Heavy week

I'm doing great, feeling great, but the big C has been on my mind a lot this week.  I got in touch with a former colleague that is my age and is going through chemo and surgery for stage III breast cancer that was discovered while she was pregnant with her (now) 1-month old.  I went with another good friend to their chemo appointment at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.  And another good friend found out that their dad has stage IV cancer, and they're getting him into chemo ASAP.  A lot of heavy and scary stuff, but everyone is in great hands and have positive futures and outlooks.  Life... it is a crazy one.

The "I've been screened" stickers you have to wear to chemo, on a lamppost outside of the SCCA

I'm reminded of how precious our good health is and how lucky people are that don't have health issues.  And for those of you that have friends that are going through something difficult, this is a pretty good article about how to help, from my friends at Real Simple (I love their mag!).  Please take care of yourself and take care of each other!!

(And for anyone keeping track, I moved my MRI up a week to June 6th, as I'll be in NYC for training the week that it was originally scheduled for.)