A dear friend sent a text to me in which she was ‘wringing her hands’ based in the fact that so many of her friends are suffering from one malady or another. As she, at 77 years of age, continues to enjoy good health, I replied:
When those whom you love are enduring the maladies that accompany our age that’s when your focus must consciously appreciate your good health, knowing that compassion for your friends and appreciation of your good fortune are completely compatible.
As to yesterday’s biopsy of my lung, I’ll not receive results for two or three more days ....
Upon arriving home from Mayo, following my CT guided biopsy, I, feeling woozy, changed into my cozy, red and white striped, cotton knit PJ’s and got all comfy on my bed where my mind became wholly immersed in Shakespeare’s play, Henry V. That surprised me, being that I’d been sedated during the procedure. Most likely, my having slept for the entire two hours that I was kept in recovery (to make certain that my affected lung would not collapse) proved enough shut eye for me—until later, when a sense of grogginess saw me pick up my bookmark to hold my place with The Bard and having placed Henry V to one side, guess who welcomed a late afternoon nap.
Today, I’m eagerly awaiting the first zoom session of the spring semester, which meets at 2pm.
Annie
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