May 1, 2009

  • The Numbers Game

    After my last chemo, my numbers had not responded at all.  They had climbed to 363, then 364, then a startling 499 – very close to where I had begun three years ago.  But the weird part was how wonderful I’ve been feeling by comparison.  My tumor has basically dissolved, and I feel better than I have in a year.  I had chemo today, and when I got there, the chemo nurses were giggling and about jumping out of their skins.

    Lisa had a big piece of paper towel rolled up in her hands.

    She and Maria stood in front of me.

    “What?”  I asked, a little weary, a little bedraggled at the end of the long week.

    Lisa unrolled the towel poster.

    139

    I gasped and tears came to my eyes.  I jumped up and we three hugged and danced, danced and hugged.

    Then I sat down and had my chemo.  Ahhh.

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