Hey All! Back from nowhere, and everywhere. Hamster wheel of doctor visits, consultations, refusals, denials, outrageous co-pays and, yea - pain, just all the time. New stuff - seems that my left hip is just gonna be a problem, along with my shoulders/neck region and lower rib cage. whatthehell? I say. However, all that being said I have been referred to a closer pain management (love that label. ah, the irony) doctor, only 1 hour away, not 2; but then I find that a friend takes her husband to a doctor in the same complex and needs someone to help her drive, so...maybe there was a bigger reason for me to drive 2 hours for a 10 minute consult. Hmmm, remains to be seen. In God's hands as always.

Still, I find there is always a reason to be grateful. We prayed at Bible Study for the Syrian Refugees and were told that two-thirds of them are women and children, I didn't know that. Words cannot really express how I feel about all that and politics aside I still find that compassion almost always rules me. Good thing I guess. I'm going with my friend to her 4th chemo infusion this Tuesday and this medication seems to be going well. Her numbers are down and almost normal and the side effects are ok. I can say that, after all, it's not me losing my hair. I can say it would be alright with me, but inside I'm still vain. I look at my scarred and misshapen breasts and am glad to be alive and non cancerous. Yea, it really is a day in Paradise. Our worst days may be better than somebody else's best. Peace to you all. "Tomorrow's another day and I'm thirsty anyway. So, bring on the rain."