A Light in the Attic

Commence treatment & countdown!


Today I received my cocktail complete with Benadryl and a nap.  Yes, it was supposed to happen Tuesday, but the fates made it delay to today.  The last post was not all truths.  I was not able to start work because I did not receive the final nod from my doctor.  What Olga wants, Olga gets.  Also, the MRI came back clean.  No worries there.  And as my parents liked to point out, there is proof of a brain.  Or as referenced in the title, there is "a light in the attic."  Thank you Shel.  Anywho, we can hang the countdown banners back up!  

7 days til the final cocktail

~17 til the bone marrow test 

~20 til the test results

< 24 hours til I'm back in Madison

Now for my diatribe...

I know I will never be able to escape the monkey named "C" on my back, but I can when I am preoccupied with things and the people around me.  I've been told by the entourage to keep busy.  It does not help to dwell.  It is very hard to do when there are constant reminders everywhere.  For starters, there's the mirror.  My fuzzies will become hairs then a hair do in time.  But for now I still look like a goon.  Another example happened this past week when I went to see Footloose with Ashli.  We had to go see the remake.  We watched the original movie countless times; swooning over Ren's warehouse scene and Ariel's red boots.  (They are hot, you can't deny it.)  We are watching the new movie, tra-la-la giggle-giggle, then *BAM* Ren goes on to explain his mother's long death due to Leukemia that emotionally traumatized him.  Grrrrrrreat.  I was enjoying myself!  Stupid screen writers.  No escape.  
Finally there are the never-ending commercials hawking St. Jude's and the million (or so it seems) cancer centers have given me more reason to stick with Hulu and Netflix.  I don't need to ruin my entertainment all of the time.  Just another reason to opt out of commercials.  I too believe in "standing up to cancer" but please don't ruin Modern Family to try and wrangle dinero out of me.


xoxo
Katrina Jeannette