Monday, but no blahs--

Todd back to work - Michelle watching over me :)
Weekend was restful - Saturday was detox and mineral infusion
Sunday was church and rest - 
Monday was back to infusions -
Weight holding
Pain killers working better
Diarrhea better (thanks to the pain killers lol!) 

We are blessed with several people who offered to come and stay with me so that Todd could return to work, since it's back to school season!  A dear friend, Michelle Thompson, was able to work remotely for a week and come keep an eye on me :)  I am so thankful for her very understanding boss and for the wifi here that allows her to do that!  

Very thankful also, that the mineral infusion over the weekend, which had given me quite some pain the last time and taken 6 hours, went smoothly and painlessly.  They suggested a heating pad to dilate the vein which helped so much!  

A small thing, but from Saturday afternoon until this morning, I was able to go without a catheter in my arm for infusions!  It was wonderful not to have that pulling and hurting! Very, very  thankful.  

Some patients really intensely dislike the food here -- some of the "companions" go out for many of the meals.  I find the food really spectacular - it is great to have the opportunity to try different combinations of flavors.  
A particular favorite of mine is the bread which is made with rice flour and is rich and moist. 

People are wonderful here - both patients and staff.  You can have conversations with patients from all over the globe!  It's fun to talk to people from Romania, the UK and Mexico City over meals or infusions and watch friendships form.It gives me many reasons to be thankful.  Some people are so very, very sick --- but the common theme is that they are so much better after being here than they had been.  They talk of tumors disappearing - of scans clearing of "living with" cancer rather than "dying from" cancer.  It is so encouraging!     

I'm blessed to be able to walk every morning about 1.75 miles.  It's my dose of local culture for the day!   We are very close to the beach and we walk in the morning.  It is so odd to me that beach front property would be so run down - and the trash everywhere is crazy.  The lack of building codes has us a little puzzled too...We are so American!  
Walking Sunday morning was totally different than any other morning!  Sunday here is family day and there were many people in the streets parking and walking to the beach -- and this was at 7 am!  There were many tents  set up on the beach and beach fires already going.  
There was a (perhaps) Buddhist ceremony (not really sure) -- involving lots of people with incense burners that were wafting the incense all around several participants. The incense bearers were all wearing white clothes with embroidery on them.  As I walked there were several more people dressed similarly that were carrying large drums and hurrying down toward the ceremony.  

The best tho was a beach wedding!  7:00 a.m. on a Sunday.  I could not understand if it was a wedding or a wedding vow renewal --
They processed down amphitheater stairs to the music of a full band!  
I passed them and went walking and then on the way back they were dancing on the beach.  :)  

Walking this morning you could see the aftermath of the parties!  I could not believe how much trash was strewn everywhere!  They had fun!  

Thank you so much for the text messages and the comments and the e-mails y'all are sending me.  They are so encouraging!  One of you sent me the link for this song -  -- it captures my feelings beautifully - the lyrics are so powerful - Pray it blesses you!

Thy Will be Done
https://youtu.be/PAmh3yvmzXs  


Thanks for praying for us!  Y'all are a blessing!  Thanks for checkin' in!