I salute you all, rainbow warriors,tiny and tall, boys and girls, old and young. You have carried me on wings of kindness, love and hope through a maelstrom I could never have imagined. I feel humbled by the pure goodness that exists all over this planet and have felt a great shift as my heart opened to embrace you all. Family, friends, strangers you are the proof that this is truly a wonderful world worth fighting hard to stay in. I have been quiet in my shock and drugs and grief because I just didn't know what to say! You have made me laugh aloud on days when I couldn't speak. There's just one more little hurdle with an MRI on Saturday. Please keep your prayers, chants, light and positive energy flowing because it helps more than you can know. The force is strong in this one! Love to you all, from a small bright room in the Wesley Hospital.
Annie x.
Annie!!!!
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to hear from you! Thinking of you lots and sending lots of love and light to you.
Soft gentle squishy hugs
Kimmie
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Everyone has been hugging me very gently this week. It makes me feel quite small and precious which is a bit different but kind of nice!
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ReplyDeleteHey! You did it! The fact that you can learn this newfangled tech stuff while being totally full of drugs is pretty impressive. Everything is crossed (as per usual) for Saturday... I'm getting used to these rainbow toes...
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So maybe my crossed eyes are lucky not just zonked out!
DeleteMuch love to you Annie. You haven't been far from my thoughts all week and will continue to be on Saturday.
ReplyDeleteYour comment aboutLefty not banging the door on the way out made me laugh out loud that day and still does. Let's hope she doesn't leave anything behind!
DeleteI bet if we peeped inside your window at the hospital we would see a rainbow in there.....thank you for letting us know how it is going...keep your colours bright...xxx
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Seriously, it looks like Ron and Brian's op shop in here with bric a brac and crochet and flowers. I have made myself at home!
DeleteGood for you...you make it work for you...x
DeleteSo nice to hear you forceful voice coming through loud and strong. So exciting to see all these rainbow toes flooding into your world to carry you through these rough seas. thinking of you for the upcoming mri, in the meantime make sure you soak up whatever Club Wes has to offer. melx
ReplyDeleteIt has been quite luxurious if you forget the breast stuff- views, food brought to you, privacy and quiet. They may have to push me out the door!
DeleteI found you though another blog and wanted to say that I wish you all the best in your recovery. I am part of the Desperate for a Cure Housewives here in Canada....we raise money for the Weekend to End Breast Cancer. People all over the world are behind you and your cure is our goal too.
ReplyDeleteGo Girls!! They can't find it fast enough. I'm not alone in this ward and some of these girls are yogurt young! Bring it on !! X
DeleteYoghurt young just means I have shaky fingers and I'm typing on a phone!
DeleteLovely to see you post - got my toenails rainbow'd for you too, and everything crossed for you xx
ReplyDeleteI'm not expecting to be prolific for a while but felt I needed to pop in. It is a bit like typing with micky mouse hands!
DeleteANNIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hey, hello, yippee! I'm so glad you're on the nets, inspiring us all. My thoughts are with you everyday and I've got a bunch of prayer warriors going strong.
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HUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deb, darling, there can never be toouch tea! Wish I could drink it with you but we can pretend! Keep the warrior's motors running for tomorrow. It' a biggy
DeleteHey you !!! UK Annie smiles HUGE grin at Aussie Annie :D What I actually wanted to do was be vaguely amusing and type a Star Wars quote right back at you - "I sense something, a presence I've not felt since ... a week ago Tuesday" - but I couldn't hold the grin in. Good to 'hear' your voice rainbow lady, I've got my rainbow toes crossed for Saturday xxx
ReplyDeleteI am going to watch the three old Star Wars with my kids again next week. It is necessary for my recovery! You will now be subjected to Star Wars quotes from here to where no man has gone before. That and Anna's Arrested Development boxed set should do the trick!
DeleteAll our love continues to flow straight to you...
ReplyDeleteI am feeling the love, Rachel, and it is a mighty powerful drug!
DeleteHi Annie, good to read your words and hear the hope that you are feeling. You have inspired a rainbow of hope and I have been getting around Samoa with my rainbow toes. I will post the photos today, yesterday I had a leg wax and the beautician suggested if you are all well now then it is time to fix my toes, she said they looked like I had coloured them in with a crayon! I am keeping them for now as we wait with hope as you jump the next hurdle. I have a village of girls painting their toes and they are all trotting off to church this weekend with your symbol of hope leading them to prayer. love you lots. Julie
ReplyDeletePainted toes here too Julie, please contact me at "margie37@optusnet.com.au" as I can't find email address for you and my google is being silly about comments on your blog.....Thank you
DeleteI'm sure you are the resident trend setter Miss Julie! There could be a painting in this. What do you think? Glad to hear the village is on board as a wise friend recently told me ' it takes a village' even a global one. Xxx
Delete"So don't be afraid to let them show
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true colors are beautiful,
like a rainbow..." *Cyndi Lauper*
My thoughts are with you at all times! :-)
I watched cyndi on u tube after I read this. It was always my favourite C. L. song- now evenore so! Xx
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ReplyDeleteI think of you every day, even the eldest will sporadically say something to me like, "I hope Annie'll be okay". So there are a lot of people thinking of you that you don't even know. Keep up the strength. All the best for the MRI on Saturday. I could just imagine your hospital room ... though Ron & Brian will be lamenting the drop in sales while you've been incommunicado.
Ron am Brian are going to be on my list of "going for a drive to my normal places to prove everything is still the same". Ron has had his own fight with the big C of late. Let's hope he is there waiting for my donations (of redundant bras!)
DeleteHopefully we can have tea in the park with MnM before I start chemo. I know you'll probably cry so I will wear a funny hat or something!
DeleteTG . You're netting again as in days of yore.
ReplyDeleteHoping and praying that you will be homeward bound very soon.
Hopefully I'll be home tomorrow after the MRI and its perfect fabulous results. It would be nicE to celebrate Easter, new life, rebirth and all the associated happiness with my family. It has been a strangely happy time in here the further I get from the surgery and the shock. Must be all the love & TLC!
DeleteJust wanted to let you know that you're in my thoughts everytime I look at my toes! I must think highly of you to be wearing showgirl pink and high impact green...!! Hugs! xx
ReplyDeleteThey sound a bit lIke house paint colours!
DeleteAnnie! So nice to hear your 'voice'. Thinking of you and sending you love. Claire xxx
ReplyDeleteMy voice is a littlE spirally like my eyEs right now but it is starting to feel like MY voice again and that's a nice feeling.
DeleteFingers toes and everything else I can think of are crossed for Saturday!
ReplyDeleteMine are crossed right back at you. These pesky organs have not read the rule book!
DeleteHi Annie, I found you last week and have been back to the start, Hope you are getting well one step at a time. Scented candles here keeping you in my thoughts.
ReplyDeleteOne step at a time, one day at a time, one test at a time. Hopefully it will soon be one year at a time and I can leave it far behind.
ReplyDeleteDear Annie good wishes and speedy recovery to you!
ReplyDeleteSpeedy recovery sounds perfectly wonderful to me! Thanks!
DeleteAfter I painted my toes and those of my youngest daughter (who happens to be 3 years old) my other children wanted to know what we were doing. I explained as best as I could in a way that they would understand. My eldest daughter joined in with the painting. My 8 year old son decided to remove his black nail polish (coloured toes are the norm for our children) and his father kindly repainted them rainbow. My 6 year old son chose to keep his blue glitter polish untouched. In our own ways we have all been touched by your story. Thank you for being so open and in turn letting us open our hearts to you. All the best for Saturday and the day after that and the day after that ..........
ReplyDeleteI do love to hear of a boy who stands by his blue glitter polish! How wonderful that you teach your children such empathy and kindness.
DeleteFriday night at the Wesley. I hope they served a mean fish dish. My thoughts have been with you everyday.
ReplyDeleteTomorrow is another day. Positive vibes - sending - sending - sending... xxx
Have been looking at your blog, which is lovely. It's good that you are able to share this difficult time. You have got just the right mind set to tackle this episode in your life. Go for it girl, and I'm sure many, many of us will be thinking of you with the MRI scan tomorrow. Very positive thoughts from me.
ReplyDeleteSo good to hear from you, Annie. Wishing you all the best for the MRI and hoping you'll be home soon. I have everything crossed for you, too.
ReplyDeleteAnnie, lovely to hear from you and in such positive spirits. Just sent some Big prayers up for you for today. xo
ReplyDeletehi annie!! sending you my best wishes and thoughts.
ReplyDeleteChantin' and stompin' with rainbow feet. x
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