I miss her since she passed, but I feel her with us often...especially these days. I am sorry, Mom, that I forgot to heed your warning. I remember your colon issues. Ahhhhhh these pesky colons. Do you know THEY refer to it as your 2nd brain? There is a hidden but powerful brain in the gut known as the enteric nervous system. Having a gut reaction? FASCINATING!!! Anyway, I am really respecting what I have left of mine these days! Thank god its all working :)
......Am I off on a wild tangent this week or what?!!
Mothers Day was so special. Cece flew up from Encinitas and Nikki was back from her fabulous week in LA. We all celebrated with a DELIGHTFUL and DELICIOUS dinner at Cafe Mahjaic in the rural town of Lotus. Located on the American River in the old General Store, the space was converted into a quaint dining room. They make regular trips to the Bay Area for fresh fish and everything else is organic, farm to table, superb and artistic. It is time-intensive to prepare such meals so have your conversation art honed for the evening. We all had a great visit and dinner. Also be sure to make reservations. It is a small and popular "secret" spot :)
OK, two chemo treatments down and I was ready for Round 3.....but more on that later. The 2nd treatment was much like the first. Yucky. It SUCKS...I won't lie. I am not good for much around the house for a good 7-10 days...however, this time I did discover the wonderful world of cold-pressed JUICE!!! My always-resourceful daughter found a website/blog called the "Chemo Diet" (http://thechemodiet.blogspot.com) which describes the stages that your body goes through with chemo treatment and prescribes juices that can help your body to deal with each stage. For example, in the first stage, right after treatment, your body is working super-hard to detoxify. Spinach, celery, cabbage, lemon juices are helpful to cleanse the blood and detoxify. There are 5 more juices for the next stages. I tolerated the juices well and I think they helped. I definitely had less mouth sore problems.
We also found a local wholesale source for wheatgrass and fresh yummy sprouts. We have a whole lot of great food happening here!!!
So, I was ready for Round 3 but received a last minute phone call from the doctors that my white blood cell count was too low (WBC). I had to go back for another blood test lickity split. This one was a good one, but the delay caused me to be bumped from the infusion center schedule. It is very sad to see how booked that place is. So I am scheduled to resume chemo on Wed. Honestly, these few extra days off to just feel normal and GOOD are such a blessing. I also have an appointment with the oncologist tomorrow so we'll find out MORE of what it all means. Meanwhile, I'm going to yoga!
Thanks again everyone for all your support and encouragement. I love hearing from you. It truly lifts my spirits and lets me know that I am not in this alone. Someone sent me this analogy, which I really love and use..... "you will soon look back on this as a mere tough climb on your bike that you then coasted down from to some secure, flat and lovely territory!" YES!!!! I love that! And so it is!!!!
BIG Love and hugs to you all.
xoxo
coco
good to hear from you Colette! Hang in there! Yes, your mom looks very cool with her hip sunglasses! I lost my mom too and know that she is near. she is always with you as we are all one!
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Chris