Nov 15th \u00a0Day After Surgery<\/p>\n
I didn’t sleep at all which is typical for me. \u00a0I still can’t understand how a person can live and function on only 2-3 hours a sleep each night for over a year now. \u00a0I just can’t remember the last time I had a good nights sleep but hey at least I’m waking up!! \u00a0Recovery for the next 6 weeks. \u00a0I feel like a mummy. \u00a0My stomach and chest are both \u00a0wrapped\u00a0tight. \u00a0I feel as if my organs are squished. \u00a0Again, just when I was just laying somewhat comfortable on my side I am now back to having to lay on my back as much as I can for the next 6 weeks until I heal. \u00a0I have a very hard time sleeping on my back. \u00a0With this wrap on it’s as if my kidneys and back hurt. \u00a0I’ve loosened the one around my stomach it some but it still didn’t help.<\/p>\n
It’s so hard to have a month like October and the first two weeks of November to go back in to surgery and another 6 weeks recovery. \u00a0I am not suppose to lift or do anything. \u00a013 months of not doing much of anything but fighting cancer, surgery’s, recovery, surgery’s, recovery, repeat and repeat ha ha is very hard to not get depressed. \u00a0I had a month where I was back to doing what I loved…playing music but this time is was even better because I was performing to help others with all the charity events and TV shows raising money. \u00a0So, that made performing even much more rewarding. \u00a0Now…back to the couch. \u00a0I hope and pray that when January comes, my recovery is done and work comes my way.<\/p>\n
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Nov 22 \u00a0Thanksgiving Day<\/p>\n
Remembering back to last years Thanksgiving, I couldn’t eat anything because chemo killed my taste buds and everything tasted so awful. \u00a0Today I ate two full plate fulls ha ha so I made up for it! \u00a0I’m still very sore and still wrapped so I didn’t leave my house. \u00a0My brothers had Thanksgiving with my dad because I couldn’t cook and carry the food to them and my dad can’t make it up my stairs very well. \u00a0So, I stayed at home and had some great friends over. \u00a0They all brought food and we had a great time. \u00a0I took off my stomach wrap so I could at least enjoy my two plate fulls ha ha!! \u00a0 I was so thankful that I could taste the food this year. \u00a0Thankful for all of my friends and people who cared about me. \u00a0So thankful for those you really stepped up this year to help me during my illness.<\/p>\n
Christmas has always been my favorite time of the year but after my mom passed in 2015 I haven’t felt much like decorating my house like I use to. \u00a0I use to do a lot…to a point where my friends said the house looked like a store ha ha. \u00a0This year I felt different. \u00a0With the year I had I wanted to see Christmas in my house again and knowing \u00a0friends were coming over for Thanksgiving I wanted to decorate the house and this was something I could do because nothing really weighs more than 5 pounds.<\/p>\n
After everyone left we had a friend stay the night so we turned the tree lights and the mantle lights on, built a fire and watched TV.<\/p>\n
November 27 \u00a0“Giving Tuesday”<\/p>\n
I still haven’t been doing much and still very uncomfortable. \u00a0I have my follow up appointment with my doctor tomorrow. \u00a0Hoping he says I can stop wearing this stomach wrap! I already know I have to wear the chest wrap for a full \u00a05 more weeks. \u00a0He said if I had to have anther surgery he would have to put mesh in and I don’t want that so I really have to be careful this time around.<\/p>\n
I am still so very thankful, grateful, blessed to have gotten this far and I pray that cancer never comes back but yes…I am impatient now. \u00a0Like I said, I had a month of performing and it reminded me of how much I loved it and have missed it. \u00a0Even with pain it was an incredible month so it’s hard to go back to being sick, not feeling well and surgery recovery. \u00a0I’m trying to look forward to Christmas this year. \u00a0I don’t know if it will every be the same since my mom passed but I’m going to try. \u00a0I’ve read about grief and it says to not stick to how you use to celebrate with the loved one that has passed. \u00a0To change it up, start new traditions because the old ones will never be the same. \u00a0That you will always be let down because that loved one is not with you there like the past. \u00a0So, I’m changed up my Christmas’s every year. \u00a0This year I will continue to do it differently than years past but decorating was fun to do again. \u00a0I have a Christmas song that I released in 2012 just after my brother passed. \u00a0He helped me clean up my yard before we shot this video. \u00a0The video is dedicated to him. \u00a0You can watch the video here: \u00a0It’s called Snowing In My Hometown………https:\/\/youtu.be\/U2xrEYrFgRM<\/p>\n
You can also download the song: \u00a0https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/snowing-in-my-hometown\/583355453?i=583355565<\/p>\n
My song Fight Like A Girl has been sent to radio so please call your radio stations and request it. \u00a0If they say they don’t have it…tell them it’s on their PlayMPE download site and they can download it there. \u00a0Remember radio airplay means more sales which means more money donated to breast cancer charity’s!<\/p>\n
Since today \u00a0is “Giving Tuesday”, if you haven’t downloaded my song “Fight Like A Girl” yet, please download it today. \u00a0 Proceeds will go to breast cancer research and financial aid to patients who can’t work while during treatment. \u00a0Download the song is the best way you can help me and help others. \u00a0Here’e the link: \u00a0http:\/\/smarturl.it\/ACFightLikeaGirl \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n and if you all would please share that link and ask your friends to download it and also share it we could raise a lot of money.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nov 15th \u00a0Day After Surgery I didn’t sleep at all which is typical for me. \u00a0I still can’t understand how a person can live and function on only 2-3 hours a sleep each night for over a year now. \u00a0I just can’t remember the last time I had a good nights sleep but hey at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitacochranmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitacochranmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitacochranmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitacochranmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitacochranmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/anitacochranmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":411,"href":"https:\/\/anitacochranmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408\/revisions\/411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitacochranmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitacochranmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitacochranmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}