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Thursday, September 12, 2013

A Year Tomorrow

It really doesn't seem possible that tomorrow marks one year of being cancer free. I wish I had some words of deep wisdom to share, but I don't. Mostly these days are just like my days were pre cancer. I go to work, love my kids, treasure my husband, enjoy my friends. Same things everybody does... I am struck, though, how quickly life can return to normal. Just as I was struck when I was diagnosed by how quickly life can become not normal.

I definitely have a deeper appreciation today for the routine things in life -- haircuts, eyebrows, exercise, healthy checkups, parent teacher meetings, vacations, & the like.

I will post tomorrow with some then & now pictures & some more thoughts, plus an update on what The Musgrove Family is up to....

Hug your family tonight!!
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UnknownSeptember 24, 2013 at 1:41 PM
Hi Judy! I just got reading through a few of your posts and just wanted to say congrats on the 1 year mark of being cancer free! I am involved in the cancer community and had a quick question, would you mind emailing me back when you get the chance. Thanks! - emilywalsh688(at)gmail.com.

Emmy
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I'm a working mom & wife in Franklin, Tennessee. Kendall & I have been married for almost 21 years and have 2 beautiful (well we think they are beautiful) and smart (I've always hated how girls are called beautiful above smart) daughters, who are just about 11 and 17. We live in the country in Franklin with our menagerie of pets (3 cats and our 2 Weimeraners - Syd and Jessie).

I have a really fun and interesting job in marketing. I work for a mutual insurance company that works with physicians. Each day is fun and different, and the people with whom I work are second to none. I truly enjoy each day at work.

Why did I write a blog? I spent most of 2012 undergoing treatment for an extra-skeletal Ewing's sarcoma - surgery, radiation, chemo, etc. I started writing this blog when I received my diagnosis, both as a way of documenting my journey and as a way of keeping family and friends informed of my progress.

Once treatments ended, I continued to write very occasionally as I learned through trial and error how to return to a normal life and discovered what it means to be a cancer survivor. Now, almost five years after my experience, I have resumed writing as means of creative expression and a fun hobby.