Dang it! Gosh darn it ! Well, I can see that my foul language is not helping me with this early-onset sending of incomplete FB posts, so I wont waste anymore fingertip tapping, blah blah. Chemo & radiation dont help with this um...condition, and these wily cells, little growing tumor- items, get stuck .....well, you know, I think Ill explain this to you after we meet with the oncologist, yes? Yes. Tomorrow Im having coffee with one of my basketball coaches from my jock years. ( I still walk like an old jock even with my highly decorated walker.)Ennyhoo, she has stage 4 ovarian cancer and has tried every chemo, radiation, medication, and is now at the point ...You see after she got diagnosed she told the doctor I dont believe doctors can tell you how long you will live,but is five years a reasonable expectation ? Pause, Yes. . And here she is , five years later. When I got my ALS news five years ago , I emailed her and asked if we could meet and chat. I wanted to tell her that she had been an excellent role model. Weve been chatting - in real live person- since then, but I felt too shy (yes, shy) until a few months ago I to spill my guts. Ha ha ha ! My surgery just removed most of my guts. Ha ha ! Ennyhoo I finally asked if she knew I had a crush on her ( my b-ball coach) in high school , and she no, she had no idea. Good Gawd ! I had built up this whole scenario...whatever. She was married and I was 15, so you know, the timing was just a little bit off. I have forgotten what the point of my post is. Wait..wait...are you still waiting? Okay, good. The living/dying cycle , which we call life, is so incredibly fascinating and it keeps coming back ! I was 15 and my heart beat faster whenever I saw her in the gym. But it was much more than that. She was the first woman I knew to keep her own last name when she got married - to a man. I thought it, that she was so strong and ...super cool. This was in 1974/ 75 . And here are 40 years later, meeting in person to chat. Would this have happened if neither she nor I developed terminal illnesses ? I dunno and dont care. I just love that it did. And that we are.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 02:57:28 +0000
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