My First 'Cancerversary'

[@maegenphillips8022]

I'm sorry to hear about your friend. I can't fully relate as I don't have cancer but my husband was the one who is recovering from mixed lineage leukemia (basically ALL and BALL at the same time) He is in remission, 97 days post bone marrow transplant today. Its hard to watch other peoples pages. Someone in our hometown has relapsed leukemia and its hard not to look at that and wonder what will happen or what caused it. I always wonder if there is anything I can do to help prevent relapse. From a spouse's perspective its terrifying. He's my whole world. But we're young and he's a fighter, like you. Ultimately we can only do what we can do. I talked to my mom about feeling helpless and afraid, she reminded me that none of us are guaranteed tomorrow so we have to live IN today, not in what ifs. That gave me a little peace. Life is so precious and I am so happy to see that you are doing well. I still pray for you as well. There's a group of cancer patients and survivors I pray for now. I hope the best for you, and I hope you have a very happy New Year.

[@Teresa_JKB]

I'm sorry to hear of the passing of your friend. You're right, it's hard not to compare ourselves to others also diagnosed with DLBCL since there's not really a whole lot of us. I finished chemo #4 a few weeks ago and I don't know how I'd feel celebrating the anniversary of being diagnosed. I think, like you said, celebrating remission might be more positive. Looking forward to being in remission. Happy holidays!

[@bbybrandi92]

Happy holidays to you too! Happy to hear that you finished your 4th chemo. How many more do you have to do?

[@Teresa_JKB]

@@bbybrandi92 Just 2 more sessions (fingers crossed). Latest PET/CT scan looked really good.

[@bbybrandi92]

Nice! I hope the last two breeze by and the recovery time is short.