Sorry for my absence

I know it's been a long time since I've posted, but this cough has kicked my hiney.  Good news is, I went to the Doctor today and my blood pressure is better.  I will know more about my cholesterol once the blood work comes back and my weight has stayed the same.  Crap!  Here's my mantra, muscle weighs more than fat, muscle weighs more than fat, hopefully, I lost fat.  The bad news is, I'm on an inhaler and I need to wait until the weekend to hit the road again and even then it needs to be done slowly.  I have been trying to keep up with some strength training so I don't turn into a complete blob and have to start from the beginning again.  I have been very frustrated and these are the times I get pissed about having been sick.  BL (before leukemia) this would have been a fairly easy thing for me to do, but now I need to think of it as another challenge.  I'm going to do it and that's all there is to it!

I had said in one of my earlier posts that I would explain my issue with the color pink.  Well actually, I love the color pink, I just don't like being a female cancer survivor, who wears pink and it is assumed I had breast cancer.  I can't tell you how many people came into my hospital room at Danbury Hospital, and asked me when my surgery was for breast cancer.  Women get other cancers damn it!!  I know that if I wore my survivor t-shirt and my pink army mom baseball cap, everyone would think I was a breast cancer survivor.  Also, I'm a huge fan of Swarovski crystal jewelry and I saw a pink ribbon charm in one of the stores.  I asked the sales person if I could order it in orange (the leukemia color) and she said "no we only make it in pink."  GRRRRR!  Of course you only make it in pink, that is the only color I can usually find awareness items in. Don't get me wrong, I'm a true believer in breast cancer awareness and I have a few friends who have battled the disease.  I also wear a breast cancer bracelet during their awareness time, but damn, give the other cancers or illnesses a chance to raise awareness.  All we want as survivors is an equal shot. I believe that the campaign for breast cancer awareness has been so successful that they have taken over everything and other awareness campaigns have suffered.  Many other people feel this way also, I just have the nerve to say it.  End of rant.