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Counting blessings
If you have been following my journey of treatment, you will know that I have tried to tell things as they are. The thing I have noticed about life is that I can never quite anticipate what will unfold, with regard to emotions, but especially the last few months. It hasn’t happened often, but when…
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Make every second count.
We made another early visit to the Parap Markets to kick off the weekend. We had awesome Thai food and just as we were leaving we saw Ivy and daughter Dani. Later we went to have coffee at the Four Birds Café with friends again and I saw someone I’ve met since I’ve been here…
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TGIF
TGIF. When I walked into treatment today they asked how I was and I said ‘I’m glad it’s Friday!’ And both radiation technicians enthusiastically agreed. In fact, one said ‘I’m SO-o-o glad it’s Friday’ (I may not have included quite as many ‘o’s as the original!). So we are all glad our jobs for the…
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So Much to Enjoy!
My darling girl is with me today. She arrived yesterday afternoon and we talked 90 miles an hour to catch up on lots of things while picking up a few grocery items and going to the PO. And then we talked some more! We decided that a nice dinner at the Noodle House on Mitchell…
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Treatment or transformation?
Whenever I see someone I have not seen for a while, since my diagnosis or treatment started, and they ask me how I’m doing, it is a chance for me to do a quick mental run through… how AM I doing? Today I visited with a good friend from Alice who was here for other…
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What Cancer Cannot Do
I have received a card from a total stranger to me. She is a neighbor of Mom and Dad’s and knows about my situation. She has made the card using a ‘stamp’ she found and this is what it says: What Cancer Cannot Do Cancer is so limited… It cannot cripple Love It cannot shatter…
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Saturday
This new room is crawling with ants. Lots and lots of ants. They are the tiniest little ‘sugar ants’ but annoying all the same. They are in my bed, and twice last night woke me when I felt something biting me. This morning I looked in the glass of water here on the bedside table…
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A day in my life
I was really in the moment during my walk this morning, noticing several people who I pass every single morning at the same point of the walk. A young man with a back pack who only ever stares straight ahead and moves so woodenly and precisely it’s as if he is a robot. A woman…
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A long day in August
Today started very early at 4.32am when I woke up to cooking smells from the kitchen just across the hallway. It is the second time this has happened. I’m just amazed that anyone feels the need to be up quite that early, let alone eating, as none of us has to be on a bus…
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A Game of Chance
(I made the decision to stay in medical accommodation while in Darwin having radiation treatment for 7 weeks following breast cancer. The description of the accommodation ensured there would be transportation to and from medical treatment for those staying there. It seemed like a good thing as I did not have anyone to take me…
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