I'm hopping aboard this discussion; it's one where either you laugh or cry and I have to admit at different points along the past 6 months since being diagnosed with metastatic melanoma I've done a little of both! Right now, I'm into the happier portion but I think a lot of that has to do with re-entering volunteering within the community. My 10 year old pet therapy dog I'd taken to the local children's hospital for 8 years died after a brief illness a few months before my diagnosis; I subsequently got a new pup I was in the midst of training when I had to start treatment and - WHEW - that was a lot to handle at once! However, it all paid off as once I became acclimated to my immunotherapy, Lexi hit her one year mark and completed her therapy certification process, we're going to start as a therapy team soon for a local hospice organization. And I'm finally feeling up to traveling again, but giving in to my need for more frequent rest periods when I do.

Just as I've learned to do with facets of my condition, I've got to give myself grace with new technologies -- although it's frustrating. Just yesterday as I was attempting to do a simple matter of changing channels on the TV, I apparently selected the wrong one of the THREE remotes we have for the ONE TV and somehow screwed up the entire system! I found myself actually longing for the days of having to get up, walk to the TV and turn the dial to change to one of the maybe 3 networks to choose from!

Last time I went to the local library, I almost cried for the card catalog....my youngest son had no idea what I was talking about.