Re: Brain mets . . . and they're aggressive
Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 10:14 pm
AnnClare:'
As Dorothy of The Wizard of Oz said to her beloved dog, ToTo, as they looked out against the expansive plains of Kansas, "There's no place like home."
Home is where true healing begins.
It is FANtastic to hear that you are home from the hospital and in the comforts of your own home with family.
In preparing your favorite foods and dishes, your mother-in-law is fostering your health and recovery. Home-made dishes have one critical element that processed foods do not have. And that element is love.
When I am feeling punk and deficient of "spoons" (refer/Google to The Spoon Theory for details), my mother will often make me baked vanilla custard. Baked custard is a favorite of mine. Flavorful with ample vanilla extract, it is soothing and comforting. The tradition of my mother preparing baked custard brings its own cascade of good memories, memories of my mother and I that more often than not buoys my flaggering spirits.
I have little doubt that my mother' baked custard lifts my dampened spirits by altering my brain's hormones and chemical messengers (serotonin, oxytocin). The better is my brain chemistry, the better is my physical body and its ability to navigate healing and recovery.
I look at home-made food as good medicine - for the body and the soul.
Enjoy the simple pleasure of sharing a meal with your family. Feel the love around you. Kudos to your mother-in-law for extending herself to you and your husband.
Continue to follow your own best instincts. You know your body and its needs better than anyone.
Sending you faith and hope in reclaiming your health,
- K -
As Dorothy of The Wizard of Oz said to her beloved dog, ToTo, as they looked out against the expansive plains of Kansas, "There's no place like home."
Home is where true healing begins.
It is FANtastic to hear that you are home from the hospital and in the comforts of your own home with family.
In preparing your favorite foods and dishes, your mother-in-law is fostering your health and recovery. Home-made dishes have one critical element that processed foods do not have. And that element is love.
When I am feeling punk and deficient of "spoons" (refer/Google to The Spoon Theory for details), my mother will often make me baked vanilla custard. Baked custard is a favorite of mine. Flavorful with ample vanilla extract, it is soothing and comforting. The tradition of my mother preparing baked custard brings its own cascade of good memories, memories of my mother and I that more often than not buoys my flaggering spirits.
I have little doubt that my mother' baked custard lifts my dampened spirits by altering my brain's hormones and chemical messengers (serotonin, oxytocin). The better is my brain chemistry, the better is my physical body and its ability to navigate healing and recovery.
I look at home-made food as good medicine - for the body and the soul.
Enjoy the simple pleasure of sharing a meal with your family. Feel the love around you. Kudos to your mother-in-law for extending herself to you and your husband.
Continue to follow your own best instincts. You know your body and its needs better than anyone.
Sending you faith and hope in reclaiming your health,
- K -