Cancer free day

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Sandygirl
Sandygirl Member Posts: 55
edited June 2014 in IDC (Invasive Ductal Carcinoma)

I have decided that Monday, April 6th, I am going to have a cancer free day. We are all at different stages of treatment, we need to know how it feels not to think about this for 24 hours.   I am going to do something for myself, for my family and just forget about this black cloud of cancer.  I would like to know what you have done or are going to do, we need to take some time for ourselves and get our spark back again.  Haven't decided what I am going to do, put plotting about it is half the battle.  Sandy  

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  • lexislove
    lexislove Member Posts: 2,645
    edited April 2009
    I always like to get outdoors. Either a walk and then lunch out, or just grabbing a good coffee. Window shopping or even shopping Tongue out I'm not sure how old your kids are, mine is only 3 so the park is good and chatting it up with other moms. My family like to make homemade pizza at home. We cut up the veggies and stuff and make our own kind. My daughter loves this!! Husband too..
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  • nelia48
    nelia48 Member Posts: 539
    edited April 2009

    I'd love to join you, Sandy, but I have radiation treatments every day until the 15th.  THEN. . . . I am surely going to have LOTS of cancer free days.  I'm so tired of thinking about it, going for treatments and appointments and tests, etc.  I'll be so glad to just get out of the house and do something that totally has NOTHING to do with cancer or how I feel.  Right now, I'm thinking I would like to take a ride, go through some good antique shops, have lunch in a nice restaurant with friends, walk through some gardens, etc.  How does that sound????

    Cora

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  • Sandygirl
    Sandygirl Member Posts: 55
    edited April 2009

    Thank you for your suggestions Lexislove and Cora.  I am still pondering what to do but you have given me some great ideas.  Isn't funny that people without cancer take those simple things for granted?  Yes, sitting in a park watching life through a 3 year old's eyes is liberating, making a pizza is making memories, walking through a garden and taking in the smell and beauty can be spiritual.  I guess just like everyone else, I did take things for granted but since last August I have come to appreciate these things more.  Especially when I don't have to live my life by a calendar or what number chemo or radiation I am on.  (Just finished rads last Wednesday, nursing my sunburned areas now)  I think I will start the day off by thanking my husband.  I bought a card last November to thank him for his support but never gave it to him.  So my plan is beginning to develop.  Now after months of not cleaning I need to tidy up a bit, having visitors today, can't let them see how much dust can collect over a few months.  I will let you know what I am planning for my special day.  Sandy

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  • blackjack
    blackjack Member Posts: 1,010
    edited April 2009

    Sandy..having a free day is the best. After I was all done with tx I took a spa day for me. I had my self pampered with a mani-pedi and a massage. Then the next week I made a special lunch for all my girlfriends who were their for me. I did a spring flower theme and they loved it. It made me so happy to do this for them. I am almost 2 yrs out from tx and a treasure everyday. I am so much more into taking time to stop and smell the flowers. I really don't sweat the small stuff anymore.

    Life  is good..enjoy everyday to the fullest ...and hug the one's you love.

    Remember to be healthy....be happy and enjoy your day

    Blackjack

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  • NatsFan
    NatsFan Member Posts: 3,745
    edited April 2009

    My Cancer Free Days?  I take in a baseball game (no one would have every guess that from my name and avatar, I'm sure!  Wink) 

    I love major league ballparks - I've been to 42 of them, including every current one except for the two New York ones opening next week.  But for my money, the minor leagues are wonderful.  They are far less stressful to go to - there's easy parking, usually free, the ballparks are small so you don't have to walk all over, the players and coaches are very accessible, the ballpark staff tends to be extremely fan friendly, and they do lots of fun things before the game and between innings (my personal favorite is the annual cow milking contest pitting members of each team against each other to see who can get the most pounds of milk out of a cow - yes, a live cow, on the field).  Plus they usually have cheaper beer!  

    How can a day go wrong when you're sitting in the sunshine with a hot dog and a beer, watching America's pastime?  At least that's my idea of a great day.  

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