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What brought you joy today?

Posted by northoftheborder @northoftheborder, Jun 28 8:15pm

If you've been living with cancer for a while, you know it's not all gloom and doom. Where did you find joy today? I'll start:

1. Working in my garden.
2. Meeting my daughter for tea.
3. Home-made pizza for dinner.
4. My spouse (always).
5. Some interesting online discussions.
6. Rereading a good novel.

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shivey | @shivey | Aug 30 1:14pm

Beautiful day today and I almost felt happy and relaxed

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Denise | @denisestlouie | Aug 30 2:11pm

I'm just starting my journey. Joy comes in all kinds of way. A friend came over to cook with me. My guy took me to an improv show for date night. Sometimes walking my dog and just thinking. This week I'll see the grandkids.

It happens and I'm making a point to notice them.

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hopeful2024 | @hopeful2024 | Aug 30 3:44pm
In reply to @bea4me "Every single day the greatest joy I experience is petting my beautiful sweet kitty, Jazz. I..." + (show)
@bea4me

Every single day the greatest joy I experience is petting my beautiful sweet kitty, Jazz. I feel so relaxed when he sleeps on my lap while I'm watching TV. It's just him and me in the house & I talk to him a lot. Having him and his late brother absolutely helped with my difficult recovery when I returned home to an empty house from Stage 4 esophageal cancer surgery, major weight loss, compounded by a 2 month deep coma following the 10.5 hr. cancer surgery and 4 months in rehabs. Life seemed pretty grim when I finally came home but being with my 2 loving kitties definitely made life look a whole lot brighter despite the surgery problems.

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Meows 😻🙏🏼
Sweet fur babies are best friends

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bea4me | @bea4me | Aug 30 4:05pm

Nothing can calm, soothe, & make you smile like the purr of your kitty.

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relicmeister | @rselicmeister | Aug 30 4:19pm
In reply to @pml "Your kitty, Jazz sounds so wonderful! Being there for you when you needed him when you..." + (show)
@pml

Your kitty, Jazz sounds so wonderful! Being there for you when you needed him when you were so sick. Kitties seem to know when we need them. Recently my husband of 30 years died. The neighbor's cat has become close to us in the last year. He came up with his usual visit and stopped and looked at my husband's empty chair; like where is my friend? Then, he came over to me purring loudly and loving me up, rubbing up against my legs. I picked him up and held him and told him my husband was up in Heaven. It helped me. However, "Kitty" kept coming up for the next 6 days which he has never done. It's usually only once every 2 weeks just being a good neighbor cat. He kept loving me up every day and I kept holding him. He knew I was lonely. It was so sweet!
I'm glad you have your wonderful Jazz there for you!
PML

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Animals are highly intuitive, and I’m sure that cat could feel your grief and obviously sense the absence of your husband by the empty chair. And then he visits you and shows affection. Remarkable.

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pml | @pml | Aug 30 7:54pm
In reply to @rselicmeister "Animals are highly intuitive, and I’m sure that cat could feel your grief and obviously sense..." + (show)
@rselicmeister

Animals are highly intuitive, and I’m sure that cat could feel your grief and obviously sense the absence of your husband by the empty chair. And then he visits you and shows affection. Remarkable.

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You are so right! "Kitty" knew something was wrong and tried to comfort me for 6 days! And, he wasn't even my cat! He was the neighbor's cat. He was just our good kitty friend. He was so sweet! And, it helped me a lot!
PML

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phl6953 | @phl6953 | Aug 31 9:23am

Today, I was examined in the hospital and my blood sugar before meals was 6.0. I'm very happy.
As blood sugar rose in March this year, it was 9.8 before meals and 14.3 after meals.
My urinary incontinence is almost improved and the water is ding dong again. After six months of treatment and improvements in my diet, my blood sugar has finally come down, and my incontinence will probably recover by the end of the year.

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Zebra | @californiazebra | Sep 1 11:53am
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@northoftheborder

This little scamp.

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How adorable!!!

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Ginger, Volunteer Mentor | @gingerw | Sep 2 6:01pm

What brought me joy today is knowing we rescued two young cats two days ago. A challenging first night with them, last night was sooo much better. And to see my husband actively engaged with them. I look forward to seeing their personalities shine and change our house.
Ginger

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