The Battle Begins


Friday was my first day of battle to destroy the Horcrux.  I was able to see my Surgical Oncologist and Medical Oncologist all within three days of my diagnosis, but they gave me three weeks to see all the other necessary doctors, Cardio, Fertility, Genetics, etc.  After several blood draws, needle pricks, medication exchanges and multiple procedures, I was ready to go.  My treatment is AC 4x every other week then Taxol 12x weekly.  The AC is supposedly the toughest, so I have been praying, hydrating like crazy, and letting others take care of me.  I definitely have had a few dark days and still don’t know what the future holds but I know that God has a will.  I pray that it is the same as mine, but I am ok if he has a different path.  When we were in the waiting room to go back into the infusion room, a nice mother came up to me and gave me a single rose.  She was handing them out to each person going through treatment that day on behalf of her 28-year-old daughter who was newly married, with a 3-month-old son, and she was battling Stage 4 Adenocarcinoma, the cancer of the glands.  She was promising prayers for us all in return for us to keep her daughter in ours.  I appreciated the gesture, the rose somehow gave me feelings of peace and hope, and I will definitely keep her daughter in my prayers because we all have our cross to bear, some bigger than others. I will bear my cross in hopes of being a voice for others that must walk this path. #1 down, 15 more to go!    

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  1. UnknownAugust 23, 2018 at 9:12 AM

    Praying for you and Rose's daughter.

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  2. SHWAugust 23, 2018 at 3:50 PM

    "Taxol synthesized by researchers at FSU..." :) Molly you've got this! Totally rooting for you all the way here in Seattle. hugs!

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