tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5355536060639575094.post2756936421001454398..comments2023-10-21T03:23:34.052-06:00Comments on HOW TO MOVE A MOUNTAIN: Me and Myeloma factsKristinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11905374078980530612noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5355536060639575094.post-20226996937524847592009-06-25T15:34:34.620-06:002009-06-25T15:34:34.620-06:00So by now you are sick and tired of being sick and...So by now you are sick and tired of being sick and tired. That stinks. Really stinks. <br /><br />And it is hard. Very hard. Harder than woodpecker lips. <br /><br />As you go through this, I think it has to be a bit like giving birth - the hardest thing you have ever done, and still lived through it. While the pain in enormous, it is worth every moment if only you make it to the other side. As you are going through the throws of it, you believe, if only momentarily, that you won't make it. <br /><br />But then you do. <br /><br />And then they hand you that little bundle of responsibility, and somehow it was worth every moment of pain and distress. Looking back, which one would you have traded to avoid the pain? NONE. Absolutely none. Instead, you would go through it all again to gain even one more day with them. And, knowing you, for even one more minute with them. Wow. I guess some pain is good.<br /><br />This little journey through a mountain range is the same thing. I bet there are moments when you feel like you can't go on, moments when you feel like you can't go the distance. But you do. What choice do you have, really? But it still is painful.<br /><br />Everyone around you is telling you that you are nearing the end, but it doesn't really feel like it, does it?<br /><br />But...wait for it...wait for it...(drum roll)...BOOM, there IT is! That little bundle of responsibility - LIFE! - the joy, the pain, the ups, the downs. <br /><br />It's coming, it's really coming! Keep going! Breath! Rest! One more hurdle! You can do it! You're almost there! <br /><br />Now, of course, the question is... What are you going to do with the bundle - the very life - that is your own rebirth? No matter what, make it worth every bit of the pain you have endured. But what are you going to do first?monicanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5355536060639575094.post-74689394837610663402009-06-20T12:00:40.874-06:002009-06-20T12:00:40.874-06:00Kristine, thank you for the inspiration you give t...Kristine, thank you for the inspiration you give to us all. Sharonstickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02932958880901047256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5355536060639575094.post-58204884614601614212009-06-20T00:32:23.409-06:002009-06-20T00:32:23.409-06:00Two transplants down, only 12 months of maintenanc...Two transplants down, only 12 months of maintenance to go! Stay with me on this one. I'm pretty sure it will be worth the climb.carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06383080160355186000noreply@blogger.com