Last Sunday's sermon was based on the Beatitude--Blessed are those who Mourn. I didn't follow it as well as I should have but I think one idea from it was that when Dr. Davis thought about those funerals he led in his early career, he mostly remembered the faces at the potluck lunches afterwards. Comfort comes through others who go along side us.In the last day or two, we have received several emails and calls and texts from friends asking how we are doing and when will the radiation start. That helps--knowing that others care about us. We have seen all three of our children and their spouses (partner) this week. We need our friends (and family) and I hope we have been friends to others in their need.
Meanwhile, this past week Jim had two preparatory appointments with UCA (Urology Care Alliance) at two different locations and now there will be one more this next week. Finally, the daily radiation will start on February 17 at 3:10 pm. If we had it to do over, I think we would have skipped Florida and gotten started sooner because now it won't be over until mid-April which seems so far off. We are impatient but need to be thankful for the caution that is taken with all these appointments. And we don't know what the lasting effects of the treatment already done and the radiation will be. So we have to be patient and hope for the best and try to enjoy the present.
Jim continues to be strong and accepting. I am not as strong and accepting as he is and find myself crying too often. I hope that next summer we can say that this is over and there is NED-no evidence of disease--and that we are back where we were before cancer entered our lives.
