A bleeding heart

This is such a raw post written when I was in the midst of my radiation therapy for breast cancer two years ago. The wounds spoken of are still here with me today but not quite as raw but its good to look back and remember what I have managed to go through.

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When the Storm Is Over

Today as I disrobed to put on the gown for my final radiation for breast cancer it felt as though a wound in my heart was bleeding.  Not only was it blood but tears too that were flowing out from a wound that the radiation seems to have highlighted or deepened or opened.

It was an early treatment today.  Usually I have the time to rise and prepare myself for the next onslaught.  I get dressed, eat breakfast, potter about the house and then make sure that I get my dog, Jasper and out into the park and nature.  It is so important for my mental and emotional sanity to have this touchstone before I have to enter the world of machines and radiation with the other sufferers who are on the radiation treadmill.  For me, nature will always be my place of spiritual sanctuary, touching base with that which is…

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