Blessed

I had a rather ominous start to my winter break today. I had to go in for iron infusion therapy, which is not unlike the blood transfusion I had a few weeks ago. The biggest difference between the two, other than I was getting iron instead of blood, was the location. Instead of being in the hospital in a private room, I was at the Florida Cancer Institute in the Chemotherapy Room.

I sat in a chair, amongst cancer patients getting there chemotherapy treatments. To my right was a man who was going to be getting his first round of radiation that afternoon. The doctors told him he would likely not have enough energy to go out on Christmas day. To my left was another man would was so nauseous from the chemotherapy, he had already decided to stay home alone on Christmas rather than have Christmas dinner with his family.

I can feel sympathy for this people. I was in similar shoes this same time last year. Today served as another reminder as to how blessed I am am this year.