It’s been a pretty good week, especially the last 3 days! I actually was able to clean house, cook and work on some of my hobbies. We also got our taxes completed… something that got put on the back burner when all this began 2 1/2 months ago! I had totally forgotten about it and Bill had not mentioned it to me because he figured I had enough to worry about, but he finally had to because I was the one who had done all the accounting for our personal stuff and he didn’t have a clue how to pull it all together. So, yesterday in a few rare moments of lucidity I was able to complete everything and get it sent off, the lucky part was that the last time I had worked on it I had it almost completed.
You don’t realize how important the everyday things of life are until you just can’t do them.
I only had minor irritations to deal with this week, nothing major. I had an unexplainable dizzy spell at work, but it passed without incident (except to scare my dear co-worker Kathy half to death). I am still having issues with not being able to focus well, and now that includes my eyes as well as my brain! It is somewhat frustrating to say the least. Overall I feel very blessed to have weathered this as well as I have so far. Tomorrow is my 2nd chemo treatment… I’ll be half way done, YEAH!! The big challenge this week is I have to say goodbye to my hair…only for now as I have been assured it will grow back better than ever. I get my wig on Wednesday, Vicki Roney at Liaisons Salon is cutting and styling it for me and she is wonderful! Just think, no bad hair days for the next several months!
Please keep Bill in your prayers, people are starting to tell me that I look better than he does. He is an incredible caregiver and I know it is not easy for him to see me go through various stages of this journey, also his sister was rushed to the hospital yesterday with possible kidney failure.
My HUG for you: We live in a world that seems to invite panic. Everywhere we turn, we’re confronted with disturbing images that seem to cry out, “All is lost.” But with God, there’s always hope.
God enables us, indeed calls us, to live above anxiety. He created us to live by faith, not by fear. He instructs us to trust Him completely, this day and forever. But sometimes trusting God feels difficult, especially when we get caught up in the incessant demands and worries of an anxious world.
When you feel anxious – turn your thoughts to God and remember His love. Take your concerns to Him in prayer and, to the best of your ability, leave them there. God is capable of handling any problem you turn over to Him, and He has promised to comfort and help you, if you’ll just trust Him.
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