It’s Fri-YAY and I get to RING the bell! Hey ya’ll! It’s Steph here. I wanted to post a little update on my cancer journey. What a ride! Friday will be my last radiation treatment and I get to ring the bell to symbolize the end. It’s been hard on my body. In some aspects, harder than chemo was. With chemo, I lost my hair and experienced bone pain. My best description of bone pain had always been it felt like someone driving a rod through my bones. Never in a million years did I think I’d actually experience that back in February…but that’s another story and post.

The radiation has made me tired, nauseous, and just blah. Oh and radiation burns. That one was one I didn’t expect. It has made me just uncomfortable these last couple of weeks. I am lucky to have a great care team that has taken such good care of me and made sure that I’ve been comfortable during all of this. It’s going to take some time to build back my strength and energy but I can see the light at the end of this tunnel. We will go back to my radiation oncologist in 6 weeks and in July I will see my other oncologist. We are praying for clear scans and that all of the chemo and radiation has zapped this nasty cancer.

David has done such an amazing job taking care of me while I’ve been down. I mean…I threw a lot at him…cancer and 2 broken ankles. (I’ll have him update about that soon…he’s a much better writer than I am). We are planning a little celebration this weekend. It’s his 29th birthday and the end of a long year for the both of us. So Happy Birthday, baby. I love you so much and wouldn’t want to walk this journey with any one else.

I want to thank all of you for your continued prayers, love and support. It has meant so much to me. I’d love to hug each and every one of you and some day plan to.

So today…Friday…I ring the bell!