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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Just for today

As the snow ends, it’s weight will melt away and our branches will lift once again to face the sun, holding only what is needed to grow another year…..

Such a beautiful sight to wake up to on birthday number 66! A reminder that burdens are temporary and there is so much more strength than we realize when we find it necessary to carry an extra load......

5 comments:

Heather said...: what a beautiful picture! just what i needed today. hope you have a wonderful birthday!!!; November 15, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Anonymous said...: Happy Birthday!!! Don't freeze those piggies!; November 15, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Anonymous said...: uh....the piggies comment above was from me - Sylv; November 15, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Nina said...: A Birthday poem I write for you
As you turn sixty six
Joys and Laughter be yours today
Let numbers take some licks

As Garfield said on days of old
"Age is a matter of mind"
"If you don't mind it doesn't matter"
His words are quite a find

So live your life as best you can
For this is what I say...
On Birthdays when age is felt
"It's only a day older than yesterday?"

Happy Birthday!!
Celebrate as if you're 9 years old!
Blessings to you and yours.
Love and Light, Nina P; November 15, 2009 at 5:48 PM
el poquito said...: Birthday?! 66?! Happy, happy birthday, Mary! Glad to see you're still acting young and foolish!

much love, much happy, much more birthdays!
xo-e; November 15, 2009 at 6:51 PM

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Tarzan?......why tarzan?

As noted in my profile, I was diagnosed with follicular non hodgkins lymphoma on November 30th, 2007. We were on a trip to the grand canyon area when I first became sick and noticed a lump on the side of my neck. Following an exam, many tests, and a surgical biopsy, I learned that for now I have a very slow growing lymphoma and over the years they have learned that immediate treatment will not change the outcome.

This is very different from when my Mother died of it in 1976. At the time hers was discovered in 1971, they saturated her with radiation over a 5 year period of time. Since then they now know that since it is not curable anyway, they would rather keep the patient off of treatment as long as possible. The modern terminology for this is "watch and wait".

At the time I have no further symptoms that I can not live with. I am low on energy, but part of that can be contributed to just age! Though I have some damaged veins in my neck due to the surgery, the nodes in that area come and go and have not caused any concern yet.

Watch and wait is NOT an easy way to live, we know the lymphoma will flare up again some day, so that tends to keep one aware of any changes. Of course I worry and of course I have problems with stress. However; since I look to my oncologist for guidance and rely on his wisdom, I am following his suggestion of pretending to be like Tarzan....... Tarzan in the movies who, while swinging through the jungle, always had a vine to grab as he was going from tree to tree. My oncologist has assured me over and over again that the vine would be there when I need it. As I grab one vine, another will be growing for me as I move through the jungle.

He explained to me that research and improvements in treatments are growing at a rate that is nearly faster than the growth of my cancer.

The message for all FNHL cancer patients, is to become "tarzan" like..... go ahead and climb that tree, stay alert, live life, and when you to need to reach out for that vine it WILL be there! As will the next one, and the next one, and the next one. Go ahead and swing through life and do it with confidence..... As with everything, there is so much more to the story, and so much more to life than cancer.

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