I watched the movie "Benjamin Button" last night and wondered if I had been getting younger myself the past 2 years. My face is less wrinkled, I have a tan. I have new beautiful brown hair that I don't have to tame and there isn't one single grey hair. With the exception of circulation and nerve repair, I feel as great as ever. I guess the month long trip to Borrego Springs, CA, Fiji and Australia to visit with extended family suited me very well!
Back to snowy (well I missed most of it, but I hear the neighbors took photos of the white Christmas) Seattle and cold weather and rain...I still feel invigorated. I think I need to take my own advise and escape the doldrums of the dark Northwest (I read Twilight-filmed in Forks, WA on my sunny vacation) and replace it with vitamin B filled paradise (anywhere hot and sunny). I feel so fortunate to be the miracle symbol of hope that I have become. I have a job, my health, a sound house (even 3), some stock, and a world of family and friends who love me.
I did return to reality and an insurance notice of benefits (or lack thereof) stating that I had been denied coverage on the past 4 treatments that are working to keep me in remission. At $22,000 a treatment, I guess they figured they had to cut costs, so I am now working on what is wrong with this picture. Several friends have suggested I get a medical claims lawyer, and I may need to, but I prefer not to incur additional costs at the present. It upsets me to think of how many really sick people don't have the energy to fight the insurance battle and do not get treatment...and it is a full time battle. So, for now, I am praying that there has been a mistake and I can get my next treatment soon and stay away from chemo and the hospital for awhile.
Keep your heads above water and know that there is a God watching out for us all.
