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Next weekend I start a year long treatment of a low dose of weekly chemo to get my body under control. It sounds worse than it really is. You take the meds once a week and can expect to be sick for a couple of days following, then have some good days in between the next dose. The goal is to trick your immune system into stopping the internal fight going on, wiping out the good with the bad. I’ve been told the biggest effect on my life will be a lowered, or compromised, immune system which may will put a damper in my social and travel life, cause you are all germy creatures.
I am choosing to share this not because I want to hear the collective pity party. I’m posting as a way to set a universal intention. An intention to use this gift of a year to slow down. Take better care of myself. Read some books. Find ways to streamline my work life while building my business. Take a walk and finally get back to daily yoga or meditation. Eat and cook recognizable foods, removing as much processed as I can. You know, in general, get my act together.
I am not going to lie. I am scared. Not at all about the new treatments. But about actually concentrating on myself. I am not comfortable being the center of anyone’s attention, including my own. I don’t know what it is to turn down a conference call because I am doing yoga. Or outsource things so that I can truly focus on what is most important. But I am going to try. Because the universe throws lots of things at us and we have to decide to see each one as the blessing in disguise it is and learn from it.
That’s my intent anyway.
Thanks Laurie. I think you are pretty amazing too.
This too will pass and you will emerge stronger,self motivate, rested, enough to tell the world just ran out on another limb of the tree called “THAT’S LIFE “. Quote. ” is that all you got “”
You know…..I don’t know how to play chess. That is something totally relaxing you can teach me or we can do together. And relaxing if we do it in comfy clothes. That is my goal with you. To learn to kick your ass in chess. (I don’t even know if you know how to play, but it has always been a thing I wanted to learn, lol)
Lots of love to you. You are ALWAYS in my prayers and always in my heart.
I do know how to play chess and haven’t played in years. Good idea! Actually I want to get one of those giant puzzles and leave it out. I used to do those as a kid and it was awesome
I do know how to play chess and haven’t played in years. Good idea! Actually I want to get one of those giant puzzles and leave it out. I used to do those as a kid and it was awesome
I do know how to play chess and haven’t played in years. Good idea! Actually I want to get one of those giant puzzles and leave it out. I used to do those as a kid and it was awesome
Ooooh, My mom used to have a supreme pizza one that was about impossible. We simply had a card table up and it took us like a year to finish the thing. I wonder if I can find another puzzle like that. That was fun. I want to remember to do that with my kids one day as a bonding type thing. Just leave the table in the corner and hanging out doing puzzles when nothing else is going on.