Road Tripvia

 

A few months ago, my husband and I were looking for something on YouTube when we stumbled on a channel that called itself "Road Tripvia." Since we both used to like playing Trivial Pursuit, we decided to check it out. We were promptly hooked and looked forward to our nightly dose of trivia. I guess it never hurts to try to stimulate the old brain cells at our ages. 

When I went into the hospital and ended up staying for 17 days, I began to get a bit stir crazy. My husband and I began making lists of subjects that could be written into trivia quizzes to be submitted to Road Tripvia. It definitely helped pass the time and I was delighted when my first submission "Southern Movie Trivia" was accepted and aired on the channel. During my recovery from surgery, writing a quiz containing songs with either black or blue in the title helped take my mind off waiting for biopsy results. And writing my most recent quiz, "Which William?", helped pass the time while I was getting my first rounds of chemo last week. I am honored that all 3 have been deemed appropriate and enough of a challenge for Road Tripvia. 

Now my only challenge is figuring out what my next Road Tripvia subject will be. 

Cancer

 

On June 29th, 2022, I was diagnosed with an aggressive colon cancer that is also in the liver and 7 of the 11 biopsied lymph nodes. I will admit, my heart stopped at the news. My routine 2019 colonoscopy was fine! I was good for another 5 years...or so I thought.

Cancer can, rarely, occur in the interval between colonoscopies. I apparently was one of the "lucky" ones.

Now I am facing chemo every two weeks for the next 6 months. I have had round one, and while not pleasant, it was tolerable. Eleven more to go.

One of the things I hate most is not being able to really plan for the future. I have heard that every round of chemo is more and more debilitating. I'm not sure how long I will be able to continue leading the music at my church. I will be nearing the end of my chemo right as Advent begins. Will I have anything left to give by then?

I'm still trying to wrap my head around all of this. I joke that cancer was not on my 2022 Bingo card. But, I guess it is never on anyone's Bingo card. All I can do is take it one day at time with as much grace as I can muster.