I live a quiet life. I've always been a quiet and shy kind of person who had a few close friends rather than large groups of friends. So it was pretty amazing to see how many people reached out to me from different stages of my life from childhood to present. I know I have the best family and friends. I know that I have touched many lives along the way. But I never had the time to stop and think about it. And I guess I never realized how many people cared. Having Hodgkin's has given me a chance to see all this-it is much like being George Bailey in "It's a Wonderful Life". I can't believe how many people have found out about me directly and "through the grapevine" and have reached out through cards, phone calls, and emails. People that I haven't seen in years have contacted me. Friends from work and church sent so many cards and gifts, it was truely too generous. And my family and closest friends treat me like a fragile piece of china so that I don't do anything that may get me sick and delay my treatment. (They are really spoiling me!) All these things are what help me carry on and get better.
My very first chemotherapy treatment, my nurse Tikki and I were talking. Steve and Andrea were there, of course. I explained how my sisters and Steve were handling everything. I told her that Andrea was sleeping over that night in case of anything. I told her that my best friend, Chris, was putting her daughter in daycare the next day to stay with me while Steve went to work to be with me after my first treatment. After telling her all this she said, "You are well loved!" I smiled and said, "I know."
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