Sadly, I have not quite lived the dream yet. It still takes a bevy of meds and herbs, hydration, and encouraging self-talk to get me out of bed in the mornings. Then, I don’t so much pop out of bed as creep carefully. Plus, I can’t really drink tea with my insides still so messed …
Monthly Archives: October 2010
My Dream
I have this dream and it’s probably going to sound super lame–I’ve been confined to the same hospital room since Tuesday except for that one thrilling trip to the ct scan, surely I had time to come up with something better. Like touring the Loire valley in France and tiptoeing through fairy tale castles or …
The View From My Window
My hospital room window faces the west hills. They’re gorgeous early in the mornings–houses dotted among the green trees with little splashes of fall color. Smoky clouds above getting lighter with a bluer and bluer background as the sun comes up. I have had a lot of nice views out of hospital rooms, though I’d …
Masterpiece in Violet
I know it hardly seems fair to discover new talents at the ripe old age of 32—surely, I should have found all of them by now and be tapped out. But I’ve discovered some new ones. 1) Growing hair. I am really quite good at this. Fingers crossed that my hair growing continues unimpeded by …
New News
In some contexts comments such as, “but, wait, there’s more,” and “good lord, those are huge,” are a good thing. Like say for jewels. Or gold nuggets. Or cookies. Not so much for cancer. We got a good close up look at my ct scans today and yikes, not sure I wanted to know what …
I Miss My Cats, I Miss My Cats
I MISS MY CATS! In the past 48 hours, not a single person has curled up on my lap and purred. No one has come running to head butt me when I get up in the morning. And absolutely no one has meowed in my face with stinky cat food breath. *sigh* Phoenix is going …