All Business, hardly.
October 5, 2015 – Today’s Message To Me:
Congratulations! You are a 4 year Cancer Survivor! 365 days from today you’ll have completed your initial goal and will have joined the 77% of Kidney Cancer patients that survive 5 years or more! Keep up the fight!
And so it begins, year 5! It’s been the one thing I have talked about consistently since starting my blog, and that is making it through Year 5, and I’m well on my way. If you have followed my annual post you’ll know the accomplishments I have celebrated on each anniversary date and today although a little bit different, I celebrate those accomplishments this past year and this year I celebrate me!
Why is this year different? Well, this is typically the part of the post where I say that “I’m 100% Cancer Free”. It’s a bit different this year. I didn’t want to say anything but I couldn’t ignore the elephant in the room. Right now, I cannot say with 100% certainty that I’m 100% Cancer Free, so I’ll wait. What’s going on? A couple of months ago I noticed a lump, sizable, over my collarbone on the left side of my neck. Last week, I had an ultrasound of my neck, a CT of my neck, and an ultrasound of the abdomen. Although I have yet to receive anything official from my Doctor as of today 10/5/15, it was confirmed at the time of the test that there is a mass of some sort there. I expect to hear from my Doctor one day this week and I promise I’ll post an updated as soon as I hear from him, and please, please, please don’t worry, because I am not going to. It’s business as usual for BK. I feel great, I look great, haha, but all kidding aside, I really do feel just fine!
Regardless of what is going on, I still needed to celebrate today, so I do so with the same positive attitude I have always had, mindful of how special each day is, mindful of how appreciative I am for those of you in my life, mindful to take nothing for granted, and mindful to tell those that I love that I LOVE them.
I am blessed in so many ways it is ridiculous. It’s okay to LIKE this post because this is a celebration! Here’s to the countdown to year 5!
~ Love to All..
BK