I'm starting this thread for bgarlock (posted in today's thread "ZOMEDA -AVOIDING JAW PROBLEMS" who starts by saying "I know this is suppose to be uplifting, but..."
Let's face it, cancer can be pretty funny or awe-some, as well as a downer. For myself, I see having this place to express ALL my emotions, all my concerns, as uplifting, sharing heart to heart with women who KNOW. (I find it all uplifting...).
And perhaps here we can share UPLIFTS. I've been known as a cockeyed optimist all my life. Some poor friends have been waiting for me to grow out of it, at 66, and now with ABC mets to bone and abdomen and etc. But for some reason I still feel the wonder and gratitude I was tossed into with the diagnosis of mets in 2006---suddenly bouyed (crazy, I know) with a sense of joy for getting more time on this earth, for being with people I love. (Don;t get me wrong, I've cried, too, and sat on the couch most recently in a haze for days learning my Femara has stopped working.)
When I got my mets dx, I think I fell in love with everybody, even the grocery clerk. Everybody has a story, if we will only ask and listen. I felt like Emily in OUR TOWN, looking around me knowing I'm here for only a day, life as an eyeblink, grateful for nature, animals (my cat, my silly parrot, our guide dogs), and for all of us vulnerable, scared, loving, mad, tired, faithful humans--most of us keep on keeping on, most of us do the best we can.
So for instance, funny: how I poured iced tea on my husband's shredded wheat last week. (A wonder I even assemble cold cereal for him these days)....my excuse, as always, Chemo Brain!
This thread doesn't mean to take away from our attention to our sadness, pains, or worries. But maybe it can be a small raft to carry us across rough waters? - Morgan
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ABC UPLIFTS--Joy, Wonder, Laughter, and other Spirit Lifters
- By mindgardener
- Posted May 13, 2009 at 1:45 pm · 3 replies
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- By Beachbabe
- Posted May 14, 2009 at 6:32 am
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Oh Morgan, my glass has always been more than half full as well (of champagne!) It's not that I've had an easy life, as I've suffered some huge crises since childhood...but I always seem to get through them with a smile and a laugh. Yes, I hurt and I bleed but I also really, really ENJOY my life and all the people I encounter in a day.
I think this site is great for all of it...the gripes, the crying, the laughter, the tears, the joy, the triumphs...all of it. Mets can kiss my very large butt, and it's not taking away my joie de vivre!
May everyone find one small thing that makes them smile and fills them with hope today.
- By Gentlenatured1
- Posted May 14, 2009 at 11:03 am
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Hello, girls-----
This makes me smile---a friend is coming over tomorrow, AND she is bringing Chinese food! Yum! I intend to enjoy it to the max while I still have my steadily-declining appetite. I'm down to one meal a day now, and I don't start chemo until next week. Looks like my prayer of wanting to lose a significant amount of weight will be answered---the hard way!
Here's to fortune cookies!
I hope mine says: Good friends will let you stay with them two days a week while you're going thru chemo.
Hugs to everyone----
PAMELA
- By Lr24
- Posted May 14, 2009 at 4:50 pm
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Hi to all - I love the way Beachbabe said it, "my glass has always been more than half full" that is exactly the way I have always felt. Even with all the bad stuff a lot of good has come out of it (if you look hard enough). For instance, my dh and I have gotten along better these past few years than I can ever remember. He goes out of his way to make my life good (this is just one example) but he is usually sweet anyway.
I had chemo today, then I went shopping (got to do something fun when I'm in Nashville for appointments, right?) lol I hope and pray that everyone can find a good thing to pull from these experiences... meeting a wonderful chemo nurse, another patient in the waiting room, just look around you. Take care!
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