I started this blog 5 1/2 years ago at the suggestion of a friend, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. The blogging allowed me to process what was happening, vent my frustrations, puzzle through my emotions and eventually start on a program of healing and a return to "normalcy."
Last year, after the blog had gradually morphed into somewhat of a pedestrian "Dear Diary" of everyday life in rural Tennessee, I no longer felt the need to write or the urge to share, and I abandoned the blog for other busy pursuits. I thought I was done.
But today is a milestone, and I think it's appropriate to close out the blog with a commemoration of sorts:
Yes, this is the very last tamoxifen tablet I shall ever have to take! Tonight, my medication journey is over, and my 5 year protocol is DONE!
I remember very clearly when I filled the first script, thinking "60 months, 1800 tablets, 5 YEARS." It seemed like a lifetime, and in 2008, 2013 seemed a long, long way off into a future I couldn't see clearly, or at all. And now, I'm here.
Here's to persistence, perserverance and taking it (literally) "day by day."
One gulp, and done.
On to the next chapter!
