The Largeness of Small

We are working through the 'what works/what doesn't' aspects of Kevin's continued healing.

Some days he wakes up to fingers and feet that are cooperative and some days he wakes up and wonders just how they're connected to his body because they don't seem to want to connect with his brain.

From my side of things the dropped cups and tripped up footsteps are small things. Clean it up, move it out of the way, adapt until it passes.

Kevin reminds me, though, that these are large things to him. Reminders of the worries and doubt of both cancer and treatment. The concerns of will it pass and how much more adapting does he have to do to accomodate the mess left behind by an uninvited and unwelcomed guest.

He continues to take Glutamine daily. Missing a couple of doses in conjunction with a rise in the tingling nerve pain leads him to believe Glutamine is helping. We're working on some dietary adaptations and reaching for an activity level that challenges him without increasing the tingling and pain the following day.

I need to remember that what appears like a small thing to me can be very large to the person actually living it.