TGIF
Topic: September 2005
So, it's official, "from the day of diagnosis you are a cancer survivor". ... now I can wonder about something else.

so, I did pretty good this week. My dry mouth is gone, if I stay away from spicey or tomato based food the indigestion isn't bad and I haven't been too tired. And I'm looking foward to a 3 day weekend.

I am acquiring a rather large collection of hats, and I think that by the time my hair comes back, my collection will be very large. I'd probably go bald most of the time if it wasn't for the inside air conditioning on my head or the hot sun outside. When my head gets cold it feels like I have wet hair. At nite, I like to put the covers over my head. It is amazing how much your hair insulates your body.

Since I'm in a music mood lately, here's another my life in song fact:
the song DH and I danced to at our wedding was Van Morrison's "Have I Told you Lately". We actually saw Van last year at the Hollywood Bowl and he was really, really good.


Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no-one above you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles, that's what you do.
On the morning sun in all it's glory
Greets the day with hope and comfort too
And you fill my life with laughter
You can make it better
Easy my troubles, that's what you do.
There's a love that's divine
And it's yours and it's mine
Like the sun at the end of the day
We should give thanks and pray to the one.
Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no-one above you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles, that's what you do.
There's a love that's divine
And it's yours and it's mine
And it shines the sun
At the end of the day
We will give thanks and pray
To the one.

Unh, oh, wondering again
Topic: September 2005
I was wondering again, boy, that always gets me thinking to much. At what point in the treatment, procedure, or whatever, do you become a "survivor"? Um... I do feel I am a survivor although I am still technically a "patient". I got a cute pink baseball cap that says "Breast Cancer Survivor". It got me thinking/wondering, can I wear it now, would it be like saying you're a "winner" before your ticket number is called. Whatever... it doesn't really matter, it's a cute hat and I'm gonna wear it. I think too much.

Oh, today during my blood draw, a guy in the chair next to me says "you're lucky", and I was like.. unh? He said "you're lucky you look good with no hair". Oh... ok. He has been under care for the past 8 years for leukemia. So we chatted a bit, but then he got all political and I tuned out.

Oh, and those poor, poor people in the south and the devastation from Katrina... wow! I'm going to shut up about my measly little fire!

Hey, this morning on the radio I heard the Stones "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and I recalled that that was the first song I danced to with..... a boy! 8th grade, junior high dance. that's a weird song .... "But it's all right now, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash
It's a gas! Gas! Gas!
Jumpin' Jack Flash, it's a gas"

Speaking of gas, I think I need to go and get a scooter!