She believed she could, so she did. A cancer patient journey

 Recovery is a process. It takes time. It takes patience. It takes everything you've got.  I am three and a half months post surgery. I am nine and a half months into this cancer battle. I have had good days. I have had bad days. I have had okay days. I've even had days where I want to just give up. I think to myself that I can't do anymore. I can't handle anymore. I hate being sick. I want to be able to eat and not feel like I am going to vomit everything and then some from inside my stomach. I am just starting my year long immunotherapy treatment. Something I have come to realize is that while I am recovering from surgery, recovering my radiation and chemo. Recovery isn't just related to those things. Recovery can be so much more.  I have days where I feel so down. So frustrated. So scared. I try hard not to dwell on those feelings. I try hard not to even let myself think of those things. But I do. It's hard for those that aren't physically going through i...

 It's been a bit since I have posted. So much has been going on. I am three months post surgery. I am doing really well. Mild pain but I am able to tolerate it without medication. I have begun my immunotherapy treatment and I get mildly sick from that but aside from that there haven't been any side effects. I've gone back to work. Been back for a few weeks now. I am only working part time which is good. I needed to get back to work. I was losing my damn mind staying home all the time. My mind can be a terrible place to live in sometimes. Especially when I have been home for so long and am feeling relatively well. I try to get out every day and exercise. I do pretty well with that. I am up to about 2 1/2 miles a day. Which is really good. I don't tire like I use to when I first started out. I remember when I first started exercising again after surgery that I could barely make it three houses. Now I am managing to go miles. I know that I still have a long ways to go befo...