I Forget...

Because I have been going through this whole cancer ordeal since December, I forget that I seem to stick out to the public. I have encountered some strange situations, am confused for a brief moment, then remember, and all is clear. I'll give a few examples....

1) I was pumping gas at Quick Trip a while back, staring at the pump wondering when the heck gas got soooo expensive, when I heard a scream from the other pump... "CANCER?" I looked over and saw a woman looking at me. I glanced around to make sure she was talking to me and nodded my head. "WHAT KIND?", she yelled. We were quite a distance apart, so I found that I had to yell also... "Breast." She nodded, took off her hat to reveal a short hair cut, and said, "OVARIAN, HAIR IS JUST GROWING BACK." With that was a small fist pump, and she was gone. I looked around, somewhat dazed but definitely smiling.

2) I went into a local cup cake place, Baby Cakes down in the River Market, to get some high class cup cakes one afternoon. As I walked in the owner gave me a big smile and we began talking flavors. I picked out three flavors, and as he got the case to put them in, he asked if this was my first trip to his shop. I said that it was. He then told me the cup cakes were on the house, added a forth one, and packed them up. As I was walking out he said, "With a smile like that you can beat anything." I thanked him again, and walked out, definitely smiling.

3) In Colorado I was looking at CU baseball hats. The sales woman came up and froze as I took off my hat to try on some CU hats. She instantly said I could have any hat for 50% off. I asked her if there was a sale going on, since there were no signs anywhere. She shrugged and said there used to be, but that I could still have the price. I ended up buying two hats and my friend and I walked out, definitely smiling.

4) The other day I had an appointment for a massage, a 90 minute massage, and I couldn't wait! My surgeon said I was really tight in my neck and that I should get one as soon as I could. So, I made the appointment and was looking forward to it all day. I got to the place, filled out the usual forms and waited. The masseuse came out, pulled me into a room and asked if I was currently going through chemotherapy. I said that I was. She looked down and told me she could not work on me without a doctors note. I then said, "Okay, I'm not going through chemo." She smiled, and said she still couldn't do it. The massage could release too many toxins into my body and that could be dangerous. She said she was sorry and to come back with a note. I left, definitely NOT smiling.

5) I went over to play with my nieces yesterday, as they have been out of town the last few weeks. When I asked C.C. about the trip she said she got some new toy horses and she went to McDonalds three times. That was about all I could get out of her until both kids took me upstairs to "fix" my hair. Once my hair was done, I got some more information about their trip! See below for pictures....