Shared Experiences

Jem and I seem to be going through the same type of experience with the black salve, he having applied it about a day after I did. He called me today and told me he was having dull but quick pains to the side of his head where the growth was and didn't know what to make of it (he noticed it starting after a cleaning with the hydrogen peroxide). I chuckled because I had been feeling the same pains over the previous two days, coming and going without any real pattern. I let him know that and immediately we both felt "normal" :). I've also noticed a lump behind my right jaw diminishing rapidly, so I'm not sure if that was related or not. Hard to tell if it's a lymph node peaceful warrior or not, but if so, that guy has been working overtime for a few weeks now and is earning himself a nice little break. It had blown up and gotten hard for a bit there and I had to keep reminding myself that the lymph nodes are there to protect and are more than capable of doing their job when given the opportunity. I love them so much right now for doing everything they can to help me out. I do get scared from time to time when things don't feel "right" - I've been so conditioned to think that pain is bad, and that measures need to be taken to mask any pains that show up in the body. I laugh when I think about all the times I gave myself a stomach ache from eating nothing but crap - what the hell was I expecting?? Was I anticipating my gut would be happy that I was putting brownies on top of cookies and ice cream on top of the brownies? I've always had a bit of a sweet tooth :). Sorry stomach, for all my prior transgressions; I hope you can forgive me and appreciate the goodness I've been giving you lately...and enough of this gas by the way - I'm over that.