I’ve realized that although I have a ridiculous (adverse) sensitivity to chemo, I also have a new and wonderfully heightened sensitivity to sights, smells and sounds (the sense of taste is long gone, a casualty of chemo).
I notice things. I pay attention. I walk slower. I take photographs. These are the Silver Linings of my experience with breast cancer.
Every time I feel like I hit the pit of chemo and breast cancer despair, I find a Silver Lining. Every single time it is a SL that brings me back and makes me smile. Gives me perspective.
This has been a week of ups and downs (as is consistently the case with breast cancer).
However, when I look back on the week (in photographs), I ultimately feel happy and peaceful because Silver Linings always seem to shine through.
This morning, for the first time in a month, I went on a HIKE! I can’t begin to describe how happy this made me. I was giddy from the tips of my toes to the top of my bald head. Everywhere I looked, I found beautiful budding (Silver Lining). The photograph below describes exactly how… Continue reading Beautiful Budding
Today has been an outstanding, Silver Lined day! Nearly 3 1/2 weeks since my last chemo, it feels as if the dimmer on the light switch was raised and voilà: the lights went on. That is the best way to describe the SL feeling of coming out of the debilitating (for me) effects of chemo. … Continue reading Chipper Chicks
Today I took my first walk in nearly two weeks. I can’t believe I just wrote that. Holy Moly. It’s been a rough round. That said, I TOOK A WALK (Silver Lining!)…and am so grateful for it! Because I was so winded, I was passed by three snails in search of lunch. However, this pace… Continue reading Saturday Stroll
Exciting news (well, at least I think so!): the next Brookside Buzz article is available on the Huffington Post. This week has been featured front and center! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hollye-harrington-jacobs/breast-cancer-and-surgery_b_823821.html Thank you all for your reading Brookside Buzz and The Huffington Post! I can’t tell you how much it means to me!
Today I ventured out of the house. Bad, bad idea. We were invited to a beautiful lunch, full of interesting people and lots of Mind Candy. Can I just say: I am in a HUGE Mind Candy deficit. My brain is complete mush. The only thing that is consistent is cognitive dysfunction. So, I thought:… Continue reading Cancer Coprolalia
The fifth Brookside Buzz article is posted on The Huffington Post! Here is the link (please feel free to forward or post on your Facebook or Twitter page!): Breast Cancer: Finding the Silver Linings http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hollye-harrington-jacobs/breast-cancer-finding-the_b_826925.html The world breaks everyone, and afterward many are strong at the broken places. –Ernest Hemingway
Dear Friends, I am honored, humbled and thrilled to tell you that The Huffington Post is publishing the Brookside Buzz, from the beginning. As you may know, The Huffington Post is an internet newspaper, news blog and video community. It was founded in 2005 by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti. The Huffington Post… Continue reading Brookside Buzz is Buzzing!
