Real

This is a real snowflake...see the extraordinary precision of this never to be duplicated flake?  I'm marveling at the extraordinary precision with which my radiation and chemo treatments are done; never to be duplicated. Another human being will never have this same exact cancer, in precisely the same size and location. In fact each member of my new family has his/her own unique cancer monster...each treatment, although 'standard' is also unique.  The fact that God has given mankind the knowledge to battle cancers is so awesome to me!

I've spent quite a bit of today sleeping; the pain meds tend to knock me out. It might be effects from the radiation or perhaps simply that my bad back is acting up; either way, hot showers, moist heating pads and/or cold packs are off-limits for the next 5 weeks.  I'll see if there's something else available to alleviate this pain.  I've been praising God for the pain; it's something I learned to do after my last tractor-trailer wreck.  Being able to feel pain is a real gift, yes, I said a gift!  There are many others who cannot feel pain because they are paralyzed and that presents it's own set of life challenges.  I found that by being thankful to feel pain made it somehow less a burden to handle.

And now I toddle off to bed leaving you with this thought:
"Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead."
-- Louisa May Alcott

~Sleep well!~