Sunshine and longer days….
It’s hard enough living with cancer, but when daylight savings time goes away and the thermometer gets shorter, mood shifts add to the stress of dealing with this disease and all the changes it brings to our lives.
I miss the longer days already. I miss the warm sun. I need my daylight because it makes a difference in how I face the day.
Patients and caregivers have expressed how important sunshine and blue skies impact their days too. They have treatments, doctor appointments and procedures, but when the day is pleasant, there is just something better about facing all that cancer demands. And who wants to walk into a treatment center in the daytime and walk out the door only to greet headlights, street lights and night time driving?
There’s just something about sunshine that keeps the spirit in a good place. It’s a good combination in cancer world.
November 11, 2013 @ 11:43 pm
Feeling down when the days are darker earlier could be a bit of SAD, Seasonal Affective Disorder, which is a real condition and is surely worse when we are battling cancer. Go online and Google SAD, that will bring you ads for light boxes and lamps. I had a lamp for years and loved it and yes, it really made a difference……check it out.
Sheila
November 5, 2013 @ 6:59 pm
I miss my California and the blue skies. It’s cold and rainy here but I have to say the colors of the fall were the best I have ever seen!
I just hold my little grand daughter and she fills me with the sunshine I need in my life right now. Spending time with my kids is a gift I will cherish. I haven’t realized just how much I have missed them and just how far this journey has taken me. The pain still doesn’t go away, the thoughts keep coming back and I remember.
Now, it’s about making more memories…and I will hang onto them because they are the glue that is holding me together right now.
Laurie
November 5, 2013 @ 6:32 pm
Oh how I hate the long days of winter…