All You Need is Love - The Beatles

Well I am not keeping up on my blog. Life has been a little busy. Not a lot of computer time. No guilt.

My scan was a success and I am officially CANCER FREE as of May 28th. The bummer was I had to call the doctor's office to get the results because they didn't call me for 3 days. It was a rough few days. We have also had the family chest cold month (ear infections for Canyon). So we all are on antibiotics together. Ugh! I am keeping up with about half of my list of health rituals. Getting sick kind of throws off the exercise plan. When the baby is sick, it throws off cooking, cleaning and resting. Finally, I think we have a handle on the situation. I swear you can do everything in your power to be healthy and still get sick.

My scan day was a long bizarre day. Because I was radioactive we spent the day away from Canyon. We went to a movie and saw a wonderful musician perform. I was sick with my cold and couldn't enjoy the outing as much as I wanted. During the scan I felt very confident that I was healthy. I chanted and listened to Bob Marley. All the cells in my body were grooving to reggae and not worrying about a thing.

I had a "wow" moment the day I found out about my clean scan. Hubby and I went out to celebrate and I stumbled upon a literature reading at the local book store. A man around my age was reading from his book which is a memoir about his cancer journey (crazy coincidence). I bought his book and could not put it down. It was incredible, raw and full of life's ups and downs. It painted a true picture of cancer and the roller coaster ride that it is. He was diagnosed right before his baby was born (I am not the only one who had to deal with cancer and a new baby). What a blessing to walk into that reading.

I feel like I have fallen off the healthy horse. It is time to hop back on and regain my mojo. A sick family is tired and low functioning family. I think we are getting near steady ground and back to our healthy path. I just need a healthy food support group. Maybe I should start one. hmmm, what would that look like?