What brought you joy today?

Posted by northoftheborder @northoftheborder, Jun 28, 2024

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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grldweiner66 | @grldweiner66 | Dec 1 6:22am

Last big shopping day for a while I gotta get something 🙂

nannybb | @nannybb | Dec 1 6:42pm

In reply to @zenren14 "Eating a plate of pasta without a cough." + (show)

@zenren14 Hallaluah !! Sometimes it's ths simple things that bring great joy 😊

northoftheborder | @northoftheborder | Dec 1 9:01pm

Remembering that if I could be find a way to be joyful paralyzed in a hospital bed back in 2021 with a prolonged post-surgery ileus, a suction tube down my nose into my stomach, an arm full of IVs, steroid-induced diabetes, and a new stage-4 cancer diagnosis, I can damned well figure out a way to be joyful now with most of my mobility back, a decent appetite, no IVs, and my cancer in remission for over four years.

I've had a nasty respiratory infection (cold? RSV?) for a month that's got me down, but it's just that and nothing more, and I'm on the mend.

As the Anglo-Saxon poet wrote over 1,000 years ago, "Þæs overeode; þisses swa mæg" (that passed, and this can too).

nannybb | @nannybb | Dec 1 10:51pm

In reply to @northoftheborder "Remembering that if I could be find a way to be joyful paralyzed in a hospital..." + (show)

@northoftheborder My mom would say "This too shall pass". The state 4 diagnosis got me for sure. The things some people endure with a spirit like yours always amazes me. 💕

grldweiner66 | @grldweiner66 | 6 days ago

Great night sleep can't ask for more 🙂

azsunshine7 | @azsunshine7 | 6 days ago

In reply to @grldweiner66 "Great night sleep can't ask for more :)" + (show)

@grldweiner66 agreed

My dogs who love us unconditionally!

zenren14 | @zenren14 | 6 days ago

In reply to @nannybb "@zenren14 Hallaluah !! Sometimes it's ths simple things that bring great joy 😊" + (show)

@nannybb
It more often is for me!
🙂

dave56pa | @dave56pa | 6 days ago

Completed my 2nd keytruda treatment today. Recent scans are showing no FDG avid uptake in the hips, pelvis, spine or liver after radiation and chemo. Hope and joy after stage IV diagnosis. DgA