This is day 14 of taking the Arimidex hormone blocker medication; and I am t i r e d……..I don’t know if it’s the med or the weather in Seattle. It’s pouring down rain and cold. Some of the harshest weather I have seen here.
I have to take this stuff for five years. The side effects can be nausea, vomiting, osteoporosis – fractures, hair loss and a mirade of other things. But I guess it is a lot better than being dead, or having a re occurrence of cancer. Its blocks estrogen and progesterone which are running a muck in my body and nobody seems to know why but they know they can stop it with this medicine. Okay. The analyst in me wants to know the cause, in addition to the cure. Hmm.
The younger generation has come up with a new buzzword. It’s called shitstorm. I cringed when I heard this the first time. Oh, my what could that refer to? Well I guess it refers to when your life basically goes to the crapper.
Everybody’s life has something. I am coming to accept this. I don’t feel like writing today, or being witty. So I can choose to be positive.
Hey I was listening to this Harvard Professor on Channel 9, Shawn Achor teach a class on happiness. He said if you cannot make smile, put a pencil cross ways in your mouth and bite down on it. It has the same effect on the brain as a smile. It’s suppose to give you the chemicals that make you happy. So if you see me sitting around with a pencil in my mouth, you know I am reaching for the stars. I will put a link at the bottom here to his You Tube video. Its pretty good.
Life is all about Plan B – so I am compiling Plan B. Plan A didn’t work out, so I must find the courage and strength to go to the backup plan.
Today I am thankful. I think I will go back to the cozy couch and pull the blankets on, and just do this moment. Remember this is the moment that you have. I am so aware of this moment now.
I have a favorite quote from James Allen: “The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn; the bird sleeps in the egg; and in the highest vision of the soul, a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of reality.”
Bonnie – I promise to entertain you more tomorrow, or at least inform.
Video: Shawn Achor, Part 1: The Science of Happiness and Potential
