Today we are planing to go to the movies, since we do not have to go to the clinic. Our clinic visits have now been reduced to twice a week from three times a week. Jody want to see the movie "Secretariat" and being from Kentucky, so do I.
Denver is getting colder. It is 41 degrees outside now. We expect a high of only 57 degrees with showers. Colder wet weather concerns Jody and me, in that flu season is upon us. We are taking all of the precautions. I got my flu shot a couple of weeks ago. Jody will get her shot in the next two-weeks. They give her the shot, but are not confident that it will prevent her from catching the flu. Jody is on immune suppressant and anti-infection drugs. The drugs tend to counteract the effect of the shot, but their past experience is that it does not hurt. The downside risk is negligible and the upside risk is a bit more positive. This is something we have learned... everything we do has a risk and we need to weigh the risks... ask ourselves is it worth it. This disease called "cancer" really changes your life. You begin to think about a lot of things; very sobering things. Life is too short and too precious. There are risks to life, like smoking, drinking, eating too much, not eating enough, sleep, exercise and stress... to list a few. You begin to start weighing all of these risks. I want to see more of my kids and grand kids, but I can't. Number one because I live in Denver and they live in the mid west, but mostly because the grand children are very young and potentially catch lots of colds and other nasty things. The risk of getting sick is extremely high being around them. The doctors have told us it will be a year before Jody can start her immunizations, like Hepatitis B, etc. It will be at least two years before she can get a measles and mumps vaccine and she will never be able to get a small pox vaccine. Jody can never have a live virus type vaccine the risk is to high versus the reward. Avoidance of people and large crowds becomes very attractive to both Jody and me. This is not to say we will never be able to see our sons, daughter, grand children or nieces and nephews again. We will have to be very selective in our visits and avoid large family gatherings for awhile. Hopefully they will be able to come see us when they are well or during less risky times of the year. Jody and I love them all and all are our friends. So as you begin your day consider the risk versus reward.
"Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that we are transported from the world of unrest to a world of peace, and see reality in a new way, as if we were sitting by a mountain lake and contemplating hills and woods and clouds in the tranquil and fathomless water."
- Albert Schweitzer
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