Tumor Things and more

On a practical note:

The gifts and suggestions of foods are appreciated and being used and consumed as recommended. It's really great that I already eat a small box of raisins daily (fiber, don't ya know?), and we've been turned onto a roasted almond that makes stopping at the recommended ten rather hard to do *grins* (Cost may well mitigate that, however, unless we can get the insurance company to pay for them???*heh*)

Blueberries haven't been among my favorite berries, but I don't hate them; and, I'm willing to explore them again. Tomatoes and fish are things that we are happy to do more of, as the Food and Discovery Networks have been doing their part to educate us as we've been hanging out doing eldercare.

I've been using lavender in much that I do (candles, oils, creams, etc.) and I drink plenty of water, green tea, and now, Naked Juice. The jury is still out on the the coffee enemas and the noni juice...

I'm reading Paula Poundstone's new book which seems to be exactly the kind of humor I need right now...no tumor humor, but our friends and family are all over that *grins*

On a more esoteric note:

I view this news of my more imminent demise as no surprise. As a young woman, I didn't expect to see the turn of the century. I was raised to understand that death, as a part of the cycle of life, was inevitable and to believe that one should anticipate the consequences of his or her actions. I made many choices for which cancer was only one of the horrific consequences one could expect.

Timing is the factor that is unpredictable in some interesting ways:

Kevin and I, as we're sure most couples, would each like to have the other around as long as possible. We flew in the face of that statistically with the direction and amount of our age difference.

We're now thirteen years past his heart attack, because of the "wonders of modern technology."

The statistics on my survival rates have certainly improved since the turn of the century because of said same. So much information...if we could just figure out the right questions. *grins*

I think all of these kinds of situations are more difficult for the surviving partner. I certainly fear Kevin's death more than I fear dying.

We're doing what we can to alleviate all of Kevin's responsibilities with eldercare. We would both like to be able to devote all of our energies on shrinking and/or removing this tumor and surviving together.

And, we appreciate all of the healing energies, prayers, wishes and thoughts.

Both of us are spending time grounding ourselves in the Nature of the woods, where healing energies seem to abound. And, we know that either of us could be fatally hit by a falling branch any day... *shrugs*

Tuna, I've chosen to view the 76-hour cold as a potential new cure. Wouldn't it be trippy to learn that there's a cold virus you can blow down someone's lungs to shrink a tumor?