So, now I understand where I went wrong! They say everything happens for a
reason and I realize that it is very true. Sometimes us women want it all, we want to be married, we want to be mothers, we dream of doing the household stuff (cooking, baking, having family dinners). We also want to be dream of being accomplished women. Silly me went back to school full time, while working full time for the last 6 years.
Although it all can be done, things do fall between the cracks, because we are not meant to be doing it all. In my case, yes I did it all, but neglected to take care of myself, so now here I am paying the consequences for being so busy!
My surgery was hard, it had me in bed for about 4 weeks, I know some of you were really concerned about me!
Thank you very much for being so caring! For me, I am not going to say that it was the best time, 'cause I was in a lot of pain, but I was in great hands and being properly pampered. For the first time in a long time, I got to lay in bed, relax and sleep all day. Nona (JC's mom) cooked wonderful meals, plus all the great meals all the friends and neighbors brought too. Carol took care of the boys, took them to the bus, helped them with school work, prepared their lunches and got them ready for bed. We now have a cleaning crew come in once a week, so my house is so clean.
Nothing left for me to do but Sleep and Relax!!!!! What more could I ask for!
Nona is leaving Sunday, so I will get my snooze on until my shift starts!
In two weeks we start Radiation Treatment (daily) and Chemo Therapy (1 a week), this will be ongoing until January!!! It might sound weird, but I am so happy and blessed that I can do this, after it is all over, it will be over and I will be done and I will be checked for the next 5 years to make sure it never comes back.
For now, until I start the next stage, I am up and back to my normal self. My boys and the family that surround me, make me very happy and give me strength to push forward.
To all my women friends and men with women in their lives (be it girlfriend, sister, mother, wife or daughters), if I have learned anything from this, is that this is all soooo preventable!
It is crazy, that women are so busy trying to conquer their lives that we forget about ourselves.
Girls and boys from 9 to 26 years old can get vaccinated to avoid HPV. Girls
CAN get the vaccine and avoid getting the virus. Boys transmit the virus, so if they get vaccinated they CANNOT transmit the decease.
For women past 26, get a good Gyno, not a bad one like I had. All you have to
do is get your annual check up. Half an hour of annoying, bothersome pain, will save you from:
- Scary Cancer news
- Painful surgery
- Sleepless nights with so much pain that you cry yourself to sleep
- 1 month in bed taking pain pills
- Family so stressed they go to sleep crying
- Pap Smears for the next 5 years every 3 months
- Radiation and Chemo
- Loosing your hair
- Worrying for the rest of your life if it cancer will come back
- Will I see my grand kids
Take the time to love yourself and make sure you are healthy and if you are
a man, encourage the one you love to take time to care for themselves.
I do not want to see any one of you going through this...let's hope God
gave me this so that I could ensure that I told my friends to avoid going
through this.
Love and talk to you soon!! Wish me luck on my next journey! Besitos!!!
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