Time to Live Again!

Half way there! Radiation is almost half way over. Can you believe it?

I've been seeing the same patients in the office almost every day and have begun to be very friendly with some of the women. We share our horror stories, but also our successes. The one woman, Joan, is the cutest. I just found out yesterday that her grandkids call her "Mema!" I almost started crying when she said that. As much as Mema was the way she was, I really miss her. I can't believe she hasn't been here for all of this. When things were bad, she was always there and helped us through. I just wish she could have met Nate.

So, 12 down, 13 to go. You really know you've had enough treatments when the receptionist can finally pronounce your name correctly!

On a personal front, so much has been going on. Work has been keeping me busy, which has been really fun. I love working on Garnier.

Speaking of... did you want to hear about my trip to the Hamptons and my encounter with Sarah Jessica Parker this past week? Well, the shoot went well. My team is amazing and my clients are great. And working with SJP was such a good experience and so surreal in a way. The night before I left for the Hamptons, I was trying to pack thinking: How do you pack knowing you are going to meet SJP!? When most of the clothes you buy are because of what SHE wears (as Carrie Bradshaw).

It's just so funny to see how a character that you feel that you know so well, is so incredibly different as a real person in real life. When I got to meet her, we chatted briefly and I congratulated her on her new babies and her face just lit up. It was really cute.

Then, the day after the shoot we headed home on the "Luxury Liner" and my co-worker, Christy and I sat right next to one of the Housewives of NYC. She was very beautiful in real life, but a little stingy when it came to her seat. Ha.

Overall, this cancer thing is becoming a memory. I catch myself in the mirror and still don't expect to see my hair so short and just can't believe this has all happened...but my hair is growing back at a ridiculously fast rate. So much so, I may need a trim around my ears! Plus, my eyelashes are getting long too. Slowly but surely, I'm getting better and looking less like a "cancer patient." When I went into the cafeteria at Sloan Kettering the other day, the woman who works there actually asked me if I was a patient or an employee! And that's at the cancer hospital!! That's pretty awesome.

The radiation treatments are bearable. Side effects have yet to really kick in. They say I will get really tired toward the end, and that I will have a sunburn-like redness to the area that has been radiated. I'm feeling a little more tired than usual, but I can certainly handle that!

As I'm writing my blog, I'm listening to Pandora and one of my favorite songs just came on that seems to be a bit relevant to how I've been feeling lately.... "Times Like These" by the Foo Fighters...."It's times like these, you learn to live again!"

It's so true...with each passing day, I'm becoming healthier and learning to live again knowing that I have wonderful, caring people in my life whom I treasure, and thank God for everyday.