Category Archives: hope

a good day

27 Thursday Aug 2009

Posted by in health & happiness, home, hope

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Tuesday was a kind of “transition” day after getting back from holidays, which also included dealing with the plumber till about 4pm. So yesterday it was time to get started organising my life again. As I had a rather long to-do list I decided to skip the gym and get out first thing in order to get as much done before it got too HOT (my gym membership is for mornings only 8.30-2.00). I also had to get back in time for three appointments to show the two available rooms next door, which were starting around 1 o’clock. It seemed like a typical busyish day and I certainly wasn’t expecting everything to turn out as well as it did…

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holiday az

23 Sunday Aug 2009

Posted by in cancer, change, health & happiness, holidays, hope, travel, trips

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holiday az

This is my last full day of my holidays and I realised I haven’t posted even one holiday photo of me (other than my feet). So this is one that Nog took yesterday evening as we were sitting on the rooftop bar having cocktails and waiting to watch the sunset.

Nog got here yesterday morning and is going back to Seville later on today, and Agustín will be coming to pick me up tomorrow afternoon to take me home. It’s sure been an interesting ten days and I’ve had a really nice break, but I am quite looking forward to snibbling my boys tomorrow and also getting into my new routine. After all this time being sick I feel I’m more than ready to take my life back from cancer and start working on all the projects that have been on hold for so long.

Sure did love my holidays though. It’s the best August I’ve ever had!

Thanks again to everyone who made this summer of healing possible.

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on solitude…

18 Tuesday Aug 2009

Posted by in books & writing, change, chemo, fitness, food & drink, friends, health & happiness, holidays, hope, internet, life stuff, travel, trips, yoga

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cat at the beach

Yesterday I read this article called Can You Handle 24 Hours of Solitude? … and I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t be able to do this. In fact, it’s taken some time to get used to being alone on holiday here in Zahara. I know some of you think this is like a dream come true, but I came here not just to spend some time at the beach and take care of Mini – it was also a personal challenge. I really wasn’t sure how I’d feel being on my own for a whole ten days. And now it’s day four …

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antioxidant drinks

27 Monday Jul 2009

Posted by in cancer, change, food & drink, home, hope

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my smoothie

Look what I found on Saturday!

I was actually looking for harissa paste in the gourmet shop at Corte Inglés (no luck) when I spotted these drinks in one of the coolers. One is mostly blueberry, the other acai berry. Have only tasted the former so far and it’s delicious. So I’m going to start alternating these with my blueberry & yoghurt smoothies in order to maintain a good daily level of antioxidants in my diet. Other diet changes will be coming in August, once I am done with the chemo. The drinks are kind of expensive, but so are fresh blueberries (cannot find frozen ones here at all).

blueberries

I reckon I’m worth it.  🙂

[photo updated to include pomegranate smoothie]

summer holidays

01 Wednesday Jul 2009

Posted by in cancer, change, chemo, fitness, friends, health & happiness, holidays, home, hope, life stuff, naps, tapas, yoga

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SummerSun

I proclaim today as the beginning of my summer holidays!

Back when I mentioned my need to take some Time Out there were still several matters to attend to and get organised before I felt I could really relax and focus on taking some quality healing time. So most of June was spent “taking care of business” and getting through some pretty rough chemo. To wit, I have also decided that I’m done with the infusions and won’t be taking the sixth one. If they let me I’ll still do the sixth round of chemo mid-July, but only taking the dreaded Xeloda, which has a slightly less toxic effect on me. After the last infusion I got a very clear message from my body that it was DONE with that shit and really couldn’t take any more. And since my last PET scan was clear, I think I can take my body’s advice on that.

So for the next two months it’s going to be all about healing, yoga, long walks, healthy diet, cats, friends and – most importantly – taking time to breathe. I also have a few projects to work on, but just poco á poco when I feel up to it. And Nog & I want to get casa az de-cluttered and set up so we can both work here in comfort come September.

What will you be doing this summer?