My Short Bucket List 私の短い「死ぬまでにしておく事柄リスト」
I have a very short bucket list. One of them marked off: "A Trip to Italy!" [caption id="attachment_2182" align="alignnone" width="2048"] Tuscany's Sunflower Field. トスカーナ地方のひまわり畑[/caption]
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Happy Halloween 2015 2015年のハロウィン
I remember the last year Halloween, I felt so sick that I did not even want to get up for bathroom. It was two days after my 5th chemotherapy. I had my nerve system started to be damaged, peripheral neuropathy, that I lost sensation with my finger tips and toes, and I could not walk uphill. That was an scary experience. This year, I was out in streets with my son, going along for trick-or-treating. I could not help but to think, "I could not even walk this street last year." I was happy to be able to do this again.
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Attending a Sweet 16 Birthday Party
My husband and I attended a sweet 16 birthday party in this holiday season. It was a formal black-tie dress code affair in theme of white and black. It was my very first time attending a sweet 16 birthday party. The birthday girl came out in a beautiful long red dress.
Read MoreDay12: Teaching Tuesday
12 Days after the 6th chemotherapy. Today was the last day of my Tuesday course for the semester and I gave the final exam.
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Day20: Teaching Tuesday
Day 20 after 5th chemotherapy. I started to drink a lot of liquid. Tomorrow is my 6th chemotherapy, that is going to be my last one. I have a mixed feeling of partially looking forward to it as knowing that this is the last one, but partially thinking that I will have to do all over this cycle again as usual, which is not a pleasant experience at all.
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Day13: Teaching Tuesday
Day 13 after my 5th chemotherapy. My parents drove me to NYC for my teaching. While I was at work, my parents took my son out in the city for the school-off Veterans Day.
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