ATOM feed
This is quite a big one - and I’ve had a few of those; the intent is not to tell about me, but I have to include the circumstances to make sense of the story. This happened back in 1987, I remember that year quite clearly. I had been diagnosed with breast cancer and was undergoing a course of chemotherapy as part of the treatment.The oncologist treating me was a very dedicated man, and remains the nicest and best person I think I have ever known; he always took the time to have a talk and a bit of probing to see how his patients were travelling.
This made all of his appointments late, sometimes 3 or 4 hours, so I got to spend a lot of time in the waiting rooms, where for some strange reason all of the books were more than 10 years-old, and very well read and tattered. But the company was astounding, an experience I would not want to have missed.
And this is where I learned this ‘thing’ that I have taken with me through life. I was complaining, as you do, about how the chemicals were making me feel quite ill, and how much worse I felt after each course; and the doctor responded with,‘well, you are lucky, many of the other patients are so ill, that the chemotherapy actually makes them feel better!’
Now this might seem a bit eccentric, but this little lesson has helped me out of many times when I have been tempted to feel sorry for myself.
hmmm... I wonder what brought that one on?
4 Comments
That's the man with no legs syndrome to a tee Della.
I think we're all guilty of sometimes forgetting that whatever our situation, there really are others much worse off. One only needs to look at the many countries where just staying alive is a day to day struggle.
I'm sorry you had to go through that illness, Della, but I'm sure you would be the first to admit that it taught you some valuable lessons.
I hope you are fit and well now, and for many years to come.
I am sorry you had that trauma, Della and I hope all is well now. I have worked in oncology/haematology and the patients were just amazing. Here were these people with a potentially life threatening illness (in some cases, they had a very short life expectancy and knew it), yet their outlook was so positive and cheerful. It taught me a lot working there. I thought it would be a very sad environment, not so and it was truly because of the patients themselves.
Thank you for that post and I hope all is well with you. Hugs.
What a special story. Thanks for sharing.
To answer your question about the camera, I bought a Konica-Minolta Z6. My criteria were to have a good macro and a good zoom, and this has both. I'm generally happy with mine, though I ideally wanted (and still do) a digital SLR, but that will have to wait for Santa (though I'm still not sure if I have been good enough for that this year).
And the memory card - go for as big as you can afford. That way you don't have to worry about running out of memory space (something that has happened a couple of times with my 512MB SD card). Take a look on eBay - they're often much cheaper than in the shops (though don't forget to add on the cost of postage and insurance to the price).
Good luck with the hunt.
Post a Comment
Links to this post:Create a Link
<< Home