I has been an interesting two days.  So many good things and one crazy thing.

One good thing is that I am still feeling pretty good.  And eating is getting easier, though I really have to think about what sounds good.

I am continually touched by the kindness of friends.  I keep finding things left on my front porch and have received so many cards and notes.

I have been missing my Tuesday golf days with my friends and yesterday they were having a luncheon after their golf.  I'm so glad I got to go and visit with the fun ladies I have gotten to know through playing golf.  They totally surprised me with a beautiful gift bag full of things to help get through these chemo treatments.  They obviously know something about what is needed as you can see from the gifts!  I have to laugh about the sudoku book.  I know that one of the things that combats chemo brain is brain games.  I have done a few sudoku puzzles, but I am definitely a word game person.  So that book will certainly be a challenge.

Another kindness that happened yesterday was this delicious delivery - from our bank of all places!  The fruit has tasted so good when many other things have not.

The crazy thing that happened yesterday was that my lower back muscles started going into spasms.  I have never had back problems before and it was so painful.  There was not one way I could stand, sit or lay that they did not hurt.  I finally took 2 Aleve and that calmed the muscles.  I could move without pain and was able to get comfortable and sleep.  When I talked to the nurse this morning, she had never heard of that being a side effect.  It is just one more strange thing my body is doing to cope with all that is going on with me.

It is so easy to get caught up in your own struggles and not think about what is going on around you.  Yesterday as I visited with friends, it made me realize how blessed I really am.  There is a treatment for this cancer and I will come out of it at the end with renewed health.  I think of my sister who is the long-term caregiver for her diabetic husband.  And my friend whose husband is battling Parkinson's disease for which there is no cure.  Or another friend whose husband suffers mini-strokes that affect his brain function.  Perspective is an interesting thing that can change from one moment to the next.  I hope I can maintain the proper perspective!

This quote was in the little book of inspirational thoughts that was in my gift bag.

"Life is not the way it's supposed to be.  It's the way it is.  The way you cope with it is what makes the difference."   Virginia Satir

So I am grateful for these things today.

-Drugs that can kill cancer and drugs that help fight the side effects.

-Prayer and blessings. I am so grateful that Ken uses his priesthood to bless me.

-Foods that taste good!

-Renewed perspective.