Another week has gone by. I have an appointment next Wednesday with the Dr. who will perform my surgery and I am not looking forward to it. My therapist told me that I need some distractions so that I won’t keep going to that dark place where I dwell on my fears and feel paralyzed. I told him that TV was working somewhat. He suggested that I do something more than that. Like walking, for one thing. So, that’s the word this week: DISTRACTION.
My first instinct is to say that I must face this head on and not put my head in the sand. Perhaps that would work well for someone who does not worry about everything in the world that could go wrong when it comes to any disagreeable situation one has to face. Therein lies the dilemma. Will the information I find fuel my fears or defuse them? I want to find out everything there is to know about this operation; I watched a couple of You Tube videos and surprisingly, that calmed me a bit. The operation using the da Vinci machine seemed to proceed better than the regular laparoscopic surgery. Of course it all depends on the skill of the Dr. I will have many questions.
As far as DISTRACTION goes, last month I participated in NaNoWriMo’s set-your-own-word-count, write-what-you-want extravaganza. I made my 10,0000 words and got my certificate. I also have just about finished my 3′ x 3′ quilt for the Annual Berkeley Public Library Quilt Show which starts on May 8, coincidentally. I have been trying and buying new hot sauces at Heat Hot Sauce Shop here in Berkeley: (heathotsauce.com ). I love hot food! While I am on this food thing, I distract myself at the Berkeley Farmer’s Market stopping by Flacos Tacos( flacostacosonline.com) most Saturdays for their Banana Leaf Tamal with hot sauce, of course. It is such a wonderful combination of flavors and is vegetarian, although you wouldn’t know it. Wow, I guess I am pretty good at DISTRACTIONs already! Who knew?
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