Last Dec I was diagnosed with CLL What a shock!! My Doctor a few days prior told me how great I was doing and to keep it up. I have always been very healthy, selecting salad over french fries, did yoga, walked and whatever I could to stay healthy. Coming from a mother that will be celebrating her 98th birthday and having many, many family member living into their 90's needless to say I was in shock!!
I took me a good 6 month to finally come to terms with this condition. Stress was terible, causing a back problem that kept me in bed for nearly a month with 3 sessions of PT. Finally, I came to deal with all that had happened over the last 6months. I won't go into all the details.
But, I want to say once I accepted that, yes, I have Cancer (still hard to say) things began to look up. Some people say Cancer is a gift, well, I am also one of those people. My life and attitude has become so much more precious. No time for anything but the best thought and actions.
Medically, I am doing very well Doctor said see you in 1 year.
Some people want to know everything, not me. In the beginning I spend way to many hours on the Internet and I am sure reading stuff I did not understand and greatly increased my anxiety.
I Trust my Doctor when he tells me this will be around a long time although there are no guarantee's, but, there are NO guarantee's on anything. My Faith had a huge part in bringing me to where I am now. At Peace!
God Bless,
Joni
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