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    Ginger - you may have seen this...if not, for you:l:l

    The Rainbow Bridge
    inspired by a Norse legend
    By the edge of a woods, at the foot of a hill,
    Is a lush, green meadow where time stands still.
    Where the friends of man and woman do run,
    When their time on earth is over and done.

    For here, between this world and the next,
    Is a place where each beloved creature finds rest.
    On this golden land, they wait and they play,
    Till the Rainbow Bridge they cross over one day.

    No more do they suffer, in pain or in sadness,
    For here they are whole, their lives filled with gladness.
    Their limbs are restored, their health renewed,
    Their bodies have healed, with strength imbued.

    They romp through the grass, without even a care,
    Until one day they start, and sniff at the air.
    All ears prick forward, eyes dart front and back,
    Then all of a sudden, one breaks from the pack.

    For just at that instant, their eyes have met;
    Together again, both person and pet.
    So they run to each other, these friends from long past,
    The time of their parting is over at last.

    The sadness they felt while they were apart,
    Has turned into joy once more in each heart.
    They embrace with a love that will last forever,
    And then, side-by-side, they cross over? together.
    “The only courage you will ever need is the courage to live the life you want"

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      SL, Thank you for that. Today was much better. I still look for my girl at every turn but I known with time that will get better.

      MHP, Hope you are doing okay. Thinking about you!

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        That's beautiful SL.

        Take care Ginger.

        All the best with this round Happs. :l

        'I am part of all that I have met, yet all experience is an arch wherethro', gleams that untravelled world whose margins fade, forever and forever when I move'

        Zen soul Warrior. Freedom today-

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          So lovely SL. Thank you for sharing it. I hope each day gives you peace Ginger x

          Hello Mr G, good to see you!

          Treatment today went well, they plugged around a little to try and find a vein in my hand, I still don't want a portacath put in. So we'll just see how it goes. Slept from the Phenergan and then after when I came home but all good now. And having to eat. It helps me with my sea legs!

          Thanks everyone again for the good wishes here and by pm. You are all very cool x

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            MHP, I''m glad that your treatment went well. I'm so sorry about the port thing. My sis finally had to have the port toward the end of her treatments. She hated that it was there but was glad when it made starting the chemo so much less painful. Sending you healing thoughts and a big cyber hug.

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              Morning! and it is a brilliant morning. Can't believe how well I feel. The Taxol is a different thing altogether than the AC. I don't have the after feel of the chemical skin or the taste in my mouth. I'm hoping (crossing all bits here) that I can start to get back to a healthier eating pattern but I'm not going to do that overnight, just ODAT. And while I had the Dex yesterday as part of my treatment I don't have to have the follow up tablets, so hopefully the shakes will be less.

              I'm glad you wrote that about your sister Ginge. The decision to have a port is a big one for me but not having it does make the start of each session harder. I'll have a bit of a think about it this week, a part of me just doesn't want to "give" on this point.

              I have a friend picking me up this morning to take me for some reflexology. My husband is home and going to be making a lot of noise working on our home renovation so its good timing I think!

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                Glad you woke up feeling good and that you are getting out for awhile. Enjoy your day!

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                  You sound serene MHP - I am glad things seem to be going ok.
                  I am sure the port is a huge decision, and one that I hopefully don't have to make - but as a health care professional, they really do work and can make things so very much easier. If you can see it as an assistance in your treatment rather than an acknowledgement of what is happening to you, it might be a good thing for you? Maybe not "giving" but you could "take"??
                  Hi Ginge - hope you are travelling thru your grief journey and the happy memories are becoming stronger and your pain is easing....
                  Hi G!!
                  “The only courage you will ever need is the courage to live the life you want"

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                    I'll have a think about it SL. Won't give up without a fight...haha...there you go. The "give" word again....I've got some more thinking to do I see!

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                      Thinking about you, Miss MHP!

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                        Thinking of you too Ginger. And all the rest of you!

                        Had a really lovely relaxing weekend. I'm getting mentally restless wanting to do things but just having to take it easy. Bonus is not feeling sick, there has definitely been a lift in my lethargy since the start of the new chemo. Only side effect so far seems to be the aches in my joints, wrists and knees mostly. I can blame the knee aches on the weight I've put on since I started treatment, the wrists though? will ask this week.

                        Beautiful blue sky here but quite windy, seeing out August and can't wait for some Spring sunshine. hope everyone is well and keeping active. I want some yoga updates!

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                          I'm still loving yoga, Happy! In fact, I just made a tote bag for my mat and one for my DIL, also.

                          I'm so glad you're feeling generally better.

                          I've recently learned of a form of meditation that is directed more towards integrating your mind and ailing body rather than working to separate. I haven't explored too much about it but find it interesting.

                          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmn0Z7TuZzk&list=UU2BOZgzwHW8vH-zfbxyE8GA[/video]]Mindfulness of Sensations with Loving Kindness - YouTube
                          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7QS1BwABVA[/video]]Five-Point Instruction for Mindfulness Meditation Part 1 - YouTube
                          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KIZMor54mw[/video]]Five-Point Instruction for Mindfulness Meditation Part 2 - YouTube

                          Are you familiar with this?
                          Hope you have a great week! Love, NS

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                            Sounding good MHP. My girls go back to school Wed - wonder if I will actually start yoga then. Had an appt with a gyn (all tests are fine glad to say), got a lecture on not exercising - feel that yoga would be so much better for me than the gym...
                            Hi NS - glad to see you....said hi on another thread, but that one moves so quickly that I just can't keep up...
                            Hi Ginger - hope you are doing well
                            “The only courage you will ever need is the courage to live the life you want"

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                              Thanks Haps for starting this thread,
                              I am struggling at the moment. The good news is that the mice have gone!! My neighbours and I had problems, but that has been dealt with. A man and his son appeared, like something out of a Dickens novel, and sorted it out.

                              Bad/sad news is that my scar has never healed, from where the implant was removed, constantly oozes gunk and bleeds. Usually go to the hospital two times a week about that. (Sometimes it is an infection sometimes not). The chemo nurses reckon it will not heal during chemotherapy, this is a drag as it means I can't bath or shower properly as I have to keep it dry.

                              My mum has terminal liver cancer and only got a few months to live ..... (I feel utterly gutted about this).

                              Have had one chemotherapy session, found the dexamethasone steroids for anti sickness made me very ill, you say (way back in this thread they gave you the shakes) they caused me to kick my legs at night pretty solidly for three consecutive nights. Also they caused a rash and burning skin.

                              Have found chemo tough. Lost a lot of confidence.

                              Feel very low , I will continue to lie low but thanks for this thread and Ginger thank you too for being such a good mate, sorry I did not reply to pm but I stopped replying to everything. I probably won't post again for ages as I feel I need to process everything that is happening to me but thanks Haps for this thread and thanks Ginger for being so kind xx
                              New life started on 1st May 2014, One day at a time I will work at continuing it forever!

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                                DD love. I feel like an emoticon hug is just not enough right now. I've been thinking of you and I wish you strength and hope. The dex is a bugger of a drug and it sounds like you are being hammered from all angles physically and now with your mum too.

                                I hope you can keep in touch, I know those days when you feel so low you just cant get your head up. I have honestly felt coming here has helped me move through that feeling, but you must take your own path in this, no one else can do it for you. I've found a stubborn part of me that won't give in and will not be afraid and just typing here makes it stronger. Even on the low days.

                                I wish you and your mum love and light xx Haps

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