Cancer Revenge, Big Time

As I was completing my treatments in 2009 I composed a list of things on a Cancer Revenge list--things that I wanted to get back onto my life that cancer had taken away.  So far, only one thing on that list has not happened--being able to SCUBA dive again.  I was close to getting back to diving last year, but the jaw resection put a hold on that.  I have not given up on the idea of diving again, but if it's  going to happen, it's going to be at least another year off.

The items on the list are important by themselves, but the real purpose of the list is to acknowledge that life can go on after cancer, and that a cancer survivor can get back to many, if not all of the things they enjoyed before getting their membership card to Cancer World.

For many years Terry and I have enjoyed going up to the North GA mountains to spend time at Jeff and Deb  Rupp's' cabin, and then their ostentatious Rupp River Resort.  At some point we decided that we'd like to keep our current home as our primary retirement residence, but also have a place of our own up in the mountains.

A couple weeks before the June surgery we spent time looking for such a place in the Ellijay area.  After looking at 15 or so properties we still had not found the perfect place--until Terry did some searching on her own.  So, two weeks ago we took a day trip to look at a place that looked liked "it"--and lo and behold, it was "it."  We put in a bid, which has now been accepted and we hope to close in early September.

Yes, this IS way better than us!  But, more importantly, it is another way to say that "Living well is the best revenge" against the Prairie Dogs, chemo, radiation, ORN, surgeries, Nurse Kimee, and straight catheters.

While enjoying our first deck time in several weeks last evening we tossed around some ideas of what to call the new place.  Of course, I lobbied for "Terrapin Station," and Terry thought that was a good one.  Then, she asked, How about calling it "Good Vibes"?  Perfect!  It ties in a lot of things that helped us get to a place where we could get the house and enjoy our time there in the years ahead.

So,  Good Vibes is now prominent on our Cancer Revenge list.

Mike