What brought you joy today?
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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Rory is so pretty! She sounds cute too; reminding you to take her for a walk! I went to the University of Washington in Seattle WA. Their football team is the Huskies. Their mascot Husky dogs are adorable. I loved seeing them from time to time going to class. They were always happy and bouncy dogs!
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3 ReactionsSeeing a young guava tree I thought was dead show newly sprouting leaves. Only waiting for the heat to be more bearable to transplant it to its permanent place.
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4 ReactionsThank you so much for sharing.
We had similar experiences — 10+ hour surgery followed by an inability to eat and massive weight loss — except that my other major complication was paralysis from the ribs down rather than a coma (I eventually recovered a reasonable amount of mobility over the next three years).
People might wonder how we can still find life joyful after (or while) going through something like that. True, I cried a lot too, but joy is always there if you're open to it.
And I know we both have the one thing billionaires will never have — enough. ♥️
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13 ReactionsEvery 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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16 ReactionsListening to my favorite music!
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6 ReactionsThat's a really fast drop, which (I think, as a layperson) is promising. Congrats!
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3 Reactions(yesterday) Renting a scooter and going to the MN State Fair!
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4 ReactionsGetting my first post-radiation PSA test and coming in at 0.03.
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7 ReactionsAt the moment- sitting in my rocking chair, on our porch, drinking coffee, looking over our pastures of fresh cut hay.( while still in my PJs )
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10 ReactionsThese look so good! Especially the eggplant! I love eggplants. My mom used to fry them. She dipped them in egg and flour, season them with garlic salt and fry them in Crisco. They were very tasty!
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