Happy New Year! Yesterday was the last radiation treatment for back and shoulder pain and it has worked well. My left arm and hand are still very numb and difficult to use, so I am doing some exercises to strenghthen my arm. I am surprised by the lack of strength, yet Marlin reminds me that due to the pain I wasn't using that hand for several weeks, so it will take time to get it back. Damn, another lesson in patience.
My sis Carol arrived from Billings last evening. She has already settled in as chief cook and bottle washer - lol. I know she'll be a huge support and provide loads of encouragement during her time here. She cooked all afternoon and hosted our two nephews for roast dinner after they had spent the day hunting on the farm. We had a good time, and I used my "time protection button" to send them home when I was beginning to slump.
Yesterday two friends from Washburn made the trip to keep me company. It was a great visit and I appreciate the effort it takes to get to Girard from Topeka!!!! Boy do I!!! I have driven that route since July 2003.
God Bless You as you pray for my increasing strenghth and health.
Here is a poem from a card from friends in the KC area - Jim & Eileen - Thank you for the prayers -
God has not promised skies always blue,
flower-strewn pathways all our lives through;
God has not promised sun without rain,
joy without sorrow, peace without pain.
But God has promised strenth for the day,
rest for the labor, light for the way,
Grace for the trials, help from above,
unfailing sympathy, undying love. Annie Johnson Flint
God Bless You-
Love to you -
Ellen
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I love you Ellen!
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