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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asutton0144 | @asutton0144 | Aug 2, 2024

Having my property management company to pay for motel room overnight while repairs are done.
Because of the cancer and the dust associated with the repairs.
In today’s world there ARENT many good who care.

northoftheborder | @northoftheborder | Jul 26, 2024

Today: breakfast with one of my former roommates from the physio Rehab Centre. We supported each-other through some tough times for a month and a half. He brought joy and enthusiasm to every day, including the ones where I had trouble finding them.

dougr19 | @dougr19 | Jul 25, 2024

What gives me joy.
1. Enjoying food from our garden.
2. Played golf yesterday.
3. Went for a hike.
Three things I thought I would never do after my surgery 6 months ago.
( I had kidney removed)

relicmeister | @rselicmeister | Jul 25, 2024

What brought me joy today?
Feeling awesome the day after chemo with two new targeted to my cancer drugs, and sudden ability to swallow fluid and even creamy soup which represents the first food by mouth since like Memorial Day. So today I’m joyful and what’s more., hopeful. If I feel strong enough and pain free enough to metal detect the woods for colonial era artifacts, I’ll be even more joyful. My last attempt was a let down due to spinal tumor pain.
So I’m joyful and also grateful.

northoftheborder | @northoftheborder | Jul 25, 2024

In reply to @tobydrake7 "Music brings me Joy." + (show)

Listening, playing, or both?

I inherited my grandfather's classic-music albums from the 1950s and 60s, and I love putting one of them on the turntable and listening, pops, scratches, and all. We lost him in 1977, but when I play them I feel like he's sitting with me.

I also inherited by grandfather's love for playing classical music, and now that I can sit up again after recovering from the cancer damage to my spine, that brings me joy almost every day.

tobydrake7 | @tobydrake7 | Jul 25, 2024

Music brings me Joy.

Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Jul 24, 2024

In reply to @director "took a friend out to lunch who recently lost her husband spending time with youngest daughter..." + (show)

Hello @director and welcome to Mayo Connect. I appreciate you sharing about what brings you joy.

As this is your first post on Connect, I would enjoy hearing about what brought you here. Are you a cancer survivor?

director | @director | Jul 24, 2024

took a friend out to lunch who recently lost her husband
spending time with youngest daughter
talking and laughing about kids growing up
talking to God every night

patti50 | @patti50 | Jul 24, 2024

Waking up
Grandson
Daughters
Grandchildren

Zebra | @californiazebra | Jul 24, 2024

1. Thank you note from a friend.
2. Receiving funny and sweet heartfelt letters from a friend’s kids who became my pen pals 4 years ago when my cancer returned. Priceless!
3. Watching a hummingbird enjoy nectar.
4. Putting together a puzzle passed on to me by a friend.
5. A phone call from an out-of-state friend.