Life Trekking

I told the nurse at the cancer center where I am receiving chemotherapy treatments that when I lay my head on the pillow at night my hair hurts. She said that was normal because the hair follicles were dying. When I first started this process, the first question I asked was, “Will I lose my hair.” I was hoping there was some statistics that would be encouraging, maybe not everyone loses their hair, but no they simple said, “Yes, you will lose your hair.” Then when I asked how soon this will occur they said within one week of the first treatment. However, after two weeks I thought I had beaten the odds. I had already prepared for the worst by cutting my hair to match the wig I bought. Then I woke one morning to a pillow full of hair and realized it was happening. God makes a statement that seems like a promise in Matthew 10:30 it says, “The very hairs of your head are numbered.” When you are going through the loss of your hair this statement brings hope and joy knowing that y...

You have to have a sense of humor when you are battling sickness. Last night my husband got up from bed for a snack and since I was having trouble sleeping I told him to reach in the apple cookie jar where I keep all my medicines and bring me a sleeping pill from the bag marked "for sleep.". A few minutes later he comes back to the bedroom carrying an apple and asks, "You wanted an apple?" "No honey," said I trying not to laugh, "In the apple cookie jar bring the bag that says "for sleep". A few minutes later he comes back with the cookie jar, "It's not in here." So I look and he is right, its not in there. So I gave up and laid down trying to figure out where I put that bag. A few minutes later he comes back with the bag having found it in the lid of the cookie jar. That's when I remember the cookie is so full of meds, I had to hide some in the lid in order to close the jar. Funny stuff.