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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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Wednesday, May 28, 2003
Rituxan
I added a link to Rituxan for those of you who want to know more about it. It's really helpful for those with cancer and those without it. The last part has helpful advice for all of us. I have some of the symptoms, such as weakness, fatigue, sweating, headache, breathlessness, racing heart, and muscle aches. I'll add mild dizziness and feeling foggy (foggier than usual for me even). As Brian said, when it costs over $9,000 a treatment (yes, one bag of it in the IV costs that!), there should be some side-effects. Doing this every week makes it worse, too.
This link has interesting information. Even though I like mythological explanations, I'm not sure I can form a workable metaphor from this. What do you think? M-I-C-K-E-Y!
From that source:
Rituxan is a specific type of drug known as a chimeric monoclonal antibody. Chimeric antibodies take their name from the chimera, a mythical beast with the head of a lion, the body of a goat and the tail of a dragon. The Rituxan chimera is a hybrid of antibodies from both human and murine (mouse) sources.
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