Journey Through Cancer – Chapter 33 – More Impatience and More Progress

Reishi mushrooms are not exactly a culinary delight, but their health benefits, according to natural healing sources, are worth it. They are so tough and woody that you don't actually eat them, but rather you boil them to death to make a broth. About a week ago I could no longer stomach the reishi broth in my “enhanced” Ramen noodles, suggesting that my body no longer needed it, kind of like my body was saying, “Enough, already.” I am still using miso for the broth for my noodles as well as using protein shakes for weight loss. I am even making progress with my weight, but I need to add exercise to my program.
This morning I was sitting at the Firestone store getting new tires on the front of my truck. However, I almost overslept because of two very busy days in a row and waking to the sound of rain that lulled me back to sleep. While I'm definitely recovering from the radiation therapy, it is not progressing as quickly as I would like. I am managing to get more done each day, but I seem to have to take a day or two of rest for every active day. For example, the day before yesterday I started out early getting gas, buying necessities, even getting a new printer and installing it, because all of the old used ones had finally failed. I even managed to transplant the bell pepper plants that my sister bought me two days earlier. However, such an active day meant that yesterday, when I had an appointment at the VA hospital, I barely had enough energy to get there and couldn't even think of doing anything else. Furthermore, today aside from getting tires I really planned to rest, although I did post a few more items on eBay as part of starting back on the “liquidation of my own estate.”
Recently, the Dharma Center had one of our teachers, Khenpo Tultrim Tenzin Rinpoche, here doing teachings, empowerments, and conducting a retreat. I wanted to get to most of them, but only managed to attend the last teaching session. I had to get a couple of my sister's quiches to the Dharma Center, because Khenpo loves what he calls “egg pie.” Actually, I didn't manage to sit through the whole session, because I started to get sleepy in the afternoon. The next time we will have a teacher in town will be the beginning of May but I'll be out of town for all except one day.. Hopefully I'll be able to get to the regular activities at the Dharma Canter.
Tomorrow I hope that I'll have enough energy to work on some things at my sister's house that have needed to be done. I may even be able to get my spare tire mounted back under my truck. I might even be able to get to one of two special AA events in Tampa tomorrow night.
I also hope that I can get my daily practice back on track. At times through all of this, the only thing I managed to do with any consistency was daily offerings. However, even that wasn't done as consistently as I would like, because some days I failed to do them or I left them until the next day to clear away. Nevertheless, it has all been cleared away tonight and the glasses have been washed, in preparation for the offerings in the morning.