Today was National Cancer Survivors Day at my hospital, and it was nuts.
I had an appointment at 11:30 for my check-ups. I'm cancer free until October, yay! I got up and out by 8, and we were in the city until 11. After check-ups, we had 5 hours to waste until the celebration. We hung out in the hospital (crappy food) and hung out in Washington Square Park. That's the one great thing about Philadelphia, so much history. WSP has The Tomb of the Unknown Solider monument, and it's cool to see.
I got to meet the other kid treated by my doctor that has the same thing I did. He was doing pretty crappy emotionally, but we told him that we knew exactly how he was feeling and that he would definitely be okay. The event was really cool, they sold tee shirts (they say "There are heroes among us, Believe in a cure" so I got one. Raffles, but I didn't win anything. ALOT of my nurses didn't recognize me.
The last time they saw me, I was pale, bald, and in a wheelchair. Today I was pale, hairy, and walking. 
I don't have any pictures because I literally just got home, and I'm about to pass out. 15 hour day, and I walked about 10+ blocks. In flip flops. With a knee replacement and blisters. In 80-90 weather. I may be a drama queen but I'm a tired drama queen.
I had an appointment at 11:30 for my check-ups. I'm cancer free until October, yay! I got up and out by 8, and we were in the city until 11. After check-ups, we had 5 hours to waste until the celebration. We hung out in the hospital (crappy food) and hung out in Washington Square Park. That's the one great thing about Philadelphia, so much history. WSP has The Tomb of the Unknown Solider monument, and it's cool to see.
I got to meet the other kid treated by my doctor that has the same thing I did. He was doing pretty crappy emotionally, but we told him that we knew exactly how he was feeling and that he would definitely be okay. The event was really cool, they sold tee shirts (they say "There are heroes among us, Believe in a cure" so I got one. Raffles, but I didn't win anything. ALOT of my nurses didn't recognize me.
The last time they saw me, I was pale, bald, and in a wheelchair. Today I was pale, hairy, and walking. I don't have any pictures because I literally just got home, and I'm about to pass out. 15 hour day, and I walked about 10+ blocks. In flip flops. With a knee replacement and blisters. In 80-90 weather. I may be a drama queen but I'm a tired drama queen.
aww well sounds like you had a good day.. im happy for you
I got caught in the middle of talking/laughing. You can kind of see my port scar, on the left side of the picture. It was a device for giving me chemo, because it was so toxic it would damage my veins. It was in my subvena (I think) vein, leading to my jugular vein in my neck and to my heart. And yes, it hurt, lol. And yes, I now know how unflattering that shirt is. Oh well.
since then Ive always been very aware to cancer and try to do as much as possibl to help
