It's been a long time and now it is my turn......

So where do I begin...now that I am feeling better I thought it was time to pick up where Tom left off. We have not been updating the blog ever since we joined facebook, since most of our family/friends are on there it just got easy to update people and I was wasn't ready to take over...but now ample time has passed and typing my thoughts will serve as updates to everyone and therapy for me...

As many of you know, I am now in the maintenance part of my chemotherapy, which is basically an IV once every 28 days and pills the rest of the time...overall it is going well but there are days where the chemo catches up to me and I feel tired but most of the time, praise God I feel great. I am able to do regular things, which I used to take for granted like, grocery shopping, changing TJ's diaper, cooking dinner and all the other mundane things.

As the year anniversary of my diagnosis approaches I cannot help but reminisce on everything that has transpired in the past year. Our lives have completely changed. A year ago this time I was feeling really crappy and could not figure out what was wrong with me. I have started seeing a counselor at the cancer center, which is helpful since she has dealt with many leukemia patients and semi-understands my process. Well, she says all of my thoughts and reliving of things that have happened this past year are all part of the process, similar to the grieving process. When I was in the hospital and once I was out going through the heavy treatment, all I thought was surviving and getting through day by day. Now, that I am feeling better I think back on different instances and realize how much I love Tom, TJ, my parents and the rest of my family. Everyone has helped us out and I will be forever grateful. My faith in God is still very strong and I am happy for my illness because of all the wonderful people I have met and the work I look forward to doing to help others like me.

In other news, TJ is doing great. He will be 3 at the end of this month. He has great conversations with everyone and loves his mommy and daddy as he likes to tell us out of the blue. Of course, along with being so cute along come the tantrums of being a toddler so he does get time-out every once in a while.

Last thing we updated Tino was with a great family Judy and Frank (our old dogwalker) found. To make a long story short, Tino got a little aggressive and is now back with Judy and Frank. There are days where Tom and I both miss him terribly, but unfortunately our lives have changed so much (as well as Tino's) we are unable to have him with us.

Wow, this has been a long post. I return to the doctor on Wednesday for my weekly number checkup, until then have a great rest of the week.