Storm Update

The cancer diagnosis feels very unreal still.
I think this is in large part due to the fact that I am in the waiting stage. It is the weirdest thing, but with leukemia an early diagnosis is not a good thing or a bad thing.
Right now the treatment options are similar to those of many other cancers. And chemo and radiation can take such a toll on the body the prevailing wisdom is that there is no point in putting a patient through that until the symptoms have become so acute that quality of life is impacted. And that may take a very long time.
Years even. So I am in wait and check status. Getting my blood tests every few months and trying not to be paranoid about every little twinge or sniffle.
I am much more aware of all the new medical developments I hear about for cancer now. And I have some hope that in 10 or so years when I may actually need treatment there will be some new therapies that are not so brutal on my body.

A rainbow does not mean the storm has ended, just that it is off in the distance.