No pain

The last couple of postings have been pretty frustrated, but no pain, no gain.  Beginning last Saturday things have been looking up.  After paddling (more of that later) I became very conscious of the absence of pain in my feet.  It was almost like a concrete presence.  I can't explain it any other way. The non-pain was very palpable and I enjoyed it immensely. 

Today, don't ask.  My feet are killing me, but hey, for the past year I can't remember a pain free day. And I had a couple this week.  That's progress. 

And, I can report progress with the chemo-brain as well.  Last week, out of the blue, I got a six week contract with a publishing company, working on some document automation.  I have never done anything like that before and, as it turned out, neither have the other three people who were hired with me. We had two days training last week and were meant to start this week, but I had to finish a freelance industry story, so I started on Wednesday. 

For the last two days I have been moving around in a fog, trying to figure out the new software, but was happily aware that my struggle was no greater than my colleagues' and they got brain tired before me.  Now that's also progress! 

Yes, I know, I have to watch my energy level, so I don't over do it.  I am careful and I am changing my schedule as I go along on the timeline and my energy wanes. And I am very careful to continue my qigong, even though I can't attend classes at the moment.