Hello again

A lot has happened in the last year and a half. A LOT! I have thought about blogging again but I struggled with the desire to express myself and to be heard but also with privacy and leading a private life. Facebook is a big place where I found myself being expressive and sharing with the public but I realized I had no excuse not to blog anymore so here I am.

Like I said a lot has changed in the last little while! Here is a catch up and the story.

1. We moved! Job opportunities and adventure brought us to the rural side of Maine. We love it here we have our house, our dog, beautiful landscape, and the loveliest of friends.

2. I was diagnosed with cancer. Yes Cancer. Shortly after we moved (okay 2 weeks to be exact), I went to the doctor who suggested that I get a chest xray for some symptoms I had been complaining about for I know...get ready for it 1 year. At that xray the radiologist found a 10 cm mass in my chest cavity and I was instantly rushed to get a CT scan about 10 minutes later, where they confirmed the fact that I did indeed have a tumor in my chest.  You can not begin to understand the shock and mixture of emotions that Matt and I felt. We were scared, shocked and lost we had just moved from our family and were now branching out on our own. Everything from there happened so fast and next thing I knew I was meeting with a cardio-thorastic surgeon to get a biopsy of my tumor. At this point we did not know for a fact that it was cancer although most assumed that it was. I endured an intense biopsy surgery that included making a 2 inch cut into my chest and where the gathered a sample of the tumor. From there I found out through a really disturbing phone call that I indeed had cancer called Lymphoma. Funny sidebar: Matt has known 3 people (prior to meeting me) that has had lymphoma two of those which has had the same exact diagnosis as I do. Crazy world. I had honestly never even heard of lymphoma before. From there we have been to a million doctor's appointments, meeting with specialists; oncologists, radiologists, pathologists, cardiologists, etc. etc.

So what are we doing now? Cancer! Cancer everything. We have been to chemotherapy, test after test, appointment after appointment. It has been truly exhausting. The pain I have been in is so unreal it has been a long 6 month journey. We feel so blessed that I have a great prognosis and will eventually be 100% cancer free soon.

We want to thank you so much for your support and for your love and outreach towards us during this particularly difficult time in our life. We will continue to update you as much as possible and really appreciate the outpour of kindness towards us.