Four months have gone by and things have changed. I’m actually lucky that the immune and chemotherapy treatments have not hit me as hard as they could have. The one most troubling change is neuropathy in my hands. It has taken away not only my ability to play guitar accurately, but it hurts to play. So, for now, I look at the guitar hanging on the wall behind me, and hope my hands recover when this treatment is over and I have a cure. My mantra is “it’s temporary, it’s temporary.” Then again, isn’t everything? Here’s a song written by Blaze Foley, “If I Could Only Fly.”
2 responses to “Changes”
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Ron,
I am pulling for you. I think you are the same Ron Ireland that I ran with when you lived in Glenmont. I was a coworker of Karen’s and we all became friends and you had me over for dinner.
I have been dealing with my own cancer journey. I am a year and a half out of radiation treatment for prostate cancer. So far no recurrence.
Hope you remain strong and I will be pulling for you!Jon Mendelson
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Jon,
Life is so strange. I put on a Pat Martino record a few weeks ago and thought of you. I remember you introduced me to his playing. I’m happy to hear that you’ve kept prostate cancer at bay. Thank you for your words of encouragement.All the best,
Ron
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