I’m alive!
Crap, I almost died.
Wait, I could still die of this, I’m just in remission.
Chemo worked! Hooray for medical science.
Chemo nearly killed me, how the hell did I get through that?
I’m so happy the scan was clear.
I’m so angry this happened to me.
Omicron! Back to masks!
Spring! Off with the masks!
One of the side effects of the cancer defense drug Tamoxifen, which I started taking again this week, is intense mood swings. This also applies, I can say now from experience, to cancer “recovery”.
I’ll take it over the alternative, of course. But like all things we survive, it doesn’t make you stronger, it just becomes part of you. The new you. The new normal.