09/15/2026
The realty of getting cancer is your entire life changes the minute you are diagnosed. Even after you beat it. Now you know your body is susceptible to cancer and you also have a higher chance of getting cancer again.
Every ache, every pain, every issue, every test, sends you in a tailspin. Is the cancer back? Did it move to another part of my body? Will I survive it this time? Is this an after effect of having cancer that caused issues somewhere else in my body? Is that issue going to be permanent?
I used to be a person who never got sick. Not even a cold or flu. Therefore I never needed a doctor. Now anything that pops up worries me. Truthfully I get scared alot easier now. And I see my Dr when issues arise right away now.
Last week I went in for my ultrasound. My Dr thought waiting until Dec was ridiculous so he made a call, I got a call the next day booking me in for Sept 2nd (told you my Dr was the best 😉). After doing an ultrasound on my liver, she decided she was going to all my organs. I immediately panicked as to why she decided to do that. I asked if everything was ok, she said my Dr would tell me. My stress increased. In addition to being extremely sick for the last few weeks, I laid in bed every day wondering how my tests were going to turn out and if I was ok.
Thurs I went to the Dr. All my organs look good, except my liver. I have a fatty liver. Right now I am at the inflammation stage, but other than that I am ok. If it gets worse it can lead to fibrosis, cirrhosis, liver failure, or......cancer. Yep there is that word again. None of those options are good. But the word cancer made me the most nervous.
Usually a fatty liver is caused by being overweight, which is a little easier to deal with. You change your diet & lose weight and that usually fixes it Thats not what mine is from. Mine is a side effect from chemo. I had already changed what I ate & how much water I drank in Feb to help fight the cancer. My Dr says if I continue on that way, it should hopefully repair in about 6 months. Fingers crossed it gets better instead of worse 🤞 I am very happy that it wasn't anything worse 🙏