Christina and I enjoyed a relaxing weekend in Tahoe for the 4th of July holiday. It was the first week she had been off chemotherapy drugs in over 3 months. She was able to exercise and catch up on her rest, which is critical. She gets another A-C treatment on Wednesday and the process starts all over again.
It's amazing to me how healthy she looks at this stage. When I heard the diagnosis in February, I feared the worst for her. She wasn't very big to begin with and I had visions of a frail and pale ghost walking around the house. It couldn't be further from the truth. She has lost weight and some muscular strength but that comes with the territory. Over the past couple days, her eye lashes have begun to fall out and it won't be long until they are gone completely. Her head is clean shaven and her eye brows have thinned, but once she puts her "costume" on for work, she looks completely normal and healthy. The transformation is fitting. Like her, it is amazing!
We assume now that most family and friend know that Christina is battling breast cancer. So when we run into someone who doesn't know, as we did on Thursday night at a party, it takes us back to the beginning. I was emailing a former colleague who went through a similar thing with his wife three years ago. He was very supportive and told me that once C is cured (and she will be), you will look back and it will be a blur. Hell, it already is! The lump, the diagnosis, the multiple visits and options are all such a blur.
Since the Italy trip looks more and more like it could happen, we have begun to watch travel shows and I am doing research on Rome. We are hoping the week off of chemo helps boost her energy for the long flight and lots of walking that will be a part of the trip. As a friend told me back in the beginning "C.O. is one tough cookie. I don't like cancer's odd in that fight. She is an overwhelming favorite in early Vegas lines." I couldn't have said it better myself.
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