I call it bonus time because I don’t know what else to call it. It is the period of my life that I am living in at the present. Five years ago I didn’t think I would be alive today.
It seems that most people with Multiple Myeloma live about three years post stem cell transplant. The math is simple, about 15000 new cases are diagnosed each year and about 45000 people are living with multiple myeloma at any one time in the United States. There are cases of long term remission, ten years or so and I may be one of those, but this is a very interesting period of my life and a very peaceful time. Every night before I go to sleep I try and remember to thank God for the day that I have just experienced and every morning for the new day that He has given me. My cancer has forced me to live my life one day at a time, “34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble” (Matthew 6:34). I find that living my life one day at a time is one of the greatest weapons I have in fighting my cancer on a day to day basis. As I stated earlier this is the most peaceful time in my life. The years following being diagnosed with cancer have been the greatest years of my life. My cancer has forced me to think about my spiritual well being rather than the well being of my body. I know that my cancer will eventually destroy by body, but the good news is that it can’t destroy my soul. Our souls will live for eternity in one of two places, Heaven or hell. I choose Heaven!
It seems that most people with Multiple Myeloma live about three years post stem cell transplant. The math is simple, about 15000 new cases are diagnosed each year and about 45000 people are living with multiple myeloma at any one time in the United States. There are cases of long term remission, ten years or so and I may be one of those, but this is a very interesting period of my life and a very peaceful time. Every night before I go to sleep I try and remember to thank God for the day that I have just experienced and every morning for the new day that He has given me. My cancer has forced me to live my life one day at a time, “34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble” (Matthew 6:34). I find that living my life one day at a time is one of the greatest weapons I have in fighting my cancer on a day to day basis. As I stated earlier this is the most peaceful time in my life. The years following being diagnosed with cancer have been the greatest years of my life. My cancer has forced me to think about my spiritual well being rather than the well being of my body. I know that my cancer will eventually destroy by body, but the good news is that it can’t destroy my soul. Our souls will live for eternity in one of two places, Heaven or hell. I choose Heaven!
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