COSTA RICA: A NEW PROJECT

I went to Costa Rica even though I was still not feeling well. Do not miss understand me, I was okay due to the diet I put myself on. But I was not a100% better. Every now and then I would feel a ting of the pain coming on; anticipating feeling such pain again is to say the least distressing. The pain is excruciating, it causes me to double over and run to the nearest ER. Thankfully, I now have a prescription that will ease the pain. While I was in Costa Rica the strict diet I put myself on kept the pain away and I did not need to take any medication. My decision to go away is due to the firm belief that I have, that if I am in pain here in Miami, I might as well go away and feel the pain while doing something that I enjoy. So off I went to Costa Rica.

In Costa Rica I found that the food is fresh and without preservatives. Their fruit is tree ripened, varied and delicious. The air is clean. What more can one ask for? Can you believe it my stomach did not give me any trouble while I was there. I went to the beach, I hiked to waterfalls, went canoeing and took long walks. I read. I watched the parade of birds, butterflies and monkeys in my friends yard. I met a lot of great people. I felt comfortable. And it was just so peaceful!! I truly relaxed and I felt better than I have felt in a very long time. I loved being there!!!

I loved it so much I bought land in the same community that my friend who I was staying with lives. I bought a piece of land that has two or three ancient trees that have resident monkeys, sloths, parrots and all sorts of birds in them. These trees are remaining on the land. So now I have a new project; building a home around these trees. I am just starting to realize the amount of work that this will entail. So much that my head is already spinning. But it is exciting and I am looking forward to tackling each and every issue that arises. It could take up to two years to finish. I must admit that I could not nor would I even attempt such a project, if it was not for my friend who is there helping me. Everyone should be so lucky to have such a friend!!!

I am now home and still trying to find out what is wrong with my stomach. I just took an enzyme test to see what is going on in my gut. I was the one who requested my doctors to prescribe the test. If it does not indicate what is the problem that is causing me the pain, then I will request a GI mapping of my stomach. I am on the hunt for answers. My doctors seemed to just throw up their hands and they did not know where else to turn for answers. They said that all the tests I took corroborate the fact that I am fine, but for the pain. So it is up to me to find a cure.

My new tale of woes; I went to my dentist last week for a teeth cleaning only to find out that I have a hole in my palate. A small one, totally round and bone is poking through. Wow I did not expect this even though I felt the hole with my tongue, but I thought nothing of it. My dentist told me to contact an oral surgeon. The surgeon agrees with my oncologist who said the hole is due to the bone infusions I have been taking to strengthen my bones. Needless to say, I am no longer going to get said infusions. But it just goes to show you that it is sometimes the so called cure itself that can kill you. I am not overly concerned, I have an appointment to see the surgeon this month and I will find out then what it all means.

So at the end of January I am going back to Costa Rica to close on the land. I will then meet up with a surveyor, a soil tester, a well digger, a sewer man, an arborist, an architect, a project manager and I don’t know who else, but I am sure I left someone out.

I will continue to travel, because that is what I love to do. But now I will have a place that I can go to between my travels that will let me find peace and tranquility. A place where I will look forward to going home to. I wish that Lewis would be doing this with me!!! I wish it would be our home!!! I know that he approves the project that I have now taken on. But it would be so much more fun and fulfilling if he was standing by my side making the decisions with me and enjoying the results. Life is not fair, death is not fair, not for the living nor the departed. But while I am still alive and capable, I shall live my life to the fullest!! I will have fun, I shall laugh and I shall love!! I strongly suggest that you take every day as a gift and don’t waste a single day. Time is the one thing we can never get back. Find your project, find that which brings you happiness and go for it! Grab it with both hands and don’t let go!!! And don’t let your illness or loss define you! It may stop you in your tracks at times, but once you can start moving again, go, live and don’t look back!!!! Your loved ones (dead or alive) will applaud you and your doctors will be amazed!!!

Life is not merely surviving!!!!!