This evening someone commented to me how brave I was and observed that I had been through so much. I guess I really have. I have also come to know a number of people who have been brave through so much more than I have experienced.
I was at a memorial service for one such person. In the end chemo and stem cell treatments were not able to tame her cancer. The symptoms became unbearable. She was in hospice care and heavily medicated with a morphine combo to relieve her pain and discomfort. She died with family around her and friends thinking of her and doing for her family.
I suppose one reason I tend to diminish my bravery and all is that none of the chemotherapy I have had was as bad as uncontrolled cancer. Cancer hurts. Well, the breast cancer hadn't started hurting, but the osteosarcoma was very painful. It was like having my bones broken from the inside.
Hope and purpose are strong therapies, too. I used to wonder how cancer patients could go through amputations, organ and tissue removal surgeries, and poisonous therapies. Now I know. Its the hopeful and less painful path.
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Good morning, Peggy!
ReplyDeleteI want to share an interview from some gals I met up with to record an interview about a new book called Walking Nature Home.
http://storycircle.typepad.com/scn/podcast/
Susan Wittig Albert is a marvelous author, but what she is doing to get women to tell their stories will be her legacy, no doubt.
Life-writing is new to me...but it has been so beneficial for me to listen to other stories and gain confidence to tell my own.
Good people...
Oh, I want to share Susan Tweit's blog...http://susanjtweit.typepad.com/walkingnaturehome/
ReplyDeleteGood photos and good stuff.
Beautiful photos and interesting journey. Thanks for the link.
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