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The Waking
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I cannot go.
We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.
Light takes the Tree, but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me; so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.
This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.
--Theodore Roethke
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Joy's Updates - Straight from the Horse's Mouth.
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Friday, January 03, 2003
Hooray!!
I just talked with Dr. Burkey's nurse Sharon who told me the results of the biopsy Tuesday. It's not thyroid cancer!! Yea!! It's a benign mass of thyroid cells, she said. Apparently, the thyroid is enlarged or something, but they are not malignant, so I don't care. After Dr. Burkey studies the reports from there and TN Oncology PET Services, Sharon will call me Tuesday to let me know more - like if there's a plan or what. I am sooooo relieved! My neck has already been through too much, and I was dreading more surgery on it and radioactive treatments and whatever else might happen. Thank goodness, I can relax for a change, get my house organized and clean (yes, still on the list), find things, get rid of others, and do some writing. These last six months have been rough and so hard, and I feel jangled from them. I'm emotionally exhausted. Whew!! Good news to begin the new year! This is the first time I've relaxed a little in over eight months. I can really relax Monday if I hear good news from Dr. Spigel, too. All the tests, waiting, surgery, IV's, treatment, more tests, poking, probing, needles, prescriptions, chemo, and scans have made me feel invaded. Now maybe I can ravel back together.
2:43:00 PM
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