Happy Three Year Anniversary!!!
Early in the morning three years ago, I walked into Brackenridge Hospital with what probably looked like my own security force. Jeff and Justin are a force to be reckoned with. I like to think that I was calm and cool, or at least was faking it well. I knew the day was going to bring what it was and there was not much I could do to change the new path that was set in front of me. I woke to a sunbean and the thumping whirl of a StarFlight helicopter, two of my favorite things. :-) It hasn't always been easy, there have been tears, and loneliness from isolation, I blew up like a huge balloon while waiting for radioactive treatment and starting and balancing meds. I have found that even in our 40's, we can still act like four year olds when we are totally exhausted and in dire need of an afternoon nap. Jeff is very good at handling that whining, crying, huffing, stomping four year old. Even when I try to hide that I'm not feeling well or experiencing some side effects Jeff always knows.
Thank you to Jeff for always knowing when to force me to get my banky and teddy bear. To friends always being there to make me laugh and telling me I look awesome even when I was blown up like a balloon and to family for always being there with love and support. The road may not always be an easy one, but with all the awesome people I have in my life, even though the introverted me may have trouble expressing it sometimes, I know I don't travel it alone and there will always be someone there to make me smile. ♥ Here's to many more years cancer free! 
Now... in other news...
My brother got married March 16. It was beautiful. I did all the decorations for the rehearsal dinner. Thought it would be cool to do simple wheatgrass arrangements. Let me tell you, when you have a deadline watching wheatgrass grow can be a VERY stressful thing. LOL! But in the end they all turned out beautifully! It seemed like I had ordered my dress forever ago, I got it a size smaller than they suggested and while it was a bit tight when it came in, it fit awesomely the day of the wedding. Right now this is the only picture I have of it, I'll have to find another or have Jeff take some because you can't really see the dress well in it. But it does show my fat hashi neck well. LOL!!!
Jeff's new band project is going well. It's almost 100 miles from our door to the studio door so on practice days it's an all day event. But it's worth it. I get to experience some of the most amazing music ever produced and in many cases, other than the band I'm the only person who gets to experience the amazing creations that flow from them. And for that I am extremely lucky! Jeff and I are pretty much inseparable. If you get one you get the other, and if the other isn't right there, it's usually lurking in the background some where. LOL! There are a few times that we will go places on our own but it's rare. We're weird that way. LOL To the band I never want to be considered a Yoko, I'm more of a Linda.
Since my last appointment went so well, I don't have to go back to the endo until September. Which, going from every 3 months to 6 months is AWESOME!!!
So for now, we continue on. Even though things aren't always perfect I know my thyroid cancer path has been much easier than many. For that I am very grateful. It's not always easy, but as long as we remember to keep calm and sparkle it will all be okay.
Rock on!
Dawn
PS, In case you didn't know, I am a professed glitter addict. Some days, all it takes is a little sparkle to make it all okay.
