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dlw78216 70F
1267 posts
4/8/2005 12:56 pm

Last Read:
3/5/2006 9:29 pm

fire and rain


today i sat in the ob/gyn's office, awaiting news about this ovarian cancer concern. i listened to him comfort someone who was dealing with breast cancer. the walls are paper-thin....i wasn't trying to eaves drop. and then he talked to me. he doesn't like what he is seeing and i will have more tests/biopsies this coming wednesday. he looked tired and i realized being an ob/gyn is not all happy deliveries of babies...sometimes it is unpleasant deliveries of bad news.

i sat in my car...trying to calm down and trying not to cry. there are these brief moments of overwhelming self pity that can't wait to dig their claws into me....i already have a brain disease, can you please cut me some slack? poor, poor pitiful me. and then i shake it off and start the car and go on with living.

i ended up at the starbuck's in my favorite bookstore....sipping hot tea and studying magazines of hairstyles...and laughing at how furious i will be if i end up with cancer and chemo and my hair falls out...because i finally have grown it past my ears! and then one of the employees brought me over a rice krispie marshmallow treat in a to-go bag....he told me i looked like i needed a rice krispie treat (he knows i am addicted to all things marshmallow)....and suddenly, things looked better.

i haven't eaten the treat...it's still in it's bag on my counter...but just looking at it makes me feel....i don't know....very, very grateful. and hungry.

sleeplessinchgo 71F

4/8/2005 2:40 pm

I cannot offer you any kinder, sweeter words than my fellow sff family members here, so instead, I offer you this:

Angels Watch

May the angels keep you till morning.
May they guide you through the night.
May they comfort all your sorrows.
May they help you win the fight.

May they keep watch on your soul.
May they show you better ways.
May they guard you while you're sleeping.
May they see you through your days.

May they show you new hopes.
May they still your every doubt.
May they calm your every fear.
May they hear you when you shout.

May the angels keep you till morning.
More than this I cannot pray.
And if the angels ever fail you.
Then may God be there that day.

You are in my prayers Debra.


sleeplessinchgo 71F

4/8/2005 2:41 pm

Oh, and P.S. Is this your missing bloggy? If so, then eureka, I have found it!


Mature512 70M

4/8/2005 2:51 pm

Eat the Krispie, it will make you feel better, if it doesn't have the desired effect go out and buy another, two Krispies are better than one.
We are all with you and thinking of you tonight.


BayFabulous 79F

4/8/2005 4:08 pm

I can't think of a thing to add, dlw, but to echo Mature512: you are in our thoughts tonight. Take comfort. Marla


nemo51 72F

4/8/2005 4:12 pm

DLW.Eat the damn rice krispie treat and enjoy. You deserve it!!!! Please know you are in my thoughts and prayers. Stay strong and keep blogging.


eastmountains 80F

4/8/2005 7:14 pm

May God Bless you and hold you in his arms. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Barb


drew2 76F
2784 posts
4/9/2005 4:24 am

our thoughts are with you always. you have a wonderful attitude & sense of humor. that goes a long way. keep posting.


Shartaun03 81F
6243 posts
4/9/2005 12:49 pm

DLW sorry to hear about your health scare. That is not an easy thing to face. I have lost a couple of friends to cancer and know what they went through..keep the faith and look at each day as the best day of your life. "I am choosing my future by what I do now"....Shartaun