Eff Cancer!

Last week was the lovely Eff Cancer party.  Mike and I did not know what to expect.  We wanted it to be a way to get positive support from my friends to help me get through this battle against cancer.... but we also wanted to educate others.  I was in Salt Lake City this past week for a training and met some people who looked at me blankly, "What's endometrial cancer?" I met a woman who has optic nerve cancer.  I have never heard of this particular cancer but it was like I met someone who knew the emotional ups and downs that came with having cancer.  Cancer can exist in any part of the body.  I have been meeting people sharing their own stories or the stories of their loved ones.  It has been humbling to hear those stories.

Our wonderful friends who stayed with us overnight took it upon themselves to decorate the place for the party.  Mike set the lights to be peach-colored.  The whole place looked peachy!  I wanted to put up some facts about endometrial cancer and treatments just to educate people.  Mike and I love games.  The day before, my friends from San Diego surprised me at a brunch- I did not know they were coming.  We were talking about games.  What can we play?  I was the one to come up with the idea of "Pin the Donkey" game and have people pin where my cancer is.  I was laughing about it.  They figured that if I would not be offended then it would be a good thing to laugh about it.  The first few days Mike and I started to joke about cancer a bit.  It can be therapeutic to laugh about our own misfortunes.  The "Pin the Uterus" game idea was one of those "laughter is the best medicine," moments. 

The party was an impromptu.  Mike decided to do a talk and did a Q/A session.  It was a nice discussion.  I was grateful to those who came from San Diego, Florida, Ohio and New York.  The locals also braved the ice storm to make the party.  Here's the video link of the party: https://youtu.be/F6bkLBwlbTo

We will continue to educate others and invite any support we can get. :-)