Wednesday, December 10, 2008

It is hard

It is hard to write and I tend to procrastinate a lot. A friend of mine told me that she has sent my blog to people who have cancer of the breast and they told her they do not want to read it. Interesting is this a form of denial and my not writing about second chemo therapy is it also a form of denial. I really do not know.
But lately I came across an article that said : be with people who are optimistic, do not complain and concentrate on the positive rather than negative, laugh a lot and you yourself will feel more
optimistic; they mentioned 25% increase - which is quite good.
Yesterday I spent 4 hours in Lilly's bra shop - sitting answering telephone calls and feeling somewhat useful for a change. Than went to a friend of mine who broke her bone and we played "Upwards" - it is like a scrabble but you can built on top of a word; I love the game and would recommend it to everyone. You have to think and your mind concentrate on words and not your problems.
So far the side effects are the usual nausea, but if you take the meds it is manageable. I am hoping that arthritis will not hit me again, may be my body will get used to it.
And I am looking forward to travel to my son and his family for Christmas and New Year.
And remember 1/3 of the chemo is behind; only 4 more to go...