tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post8390048987336297648..comments2023-10-28T04:53:32.505-07:00Comments on View From The Northern Wall: Bitter Powderschristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-76501915317610264382014-12-12T21:29:29.091-08:002014-12-12T21:29:29.091-08:00Thus do we write out of the bodies that we live......Thus do we write out of the bodies that we live... I am grateful that your writing is in the world. I love reading. I am also glad that you are managing the many challenges of your complex body. Your attitude is great!!<br />Harlequinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964772119118368322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-38690276296846892022014-12-06T08:38:36.543-08:002014-12-06T08:38:36.543-08:00Harlequin, I am sad to hear of your challenges. M...Harlequin, I am sad to hear of your challenges. My neuropathy is there but minor enough to overlook as a complaint. I guess I have 50% of the feeling in my feet but nothing hurts or is even totally numb. Every once in a while I have stabbing stinging pain in one or another foot but this is by no means the norm. Thank you God. And that other thing you mention is in me a quiet and functional zone. Also thank you God. And my breathing is good enough too though I rely on a CPAP machine enthusiastically. The bad news I need one. The good news I have one and it doesn't disrupt my sleep as it does so many.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-90420886029947295012014-12-05T21:36:26.960-08:002014-12-05T21:36:26.960-08:00Oh, Christopher!! I am glad you are able to write ...Oh, Christopher!! I am glad you are able to write and think and reflect and be with us, and your poem and commentary touched my heart. I am in the after effects of chemotherapy and am learning how to live with neuropathy and GI distress (my new normal) as well as recent developments in loss of procedural memory. My drugs have lessened.... whew. I am also grateful to be here and in my life and expressing my self in the world of words. You are brave and noble. I want you to be around for many many years. Harlequinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964772119118368322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-58253304463061835042014-12-05T12:08:57.193-08:002014-12-05T12:08:57.193-08:00And this was going on for a year when I wrote the ...And this was going on for a year when I wrote the poem since my heart trouble started in 2009. In 2011 I had another problem arise and that added a couple pills.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-80911485407780521042014-12-05T12:06:57.747-08:002014-12-05T12:06:57.747-08:00I would let the pills go if I were recovering from...I would let the pills go if I were recovering from my medical problems but they only slowly get worse, never better.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-2545875668236081472014-12-05T09:53:11.863-08:002014-12-05T09:53:11.863-08:00Oh dear.... i could say all sorts of things. What ...Oh dear.... i could say all sorts of things. What i will say is that you mean a lot to me. And as you say wasn't it for the pills, i am then also very glad for them. jozienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212900310477832041noreply@blogger.com