I didn't write yesterday because I was too tired. A fellow cancer friend came to our room and David gave her a back and foot rub. She stayed and talked a while. Yesterday was our first day of B-17/Vitamin C therapy. The Vitamin C really makes us tired. We also had our blood ozonated and treated with UV light. Thomas takes about a quart of blood out of us and treates it and returns it to us clean. Its kind of like radiation treatment just for blood. We didn't have it today but tomorrow they will do it again.
The hospital has a community treatment room with lounge chairs all around the outside wall. While we are hooked up to IVs in the morning, they have a worship service and sing scripture songs and hymns. It is really beautiful. They also have a teaching time while we are captive there. Yesterday, we had a talk about the importance of breathing and moving, to oxygenate our blood and get our lymph moving. Today, we had a question and answer period with the doctor. The rest of the time, we visit and encourage one another. We are like a little family in this home away from home. It doesn't feel like a 'hospital' even though some of us are very ill. I think I am probably the most well of all the patients. Trish, our friend who visited last night, has breast cancer and her arm is so swollen she can hardly move it. She missed the breathing/moving lecture so we told her about it last night. This morning, she was trying to do a little break dancing. She's funny. Cancer is no laughing matter but as long as you can laugh it is easier to bear!! Tomorrow, we have Laughter Therapy, officially, but these guys tell some pretty funny stories in between times, too!
We went for a walk at the beach this evening and saw some whales, I think. They were just outside the breaker line. Pretty cool. Well I need to go get my BP and pulse checked so I can go to bed. We sometimes have to hunt the nurses down. This is a different kind of hospital, alright!
Thank you for your prayers,
Brenda
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