Dark days
- joanne899
- Jan 15, 2018
- 2 min read
They had to come really. Frustration and fears, angers and intolerance. Feelings of unjust and unfair. There’s more tests being done today- I’m beginning to feel like a lab rat. Things that would have been passed over as ‘nothing much’ have now been hi-lighted since my OM diagnosis so I guess I’m supposed to be grateful for the attention to detail. My first article has been published in a local news magazine, and there’s more coverage to come.
http://www.hiyabucks.com/ocular-melanoma/
Hopefully invoking more national awareness too. After 28 years in media, I feel I should use my contacts and experience to make a difference. Hi light the importance of being observant when you feel like somethings not quite right and take action. For years I’ve heard in my Yoga practice the importance of listening to your body, beginning where you are today, not yesterday, or tomorrow, as neither of those we have any control over. How true those facts are. I’m not advocating trying to get through a ‘microlife’ in a day in case tomorrow doesn’t happen, but do make the best of every breath, it does help to see light through darkest hours. Following the journeys of other patients with the same diagnosis I don’t feel alone. Each of us enduring endless days of unknown and supporting one and other through the ‘waiting to hear’ process which is one I’m only just beginning. I can’t actually imagine, having heard the words ‘it is cancer’ how hearing more ‘it is cancer’ would sound. On a lighter note to start the week. A trip to the cinema! Yup, with one eye functioning and the other safely tucked up behind my patch. Picked the most amazing film, The Greatest Showman, what an inspiring and uplifting piece of cinema. A perfect recipe to exit my own thoughts. Thank you Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron for the eye candy too!
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