ONE STEP FORWARD…
The past seven days have been one hell of a week. So many good moments, but the elephant in the room hasn’t gone far away.
- Our marketing/business plan is finally taking shape. We feel optimistic about the future for the first time in years.
- I have been signed off as cancer-free from the hospital. The last five years have seemed like an awfully long time.
- I had to have a tooth removed, something I dreaded, for the last one had to be chopped out in four pieces! The new dentist turned out to be a genius, it was all over in five minutes!
- The re-edit of SPB is going well, with a lot of help from the paid version of Grammarly. Amazing job!
- We found out that our local garden centre is open, so we had to go. On one of the coldest days too, so not a good move…
AND TWO STEPS BACK…
- It might be a long time before we are ready to start any serious marketing. There seems to be so much to do first!
- I don’t feel so confident now I am supposed to be cancer-free. Supposing it’s just waiting to make a comeback?
- Turns out that the new dentist has feet of clay after all. He managed to badly mangle my bottom lip, something I knew nothing about until the anaesthetic wore off. It is very sore and is stopping me from enjoying anything!
- Right in the middle of editing, an error message turned up, halting the proceedings. Microsoft Office was apparently broken. I had to google the problem and then perform a repair. You couldn’t make it up, could you?
- This one is not really a step back, but I did pick up some lovely seeds, some I have been meaning to grow for some time…
Cannot wait to start gardening!
I’m supposedly cancer-free too, so I think it’s just a case of enjoying being free from treatments and take each day as it comes.
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That’s exactly right, Stevie…
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Plant those seeds Jaye and watch them grow (not all day of course, you can take a few minutes off). As they grow, die, and regrow again you’ll notice as time passes that the cancer is slowly forgotten and you have the chance to regain control of your own life again. Well done on the five-year milestone. Keep well.
Huge Hugs
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I can forget about it most of the time, but every year when it’s time to be checked, it all comes back again. Now there will be no more checks, so the memory can fade…
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There is certainly lots of promise mixed in there, Jaye!
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We are finally getting our act together!
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Yay!!!
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The one step forward has ‘the big stuff’, where the two steps back may be more worry than what will happen. Best to you on your journey ahead! Cancer free is joyous!
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I am very lucky!
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That is the BEST news, Magnify it, praise it, indulge in it. I lost three dear friends years ago: one under thirty, and two under sixty. All with so much to live for. Celibrate! xx
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I am grateful, Joy but with everything that’s going on, I can’t help worrying!
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I get the lip crush every time. I wish they would figure that out. Best wishes, Jaye. I am also Cancer-free for five years. I try not to look back but agree it is hard sometimes. 😊
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Strange, how we discover we have more in common than we knew…
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Yes more than we knew. I just postponed ny dentist visit until June so I will not be able to share a crushed lip (Till june) but I can share cancer free for sure.
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Such a great club to belong to, John…
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Hahaha. Do we get a shirt?
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Great idea!
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😁 Here’s my suggested wording “Smashed lips and still kicking.”
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I like it! but if the pain doesn’t stop soon, I know who I’ll be kicking…
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😂
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Oh, I’ve had the ‘lip-mangle’ thing happen – not fun! 😦 … congratulations on those seeds! 🙂 … five years cancer-free, Yay!!! 😀
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Am I too old to feel like Superwoman?
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Never!!! 😀
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I thought so!
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