An Update
Cancer status: In Surveillance Present status: reclining in comfy chairs and eating a snack in the waiting room waiting to see my doc Yesterday Joel and I drove down to Houston for my next round of tests and scans. Leading up to this day I was mostly focused on the logistics. Getting the kids taken care of, prepping for the days after the appointments, booking the hotel, etc. Not much time to sit and think on what was coming. Even in the car my brain was still in working mode- navigating the trip and our Spotify selection. Listening to Joel tell me random and obscure facts about whatever band and/or song he chose. As we pulled into The Woodlands and all the familiar surroundings I was flooded with memories of our first trip here. Once we got to the hotel and sat down it all hit me- the why of it all. Why I did all those logistical things- cancer. My brain finally slowed down and the emotion of it all came out in the form of a few tears that I couldn’t hold back. ...
