tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8146185555985083132.post2783703608565906031..comments2023-04-27T09:23:38.785-04:00Comments on Where I Am In All of This...: A Bit if AngerRobert Schollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541463336085628162noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8146185555985083132.post-85577368526589738962008-07-31T15:55:00.000-04:002008-07-31T15:55:00.000-04:00It's easy to understand your feelings. Faith is te...It's easy to understand your feelings. Faith is tested every day and there I times that I think it's failed me...then I see someone that has more burdens and yet deeper faith - it always slaps me back to reality! Congrats guy - you deserve all the good news!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8146185555985083132.post-73597962714982214472008-07-31T10:29:00.000-04:002008-07-31T10:29:00.000-04:00Bert,Once again, I can identify with the emotional...Bert,<BR/><BR/>Once again, I can identify with the emotional experiences you discuss in your blog. Thank you for being so honest about your struggles.<BR/><BR/>I just went on this amazing retreat for women with cancer or chronic illness at Great Camp Sagamore in the Adirondacks. Before I left, I was having a run of cranky days. I think MaryGail was probably starting to run out of patience with me, which takes a LOT. On the way up, I called her from the road and she said that she talked to me about her hopes for what I would get from the retreat. Only then did it become obvious to me that my attitude of late had been wearing on both of us.<BR/><BR/>The fact is: even though you and I have both been blessed in so many ways (supportive partners, family and friends, and a chance to live our lives cancer-free), cancer treatment can be permanently life-altering, and not always in a way that is comfortable. It takes time to adjust to the "new normal" and I don't think that either of us has even experienced our new normals yet. We are still on the road, waiting to get there.<BR/><BR/>I don't know about you, but patience has never been my strong point, and I have been on this road for 10 months now, since my first biopsy. And I still have revision surgery on Aug 29th, which includes the creation of my new nipples, which will still need to be tatooed with color a few months after that. So I've got a ways to go yet, as do you.<BR/><BR/>What I liked the most about your post on this was the manner in which you chose to pray about it. I often find myself having to pray for more. More faith, more willingness, more gratitude, more patience. Walking around Camp Sagamore this past weekend, it was so easy to remember God. The work of creation was all around me. But on the days when I feel trapped in my home by my pain or fatigue, it is much harder to remember.<BR/><BR/>I continue to hold you in my thoughts.<BR/><BR/>Maria BrownAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8146185555985083132.post-16953203142323646232008-07-30T23:26:00.000-04:002008-07-30T23:26:00.000-04:00There are people we come across in this life who w...There are people we come across in this life who we can all recognize as bitter. But you are not that and you will never be that. You're going to move through this in your own time, you're going to learn tons more about yourself, continue to find strength you never thought you had. And before you know it you're going to be the guy who laughs about having a colostomy and inspires tons and tons of people who struggle with it in their own lives. That, my brother, is something I am completely sure of.Viviennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17696265988243636792noreply@blogger.com