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Monthly Archives: June 2009

pan pipes from hell

25 Thursday Jun 2009

Posted by azahar in music, weird, yoga

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panpipesAs usual I raced into yoga class yesterday just as it was starting, with everyone lying on their backs and doing a little deep breathing and relaxing. It wasn’t until I’d lain down and got comfortable that I noticed a rather drastic change in the usual music. I thought to myself … could this really be Unchained Melody being played on pan pipes? It was. And it got worse. Next up was Feelings and I almost sat up and asked our instructor Ana if this was some sort of joke or what. By the time the third song started we were well into the “sun greeting” and as a group we all groaned. I mean, it was ABBA fer crying out loud. On pan pipes! At which point Ana fessed up that she’d left her music at home and had borrowed a couple of  “easy listening” CDs from the gym. And as the pan pipes crescendoed into the chorus of Chiquitita  (aiiyayaiiyaiiii) we all burst out laughing and sniggered our way through the rest of the our first routine.

After which Ana put on the second CD, which was more typical easy listening stuff … Pachelbel’s Canon, Enya, etc.

But for awhile it had been like doing yoga in the world’s largest elevator. 🙂

for now…

24 Wednesday Jun 2009

Posted by azahar in cancer, chemo, health & happiness, hope, hospitals, rants

≈ 26 Comments

time

… I seem to be on the mend.

After I got my pre-chemo bloodwork done yesterday morning I stopped by to see Ricardo (of The Team, and head of nuclear medicine). He told me that my latest PET scan had come back normal, that there was no sign of the two tumours they had seen in March. I’ll find out today when I talk to Dr Ana what they have in mind for further treatment, but it will probably mean completing the last two rounds of chemo, and after that …

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how independent are you?

23 Tuesday Jun 2009

Posted by azahar in quizzes

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Your Independence Level: High


You are extremely self reliant and autonomous.

You are definitely into doing your own thing.

But you also wouldn’t turn down help if you needed it.

You follow your own path, but you don’t do so blindly.

How Independent Are You?

summer solstice christmas

22 Monday Jun 2009

Posted by azahar in culture, food & drink, friends, health & happiness, hope, restaurants, sevilla

≈ 9 Comments

manolo leon lunch

Yesterday was Susan’s last Sunday in Sevilla and she treated me to this fabulously decadent lunch at Manolo León. Some of you may remember that after the erroneous second prognosis last October, when I was told that I maybe had a year to live, we (Nog, Pablo & I) went to Manolo León for a “post-prognosis party” in order to, well, eat like there was no tomorrow and get shit-faced. And so it was nice to go back there under more pleasant circumstances.

Yesterday was also the summer solstice, which ended up feeling a bit like Christmas…

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another month!

21 Sunday Jun 2009

Posted by azahar in cancer, chemo, friends, health & happiness, home, hope, hospitals, yoga

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july 2009
Two down, one to go (well okay, one & a half …)

So okay, remember last week when I told you the wonderful news about my friend “Bob” very generously sending me a donation that was enough to see me through a whole month, so I could spend that time focusing on healing and getting through the chemo? Well, guess what? I have just been given another month!

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