I’ve finally stepped out of the shadow of despair and into the autumn gloom, quite an upgrade for my frame of mind. If I’ve learned anything from this cancerous ordeal is that I really don’t have the liberty of indulging in some extended stay in a pit of self indulgent pity. Wow, poor me and all those other individuals with terminal disease (like my cool father-in-law). I stand in some mighty fine company and should be honored for all the cool company I have on this leg of the journey.
Finally, I called the office where I once worked and made some tentative arrangements to say good‑bye, which seemed impossible a mere 24 hours ago. Personally I think that ‘closure’ is one of those thera-speak agenda items, but this seemed to be necessary to do. Again, I can’t thank my wife Elaine for keeping that channel open and badgering me enough to stop being argumentative and acquiesce to one of life’s simple requests, “Ain’t it about time for you to get off your chemo’ed skinny ass and participate?”
My request to my dearly beloved readership of 5 is that you direct all those good vibes you’ve been sending my way to include my loving father-in-law as well, the cancer demon has been overly active as of late.
More to follow…
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