Time to Rally – The Surgery is Set
January 6th, 2010 at 11:47 pm (Current Events)
My friend Kriste and I have the same birthday, we had some big medical issues going on at Da Vinci days last year, and now, we have surgeries scheduled for the same day this month, Friday, January 15th. Too bad they’re not in the same hospital. She, having already endured multiple surgeries in August and undergoing enormous occupational therapy with a professional and self-driven, is returning for her 5th surgery in Arizona. She is a huge music buff and discovered her rally song to help her fight for survival and fight to regain a sense of normalcy and independence in her life. She recommended I find one that works for me. I was immediately reminded of my dad’s turning to “What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong when he had cancer. But that was his song.
This is mine. Nina Simone’s “Feelin’ Good” It’s the song that made me go out and buy the Point of No Return Soundtrack, and consequently 2 more Nina Simone albums. Kriste- this one’s for me and you:
2010: The year of the K. Ks are wild.
Surgivus, TumorFest, you name it. I’m there with you buddy. Save me some of that nasty trifle.
kriste said,
January 8, 2010 at 1:36 am
the circle of life…
one of my friends who did the original soundtrack project has this song on her disc.
i want hospital bunkbeds! but i’ll take a lemony trifle and the company of some rad women instead.
oh man, we are gonna rip it up. on jan 15, 2011 i hope you write a post about our surgery party and post pictures of the most disgusting-looking trifle ever seen by humans. maybe you’ll have to do the post later, after you’ve had a chance to recover from all the fun, and from all the gin michelle will bring.
uncomplicated.
kriste said,
January 15, 2010 at 11:57 am
i am rockin’ out to nina simone. and tossing in some peter cetera for good measure. and thinking about you.