living in the 1%

 

Not to brag, but our family is living in the 1%.

I know this because it's been mentioned to e at least three times this week - and probably four times in 2021.

"Ninety-nine percent of the time we can tell ahead of time if it's in the nodes - you just snuck into that one percent"

"Ninety-nine percent of the time there is no nerve pain with drains - guess you just got unlucky."

"Ninety- nine percent of the time, we would have caught that and not needed the additional procedure."

"Two super rare cancers in one guy - the odds are like being struck by lightning twice - less than one percent."

Not gonna lie - it's been a hard week. If I had to name my 5 lowest points in life - this is one. Maybe not THE lowest, but for sure on the list. It was bad enough knowing one of those little fU¢<#r$ might have gotten loose, knowing that it probably did is a new level of hell. 

Alllllll that being said, I can only do what I can do right? So I did what I know - I unsubscribed to all of those "helpful" Facebook groups, I stopped googling, stopped reading whatever pops up on Reddit and basically just started living my life again until somebody gives me new directions. 

I still can't drive - but I can walk a lot (though I have been told not to).

I can't lift my arms up over my head, but with the drains out I can hug my kids again.

I can't do any repetitive choreography or go to dance class, but I can slow dance with Mike in the living room.

Thank you guys for all of your continued love and support. It seemed so much easier to accept when it was done for Rico, but I'm learning new things all of the time.