Group

I went to my support group today at the Wellness House. Initially I wasn't too motivated to go but Frendell said that he would take me there anyways and then if I really didn't want to go, then I don't have to... but when we got there, I'm glad he took me and I enjoyed catching up with everyone. It boggles my mind that there were 3 new ladies today.. at least new to me. It seems that almost every week that I am there, there is a new face. It's staggering to me that there are more and more women who are being diagnosed. A lady today was diagnosed in January and have had 2 surgeries already. It was amazing to me that my diagnosis is old news now and we have new women in our group who are going through what we went through. Our common denominator is that we all have cancer and our emotions are not always reliable.. today, we called it our cancer roller coaster... one moment you're feeling like you can handle it and you have the courage to face it, the next you're overwhelmed, sometimes even terrified. It's interesting to me that one thing that's always mentioned when we check in is that "I'm tired". No matter what part of our treatment we're on, it seems that this is a common thread we share.

And I really have been trying to go sleep.. and so I will sign off now. Our former Lake Union President, Elder Walter Wright, died last night from cancer (I'm not sure what kind). Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. We have always enjoyed listening to Elder Wright preach.. he was interesting and he challenged you. One of the ladies said today that you never think you'd be the one to get cancer and then one day, you're the one listening to the doctor tell you that you do.... I know so many people battling this disease... it makes me long for that time when "all tears are wiped way and there's no more diseases".  Good-night