CHEMO SCHMEEMO AND A MIND BENDER
CHEMO SCHMEEMO AND A MIND BENDER
As I sit here writing this we are in the midst of our second huge snowstorm in a week. I just heard a snowmobile go tearing down my road - he's a happy guy! But it gives me an excellent opportunity to write something about my on-going adventure...
My second chemo was yesterday. I was feeling really tired, probably due to my continuing low hemoglobin blood count, and a little yucky on the way home until I discovered at my doorstep another "Care" package from my loyal support-system member, Anna. In it was a beautiful slice of chocolate cake. That did it - yucky feeling disappeared on the spot! I immediately sliced off a small piece and all my troubles floated away. (Leads one to believe that the mind can do some amazing things to us - both good and bad.) Bob's daughter, Dee, who lives in Vermont and has been itching to be included in the supporters list had ordered dinner for us from Pure Tastes, LLC in Camp Hill so we had that and saved Anna's soup for tomorrow - perfect for a snowy evening. In fact, I invited our Army War College tenant up for pot luck since I have plenty of leftovers and he is snowed in just as we are.
However, my point is... TA DAH! The mind: depression vs euphoria and all the points in between - and what as simple a thing as a piece of cake, or a kind word, or a special book, or a hand-written note (something that no one expects any more!), or a personal phone call - what any of them can mean to someone in the "dumps." And I think that we can pull ourselves out of a bad place by being aware that we need to seek out things that can bring us up, rather than down. I have a bookshelf full of books about creative things - journalling, bookmaking, papermaking, cooking, etc., etc. All I need to do is pull out one of those and I can lose myself in happy thoughts, and plans.
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