The Eye Of The Storm
Hurricanes have a dot in the center where there are no clouds, no wind, and no rain. When a hurricane travels directly over you, there is a brief, sunny pause in the mayhem and destruction. Then the calm passes and the storm resumes. That dot is known as the eye of the storm. If cancer and treatment is a hurricane, then right now is the eye of the storm. In the past: chemotherapy and radiation. In the future: chemotherapy and surgery. But right now I'm in the middle of an unpoisoned, uncut, unstabbed, sunny stretch of freedom. The symptoms from the tumor are gone. Chemo and radiation have shrunk it down and now the pipes don't get clogged. 💩 The symptoms from chemo and radiation have also faded. ☢️ I no longer feel like I've spent the last week eating vindaloo and jalapeños. 🌶 Chemotherapy is like banging your head against a brick wall... it feels really good when you stop. Right now I feel great! Shenanigans! ...