My goal with this post is two fold….
One, a bit of an update on my treatments, and just some info on how I’m was dealing with the “recovery period” from the radiation.
And two…. totally getting this song stuck in your head for the next 4 hours.
Seriously… Anytime I hear this, it’s stuck in my head for ages. And it’s sort of relevant right now. Here’s how…..
Sunshine
Have you looked outside your window lately? I’m specifically talking about people living in Toronto, but it pretty much applies to anyone in the Northern Hemisphere (I actually have some people who read this in the Southern Hemisphere… shout out to New Zealand! Sorry about the Cricket WC loss).
Where was I going with this agian???? Oh yeah!!! IT’S SPRING!!!! The weather is generally warmer (except of course this week, since I decided to write about…. sorry)…the days are longer, which everyone appreciates (except when I’m trying to put my 5 year old to sleep, and he says “but it’s still daytime Daddy, it’s not time to sleep…..”).
But warmer weather means I’m able to spend some time outside, and not have to be sitting in my house watching “Love It or List It” seven times a day (seriously, it’s on at least that many times… I may poke my eyes out eventually from watching this over and over…and over and…..). I’ve been able to pick up my son from school a few times already, which is not something I would normally be able to do if I was at work. And when he gets home, he’ll ride his bike or scooter up and down the street with me, when I normally wouldn’t get home until after dinner and just in time for bath, stories, and bedtime. And we’re in the middle of trying to teach my daughter to ride a tricycle. So I’m trying to take advantage of being home…. and of course, the Sunshine.
Lollipops
Well, what do Lollipops have to do with my treatments? Well, the first thing that comes to mind when I think of lollipop’s is how sweet they are. And right now, the sweetest things are being able to spend time with my kids, and especially with my daughter (who is home during the day, where my son is in school). It’s just so great to be able to play with her, see her learn and say new words, watch her play with her dolls, and melt when she picks up a box of “puz-zules” or “mag-four-mers” and brings them to me and says “Daddy play”. I mean, how can that not just make anyone’s days, no matter how bad it could be. It’s totally sweet. It’s a time I’m never going to forget. I would rather not have to go through these treatments for cancer, but since I am, I’m trying to take in all of these sweet moments…. Sort of like enjoying a really sweet lollipop.
And Rainbows
Well, it’s spring time… which brings out the sunshine. I know what you’re thinking…. “Enrico, you just talked about sunshine a few paragraphs ago… This section is supposed to be about rainbows”. Well, be patient, it’s my blog, and I’ll talk about what I want. But seriously (actually, I was serious, I’ll talk about whatever I want), we also get these day long (or week long) spring rain storms (that’s a shout out to my readers in England). But after the rain storms, the sunshine comes out (from a few paragraph ago…happy now?)… and sunshine after a good storm usually causes….. (you get one guess)…. DING DING DING… you got it! Rainbows!!
So that’s kind of where I feel my life is right now. The past few months have really been a dark storm, and right now the sunshine is starting to come up… and well, the rainbows are starting to appear.
It’s not over yet, and there are still some treatments to go. On Monday I started my second stage of chemotherapy, which is two different drugs; one that I got at the hospital on Monday for an hour, which is the same drug I’ve gotten on my previous treatments; the second is a new treatment, which is transfused over 4 days at home. Which will be nice not to have to spend a week in the hospital.
Things are getting better, and some of the side effects are starting to subside. Some will come back with this second stage of chemo, and there will be some new ones. But I’m getting there.
My life is sunshine, lollipops and rainbows
That’s how this refrain goes, so come on join in, everybody….
PS….. Betcha I can get a second song stuck in your head…. Lesley Gore also sang this song… Enjoy it for the next 4 hours in your head!!!
