sage210
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- May 20, 2012
Hi Fellow Disers!
Sending a request for Baymax comfort vibes!
Saturday is my 40th birthday, and Friday I was meant to be leaving for an amazing Disneyworld trip for a week. But alas, life had other plans!
Just before Thanksgiving I found out I had lung cancer, stage 3. And the treatments mean I'll be recovering from my fifth round of chemo and 20th targeted radiation instead. I've handled it so well! But the effects are starting to pile up and the combo of missing a great trip and dealing with side effects on my birthday has me bummed. (My throat is sore so I dont even want ice cream! Not even if you could get me one in the shape of Mickey which is my go to!)
Friends and family are supportive of my struggles but they dont always understand how losing a Disney vacation includes missing out on some mich needed Pixie Dust too! This trip was a big birthday, and a much needed break from a stressful job. It was kind of doomed from the start, my teenager had a conflict so it was now solo instead of family, and all indications look like a snowstorm would have left me stranded anyway. So maybe not going is a blessing in disguise?
Anyway, I figure since Friday would have been the boring travel day, after treatment I'll have a Donald Duck style pity party/rant/unintelligible freak out for five minutes, watch Disney movies whilst cuddling the Baymax my daughter got me a few years ago, and then look to Walt's advice to keep dreaming and look to the future.
The good new is since Walt's battle with lung cancer great strides have been made, and I've actually got a chance to beat this thing, or at least wring out some high quality years before it beats me. I'm meeting with my oncologist tomorrow and am going to ask about timelines so I know when I can travel again, and as soon as is physically and fiscally responsible one of my first trips will be to celebrate Disney style! I already can't wait!
Until then could you send good vibes so I'm back to Mickey and Minnie style optimism asap, and completely unselfishly enjoy your Disney dreaming a bit more too?
Thank you all for listening to my rant. And thanks for being Disney nerds as much as or more than I am so I ha e a safe place to Disney dream as an adult. And so much thanks for trip reports and sharing deals and spilling construction gossip which feeds my excitement so much! I dont post much, but this board is truly a haven some days.
Happy Disney dreaming all!
Sending a request for Baymax comfort vibes!
Saturday is my 40th birthday, and Friday I was meant to be leaving for an amazing Disneyworld trip for a week. But alas, life had other plans!
Just before Thanksgiving I found out I had lung cancer, stage 3. And the treatments mean I'll be recovering from my fifth round of chemo and 20th targeted radiation instead. I've handled it so well! But the effects are starting to pile up and the combo of missing a great trip and dealing with side effects on my birthday has me bummed. (My throat is sore so I dont even want ice cream! Not even if you could get me one in the shape of Mickey which is my go to!)
Friends and family are supportive of my struggles but they dont always understand how losing a Disney vacation includes missing out on some mich needed Pixie Dust too! This trip was a big birthday, and a much needed break from a stressful job. It was kind of doomed from the start, my teenager had a conflict so it was now solo instead of family, and all indications look like a snowstorm would have left me stranded anyway. So maybe not going is a blessing in disguise?
Anyway, I figure since Friday would have been the boring travel day, after treatment I'll have a Donald Duck style pity party/rant/unintelligible freak out for five minutes, watch Disney movies whilst cuddling the Baymax my daughter got me a few years ago, and then look to Walt's advice to keep dreaming and look to the future.
The good new is since Walt's battle with lung cancer great strides have been made, and I've actually got a chance to beat this thing, or at least wring out some high quality years before it beats me. I'm meeting with my oncologist tomorrow and am going to ask about timelines so I know when I can travel again, and as soon as is physically and fiscally responsible one of my first trips will be to celebrate Disney style! I already can't wait!
Until then could you send good vibes so I'm back to Mickey and Minnie style optimism asap, and completely unselfishly enjoy your Disney dreaming a bit more too?
Thank you all for listening to my rant. And thanks for being Disney nerds as much as or more than I am so I ha e a safe place to Disney dream as an adult. And so much thanks for trip reports and sharing deals and spilling construction gossip which feeds my excitement so much! I dont post much, but this board is truly a haven some days.
Happy Disney dreaming all!