“Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change – this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.” – Bruce Barton Pain – yes. Aches – yes. Broken sleep – yes. Its going to be a quick one […]
“Are you thinking what I’m thinking that I think that you’re thinking I’m thinking because if you think that I think what I think I’m thinking then we’ve got a problem?“ – Unknown Nausea is the flavour of the night and day. Woke on several occasions either feeling ill or in pain. Meds don’t seem to […]
“The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.” – Unknown 3 am and all feels sick! Yep the Chemo is at work yet again. Waking wanting to hurl everywhere, but manage to restrain myself.It takes a while too calm down too. And I get back […]
“How is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person? ” -François Duc de La Rochefoucauld You know you’re in pain when you wake up in tears and go to […]
“Last night the creative juices were flowing but today I am merely a vast wasteland of random thoughts.” – Peckeroy Terrible time getting to sleep last night as feeling yuck with the Chemo. Bloody stuff is out to get me this time round. Guess it had to come though as they say I have been […]
“If you don’t think every day is a good day, just try missing one.” – Cavett Robert Well the Chemo kicked in early. By 12am I was reaching and struggling to get to sleep. By 2:20am I manage to dose off. At 2:45am Lachlan woke with a nightmare, so awake again. Managed to get back […]
Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am in a thousand winds that blow, I am the softly falling snow. I am the gentle showers of rain, I am the fields of ripening grain. I am in the morning hush, I am in the graceful […]
“The secret to being happy is having a good sense of humour and a dirty mind.” – Unknown Nice sound sleep for 6 hours, but woke up at 5:30am ready for the day – just straight wide awake. Make a cup of tea and take my meds – head and body feeling OK today, which […]
“You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.” – Zig Ziglar Another day in paradise! Not! Quiet night in hospital, probably due to the drugs. They gave me one last night that would make you drowsy and relax you. Finally went to sleep about midnight then woke […]
“When I want your opinion, I’ll remove the duct tape.“ – unknown Short and sweet today as in hospital tonight and they’re coming to take me away soon. To a CT scan that is! Had a terrible time last night with tremors and the likes so got bugger all sleep anyway and the pain was […]