So let's get the formalities out of the way...why another blog? Why not just continue the other? It's for my well-being. Huh? That blog represented a time in my life. I have moved forward. And therefore, a new start. I don't regret, nor will I forget. Although you may no longer have access to it, I still do. Maybe bits and pieces will find its way here...I don't know. I like my options...the freedom, the possibilities, the opportunities.

The ironic thing? This blog site I created long before I ever got sick, many months prior. I never found the words to start it...until now. Wow, talk about timing, eh? ;)

So for the sake of our formality, let me bring you up-to-date on my state of health. My last scan was in December and it was clean. I've now graduated to four month check-ups. I will be two-years post treatment in March. My overall health is for the most part pretty good. I continue to shock people when I tell them that I am a cancer survivor.

I am hopeful for a complete cure. But I'm not oblivious to the the possibilties that there could be other things that happen. The number of chest CTs I've had have increased the radiation in my body. Remember this little tidbit - one chest CT radiation exposure is equivalent to 200 chest x-rays. Yup, I said that. So just post treatment thus far, I've reached a maximum number for a normal person. But of course, I'm not normal, right? :)

So, notwithstanding everything else, I continue to age gracefully. :) I have my moments where I hurt, but thankfully, they don't stay around too long. Overall, I am good. I do what I can. I laugh when I can. I forgive when I can. I speak when I can. I cry when I need to. I am me to the best I can be.