I rang a different bell
Last week was my last TCx4. The nurse asked if I wanted to ring the bell and I told her no. I told her I still have radiation to do plus it didn’t feel right if there was somebody in the infusion room within hearing that would never be able to ring it. She said there was a bell in radiation if I felt like ringing that one when I was done with that.
After infusion, I went to my happy place…Trader Joe’s. I’ve never done this, but in chatting with the cashier, I mentioned that I just had my last chemo and was pretty happy about that. And I got the flowers :-)
He asked if I rang the bell, and I said no and I told him why. He said, you can ring ours if you want to. If you know Trader Joe’s, you know what I’m talking about.
So I rang it. He and the bagger cheered, and I teared up unexpectedly. It was so me and so wonderful!