Saba Beats Cancer

Without a doubt, the worst thing is telling people you are close to. I know they are all going to be there for me but it feels like I am letting them down. I am a high strung, take charge person and love to lead -so I just feel like I am failing the people I love the most. Which means that is the number one thing I am living for - my family - gotta get a pic up and focus on that. It was devastating to tell my wife of 32 years and my kids.  Lots of tears and hating the unknown.  My mom lost a sister, mother and husband to cancer.  My dad was 57 when he died.  I am 58 - I know this is going to seem like deja vu all over again for her and I hate that I am putting her through that. But my mom is a nurse so I need her on the team to help push me to ask for more and to make sure we are thinking of all things medical. I need everyone on the team so I tell them all and get things rolling. I have two very close friends that are cancer survivors and the next call is to...

And so it begins.  The battle starts today - every day from now on we beat the cancer that has somehow creeped into my bones. We are 100% focused on winning - and when I get focused -shit happens. So how did we get here -  Early December started noticing a lot of pain in my right hip area. Being 58, thought it was muscle issues.  Wife tells me I don't stretch enough, I yell back, I'm stretching.   But the pain doesn't go away and the hip is weak.  I am having trouble standing on that right side when I put on my left sock. We had our doctor here in Houston but we could never get in to see her so I wanted to switch doctors and felt like this hip issue was a good a time as any. So I made the appointment for mid December based on the recommendation of Linley, my amazing co-worker, with a Methodist group doctor. Yay me -went to the doctor!!  He is puzzled but sends me to get an X-ray on the hips. Word comes back through their very cool MyRecord ...