The week atrted with the amazing news that led to the Euphoria post. What can top that for the beginning of a week?
Attended two sessions at the Wellspring centre. The first has to do with Brain Fog, the second Q-Gong.
Brain Fog
It turns out that Brain Fog is not restricted to chemo patients. We all have [...]

I found myself being really short tempered for a couple of weeks. It seemed to pass once the Neulasta kicked in. Maybe there was a connection?
The effects of life on the brain and emotions is staggering. I am not sure if those are the right expressions, but it seems you sometimes have little control for [...]

This has probably been the most difficult week since my operation. And that is saying plenty. Remember the wagging fingers letting me know in no uncertain terms that I had a major operation. Time heals all, and memories fade, specially memories of things that are hard to comprehend or come to terms with.
The first few [...]

I am sorry to report right from the start, that I did not take pictures. I am disappointed. The opportunity almost presented itself, but I was not able to explain why I wanted to take them. More on that further down.
The mood in the room was light and very positive. Only three others showed up, [...]

We had Art Therapy today. Must be Wednesday.
Three people from last week did not show up, two new people showed up. Except they are not new since the moderator and one of the participants know them. Hey, how are you, long time. And so on. This is a safe place after all. Five women and [...]

Tomorrow is Halloween.
To celebrate or not?
We celebrate every year. Make a production of it. I usually carve multiple pumpkins, some with two faces. Takes a lot of patience to carve all these faces and make them unique and scary. It is fun and well worth the effort.
The second Halloween in our current house was a [...]

One of the recurring themes is where my inner strength to cope with this is coming from. It is a good question, the answer to which has eluded me.
I attended a Relaxation and Visualisation session at Wellspring this afternoon. There were six of us in the room at various stages of the journey. The session [...]