Like many new cancer patients, I've been reading a lot about cancer, about my options, and about others who have dealt with this already. What none of the things I've read seems to talk about, is how much time cancer seems to require of one's life!
My mastectomy is in two weeks (double, plus sentinel node biopsy). Between now and then I have to finish as many projects as possible for work, set up help for my girls, set up a group and calendar for those who are so lovely and want to help, and get my house ready, maps together and directions set up for my mom and my husband so they can run the house while I am stuck in bed. On top of that, I need to go to doctor's appointments, visit the prosthetic shop to see what my options will be after the surgery, get to the hospital to register and do the blood work and I should continue trying to read as much as I can so I'm prepared for the doctor's appointments.
Oh, and I have to deal with the waves of panic and frustration that seem to come out of no where.
Like most moms, working or not, I have enough trouble trying to finish the myriad things I deal with every day. This cancer thing is just not helpful to maintaining my delicate balance of work, school, soccer, gymnastics, home, church and husband (sometimes, unfortunately, in that order).
Really, cancer is a time sucker.
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