Understading Our Self and Limits

People differ greatly in the amount of anxiety and worry they can stand: some can endure a great deal without being adversely affected, while others soon show signs of strain. You should observe yourself closely, so that you understand your own powers of endurance. By this means you will learn to divest yourself before any harm is done.
Razi: Kitab al-Muluki

Some of us can endure more than others, with pain, stress, anger, or grief; we each know our limits that we can tolerate before we give in. We all try our best not to show those we love that we are in pain or are suffering. We try to be strong and do it on our own, without asking for help when we really need it then. Some of us are too proud or don’t want you to see them at their weakest moment in time. They want you to see them as strong that they still can do it all, when in reality you can’t do what you once did. We have to accept our failures in that we will be strong again to accept help when they offer, without being offended or having feelings of being inept. We have to know our limits and accept them all.

TRAVELING

With our economy in dire straits now I know that some will not be able to travel far, but if it is something that you had wanted to do go for it, who knows what tomorrow will bring.
When we went to San Diego between surgeries, it was the best that my husband could have done for me. To relax and enjoy the fantastic view from the pool area of the mountains that surrounded the hotel was uplifting mentality, physically, and spirituality and that helped me prepare for the second surgery.
Before we go anywhere, be it in the US or over seas, I call the doctors office to tell them we where going away and that I need records of what was done to me. They sent me copies of Doctors statement of what was done and how I am right now, latest blood work, copies of the reports of ct scans and x-rays. I also made a sheet that have all my doctors listed with phone numbers, list of medications that I am taking or had taken but not longer like the heated chemotherapy, vaccinations, and allergies, that I have no spleen and list the operations that I had done from newest to oldest.
If something happens, then I am ready, I travel to enjoy life to the fullest but you also have to consider all possibilities that could happen and be prepared the best you can.