JULY 11-2012 AND LIFE CONTINUES ON

WELL, TIME MOVES ON-WE ARE ALMOST AT THE 1 MONTH AFTER MY CANCER FRIEND'S DEATH. LIFE MOVES ON. MY OBSERVATIONS SHOW THAT NO MATTER HOW GREAT THE LOSS, HOW UTTERLY SAD WE ARE WHEN A LOVED PERSON DIES, THE OTHERS MUST AND DO LIVE ON. WE SOMEHOW THINK WE ARE INDISPENSABLE. AFTER ALL, THERE IS NO ONE EXACTLY LIKE US-EACH ONE OF US IS UNIQUE! BUT LIFE DICTATES THAT THE WORLD GOES ON-THE SUN SHINES, PEOPLE LAUGH, EAT, CELEBRATE. FOR SOME WHILE, WE REMEMBER WELL, AND THEN WE MOVE ON.
SOME REFLECTIONS OF MINE!

MY WORL RIGHT NOW SEEMS TO BE CANCER FREE, THANK G. BUT NOT PROBLEM FREE. THE CHEMO AND RADIATION HELPED MY IMMUNE SYSTEM TO FUNCTION  MORE POORLY, AND SO I HAVE SUFFERED NON-STOP WITH SWELLINGS OF EYES, LIPS, THROAT, HIVES ALL OVER MY BODY, WHICH HAVE BEEN RELENTLESS NOW FOR A FULL YEAR. I FINALLY AGREED TO GO ON A VERY STRONG, DANGEROUS DRUG, JUST SO THAT I COULD FUNCTION BETTER. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS BUT LESS FEROCIOUSLY. BUT AS I HAVE MUCH LESS QUALITY OF LIFE RIGHT NOW, I CONSTANTLY REMIND MYSELF, THAT AS LONG AS I AM CANCER FREE, I WILL LIVE WITH IT.

TO ANY READER STILL SUFFERING, MY PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU. I CAN TELL YOU THAT READING ABOUT OTHERS' STRENGTHS AND COPING SKILLS, AS WELL AS CONNECTING WITH POSITIVE CARING PEOPLE IS WHAT KEEPS ME GOING.
AND SO I SIGN OFF FOR TODAY, WISHING ANY READER AND MYSELF A GOOD DAY, A GOOD MONTH, A GOOD ATTITUDE TO DEAL WITH WHAT WE MUST.

BYE FOR NOW.