Better play it safe

This weekend was Halloween and we had a crazy busy day.  First on the agenda was going to one of our good friends little girl's birthday party.  Then off to another good friends house for a night of trick-or-treating for the kids and cocktails for the grown ups :)   I love days like those with so much to do and no time to stop.  I know it sounds so crazy but I LOVE those days!   We had such a great time that part of me wished it did not have to end and hoping we have more of those nights soon.  There is just something about being around great people, all else goes away with no worries in the world.  I cherish these types of days and do often reflect on how lucky I am to be able to have them :)

My poor hubby has no choice (with me) anymore about being proactive on his health care.  I basically made him months ago get a full check up just to make sure everything was good.  His doctor ordered the blood work, and threw in an order for a colonoscopy.  It has been a few months, but this week was his turn for this heavenly procedure :)  I kept telling him that we just have to be on top of this because it is all about early detection and since cancer is everywhere around us we better play it safe :)  I am sure by Monday night when he was going through his wonderful prepping he was giving me an earful that he kept to himself. :)  Tuesday was the day, he was hungry, grumpy and worried.  If you know my husband, you know that he does not do a very good job of not worrying about things.  He also is very good at directing his attention on taking care of his family and not so much himself.  After it was all done the doctor, who I know, came in and was asking me about my recovery.  My husband, still very much drugged up from the procedure, pipes right up and is talking his ear off on how good I am doing, and how he believes that my cancer is gone forever.  I just sat there and smiled because he didn't even have his eyes open while having this full on conversation lol!

The doctor said all is good and saw nothing at all so my husband can come back in 10 years, YAY!!! On the way home my husband seemed a little down, but not in a bad way.  He told me that he was so glad that everything is ok with him because he truly believes that he is here to help me with this roller coaster of life.  At first I really didn't think much about that sentence but then last night I was laying in bed and basically what I came up with is that he feels like he was put in my life to see me through it with his love and help :)  Now that started my tears flowing and I couldn't help but to feel somewhat guilty that my poor husband worries about me all the time, even when things seem to be going great!  That is a lot of pressure for one person to put on themselves.  This is just another way my diagnosis has changed the way I live and the way my husband lives.  We all would do the same for our loved ones in their times of need but to have him tell me that is what he knows he is here for in life was the most pure thing I have ever heard him say.  These everyday revelations are real and is who we are since December 12, 2014.

Going back to why I wanted my husband to get checked up is simply because I couldn't live without him... I know that we are all on borrowed time and anything could happen in a split second but for now I want to take all the health precautions we can.  They say that cancer will affect 1 out of every 3 people and with early detection there are better ways to fight.  I think everyone should think about this and I will push all my loved ones, and friends to play it safe and just get a check up!  Look it didn't hurt anything, except 24 hours of starving ;)