Four weeks in hospital take their toll on fitness – even though they have some options there that allow you to exercise. Back home now, it is important that Nadine becomes active in every way she can. This includes everyday duties as well as some workout. She does yoga and gymnastics and we went for a brief walk around our neighbourhood yesterday. The plan is to repeat these walks and to increase the distance on a daily basis.

In order to restore Nadine’s vitality, physical exercise is crucial. But she also needs spiritual energy. Therefore, she wants to continue music and art therapy that she started in hospital. And she gains a lot from the support various people are sending her. Two days ago, we received a self-made ‘energy-garland’ by a friend of ours:

Nadine is glad to be home again. She’s not doing much except sleeping the clock around, but that’s propably best for her. It’s also what the doctors predicted to happen after radiation therapy is finished and medication gets reduced. She was way to wakeful for quite a while and that’s kicking in now. When she wakes up she’s confused but that’s corrected within minutes. I take this as an indicator for a deep and relaxing sleep which is something she needs to master the next tasks in row.

Yesterday Nadine had her last session of radiation therapy. Unfortunately, I never attended one of them. They told me too late that I would be allowed in and I was never around during the last few sessions. This happened because the schedule in radiology is pretty unpredictable: They give you dates but they pick you up hours earlier or later. And you have to wait there unendurably long quite often.

What bothered Nadine the most was being called away at mealtime and then having to wait for treatment hungry – this was was quite a torture to her. Therapy itself however turned out to be a relaxing pleasure, because she was able to switch of ambience completely and drift away. She even liked the metallic smell and the blue light that occur when the rays hit the mask. By the way: the futuristic looking thing is already secured and will propably find a new use in one of Nadine’s art therapy sessions…

But today she’s coming home so I need to find another way to make her flow in space – maybe I manage to do so by playing some appropriate music.