The saga goes on. My current SCCA doctor called to say that my leg problems are probably not a result of GVHD. The swelling is a side effect of a drug so I quit the drug and am waiting to see if it gets better. She also said I can return to Alaska and let my local oncologist worry about it.
Since the reunions and doctor visits are over for now, my focus will to shift to one more year of teaching and one more year of encouraging teenagers to work as a group. They each work on their own instrument and practice their own parts. Each instrument supports the others, resulting in beautiful music by the group. Their accomplishment is based on a group effort but the result is overwhelming individual pride.
My goal will be not allowing personal health issues to enter the classroom. As I approach a point when I can say "I'm healthy," it will become easier each day to pretend there are no health issues, no pains, no sickness and no more side effects. I look forward to the day of no more pretending. That day is definitely approaching. The present will become the past and the recent past will become ancient history. This difficult part of my life will fade to a distant memory, one that doesn't define me but instead reminds me of the good in life. I get to encourage teenagers to work hard to be a part of something great, to bring smiles, tears, laughter and pride to their audience and to their parents and most importantly to themselves.
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