Anne's Blog

"Don't give into your fears," said the Alchemist in a strangely, gentle voice. "If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart".                - Paulo Coelho "The Alchemist"

     Today was a good day. The weather is perfect and I am alive. Yoshi and I went for a walk around the block and I went to the grocery store. I bought too much food for one person especially considering that I am doing Chemo tomorrow and my appetite after Thursday is going to be nonexistent.            I did buy several different types of beverages to have on hand because, after the steroids wear off, even water tastes terrible for about 2 weeks and dehydration becomes a real problem. I do live with one of my adult sons, the oldest. He is almost 31. He will eat some of the food I bought but we really have different tastes in food.       I wore my wig today because I went to Sun Fresh and I didn't want to run into anyone I know and be bald and an obvious cancer patient. If people don't know me or haven't seen me in awhile, they will just think my straight-hair wig is my hair. They might even think it looks good. ...