Journal entry by Lisa Rees —
Hello friends and family!! Hope things are going well with you! Gonna be a beautiful couple of days!!
Not a huge update this time but definitely big things going on.
I am headed to my CT scan today to see how the progress is in my right pelvic bone area. Scan is at 2:30pm so pray pray pray !!
My last scan didn’t show much - it showed some concerns but the doctors weren’t sure if it was still inflammation from the hysterectomy I had so we scheduled another and that one is today! I am still healing from that surgery so the doc said it irritated and angry in those areas still. 😡
Brian and I have been trying to take everything day by day - enjoying each other‘s company - appreciating each other more - spending quality time together and much more. Cause as we all know you never know what tomorrow is going to bring! Life can change in the blink of an eye. Every day is a true blessing and every moment as well. ❤️
An unknown future can be very trying on a person and a family and can cause a whirl wind of emotions and that’s what we have been feeling these last couple weeks. We have had some very serious eye openings meetings lately that knocked Brian and I back to realty! (time flies as usual and months and months go by and seems like all is going so smooth - just living life like everything will be just fine) Yeah it is going very well for me and I have been so very lucky and blessed for this to have gone pretty dang smooth but only God knows the road ahead and I pray and pray that His will is what I want and that it is to live a very full life time with my Reeser and be there for my girls always for a long long time. (and all other friends and family of course) ❤️
We had a discussion with the doc a couple weeks ago - what do YOU think the percentage might be for this cancer to come back - Brian had asked our oncologist. He had told us in the very first meeting with him that this will probably come back. (never a good thing to hear) but since then my cancer has been getting zapped here and there so I was just cruising on through and ready to get back to my life.
He said 95%! Whoooooaaaaaa Doc! Eeeeaaaasssyyy Doc! Holy smokes Doc - did he just say 95%? Our hearts kind of melted. Cervical cancer is a sneaky scary thing. (especially stage 4)
The emotions came on strong and since then we have been trying to not take anything for granted - enjoying each day to the fullest we can - this gave us a whole new mindset about our questionable future.
I have been so fortunate to not be in much pain. All feels like I have no cancer and I feel like it would never come back but I am not the one in control - only God knows what the future will bring.
It’s like you almost have to have something happen to you to realize how special people are and relationships with others and everything else that goes along with that. And it shouldn't be like that. You just don't seem to truly appreciate things like you should. Enjoy each and every day cause when you are faced with an unknown future - man.... that surely changes one's perspective. You realize - OH MY GOSH I am not in control at all!
We thank you all for your amazing continued support - this wouldn't be going as smooth as it has been without each and every one of you!! We can not be more thankful. 😘🥰
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