Backstory of a Shrinking Goddess
They say your body is your temple. Well my body has been my garbage dumpster. I know you only have one body; one life. This became more evident than ever last month when I lost my Father. My Dad was 83 years old and he went in for routine blood tests in April and on May 2 his doctor called saying he had to go to the hospital. Apparently, he was severely anemic and needed a blood transfusion. They ended up giving him 3 transfusions and a million tests. We found out his kidneys were failing and he had Cancer. Multiple Myeloma Cancer. It is supposed to be a very slow growing cancer so he must have had it for years. We thought we would have at least a year or more with him but he refused treatment and he refused dialysis and on June 11 we got a call from the rehab center he was in until he was strong enough to come home. He was unresponsive; they could not wake him up. I then had the worst birthday of my life knowing he wasn't ever going to wake up again. We visited everyday but on J...