) taken out. My body is now my own and it feels good.
I am getting stronger and stronger each day and I can feel my energy returning. My mind is also beginning to function better, I seem to be able to compose my thoughts better. They say it takes a year for some of the chemo side effects to show up and for others to leave, some side effects can be permanent. It also takes longer than the 6 weeks the doctors give you to recover to fully recover from major surgeries. Like my mother said to me, "Evelyn, give yourself sometime, at least a year to recover from what you have experienced." I guess I have to agree that two major surgeries and 5 chemo treatments is pretty heavy. I was filling out a health survey for work and they wanted to know what stresses I had experienced during the past year.I marked that I had had cancer this past year and also that my father had died. When I looked at the results of the survey they had marked my stress level as high as it could go which was a surprise to me. I personally think how stress affects you depends on your view of life; where we came from, why we are here and what happens after we leave. I know I lived with my Heavenly Father before this life as one of His children, He sent me here on earth by faith to live His plan, which was to follow the example of His Son Jesus Christ, and to grow and progress go through experiences which will help me know how to help others and have a better understanding of what my Savior did for me and that families can be eternal. Knowing that my Heavenly Father has a plan for me and that life doesn't end here brings much peace when your life is in turmoil.