I found out today that I am officially cancer-free; so, I am just elated. I’ve had 11 job interviews this week.
I want to thank all of you who shared words of encouragement.
To those of you who donated to the GoFundMe: I want give you a special thanks. I didn’t want to ask for money because I didn’t think I’d need it. But with everything you raised, I was able to get some interview clothes from the Goodwill and Ventra card for the CTA. Basically if I get any offers in the next week or so, it’s complete down to you.
For context: whenever I would travel for work, my daughter would surreptitiously place one of her stuffed animals in my luggage so I “wouldn’t get lonely”. When I came here for treatment, I took some of them with me because, well, hospitals are pretty bleak, especially when you know you’re going to be there for a while. A few months after my dad died, his lawyer sent a big box of old photos, yearbooks, and my parents’ funerary flags to my hospital room. And so, without u/corgiwithalaptop I probably would have lost every photo from my childhood, every photo of my parents in their youth, and the reminders of what an awesome little girl I was lucky enough to help raise. I don’t even have words to express how thankful I am to them.
I just want to say thanks for this community and thanks to all of you.
Good luck friend, and congratulations on being cancer free. Hope this is things turning around in your favor.
Thanks.