2013.09.07: 19 - Summer Travels

我与癌（19-夏日出游） 大闺女毕业，入医学院之前，要求领略各国风情，算我们赠送的毕业礼物。我迫不及待赶紧找医生询问我出行的可能性，他的一句没问题便拔开心头的层层迷雾。往昔我就是被化疗牵着鼻子走，今夏决定主动出击。 2013年6月初，俩闺女刚放假，LG便带着她俩飞北京，游新疆，登上了四川阿坝州四姑娘山的小妹妹顶（5355米）。 LG的怍品，新疆，天山比武 四川，整装待发 成功登顶 姐妹俩 他们三人周三离家，我当然希望同行，但身体状况不允许，也自得其乐，自由自在，养精蓄锐汇亲友共游希腊。周四晚餐后，觉腹部有隐痛，怎么他们刚走，我就出问题？赶紧咨询医生同学XW是否要去医院（一旦遭蛇咬，十年怕井绳）。她建议服用Telynol，我遵命服用后痛减。9点上床时，疼痛抬头，我自作主张服用医生配给的较强止痛药，希望能止痛入眠。没 料到竟开始呕吐，叫苦不迭，完了完了，希腊游也许泡汤了。那夜一直折腾到 凌晨2点。清晰记得我求上帝帮帮我，就迷糊过去了。一觉醒来已是周五清晨7点，腹痛消失了，只剩轻微的压痛，奇妙不 ？！最最重要的是我已学会此法可将肠梗阻扼杀在萌芽期。周五我照例去会我的气功朋友共做练功48法，午餐我就只敢喝稀粥了。 6月12日，做完第三个疗程的 Avastin+Abraxane, 一周后18日我随身携带N59口罩启程经伦敦飞往希腊的雅典会俩闺女和老弟一家三口。希腊一切日程均由老弟及与他事业合作十年之久的希腊伙伴搞定，我在此表示由衷的感谢。尤其感动的是到机场接我的不仅有俩闺女，老弟一家，还有希腊美女M和帅哥S，我受宠若惊。（LG要赚钱养家，主动放弃同行）。 第二天在美女和帅哥的带领下，上午游雅典卫城，太阳那个烈，风那个猛，没有影响我东张西望，上窜下跳。下午到卫城博物馆，我消停许多。参观完 National Archeology Museum 和 Monastiraki Flea Market. 晚餐后，我已筋疲力尽,都懒得说话了，上下眼皮都快扛不住了。幸亏美女注意到，提议赶紧撤，回到?馆，吐了两口，服下Telynol，就进睡梦了，想着，明天哪儿也不许去，歇息。 原来全体人员都已快累叭下，并已决定第三天就是躺沙滩，观地中海。 第四天飞抵 Santorini .  在党代表（老弟）和琼花（大闺女）的齐心协力合作下，我们租了手动车环游此岛，喜欢她朴素的美景和淳朴的民风。登游船，上活火山岛（我没调队哦），船上看日落，拍了一张落日下温馨的一对，觉得还行，上去询问老俩口，要个邮箱，二位点头称是。此刻 Saxophone 表演者的独奏声缓缓飘荡在风中。没有丝毫防备，老先生轻轻脱起我的手，邀我和他跳一曲。我犹豫不决，"不能给中国人丢脸＂真心这么想着，便含笑慢悠悠随乐曲起舞。乐终舞毕，掌声四起，因只有我们两个舞者。我深深感受到人间温情无处不在，只是需要去发现。 夕阳西下的情侣 第六天按日程飞离 Santorini 抵达 Mykonos。再次深切体会海的蓝，房的白交相辉映的美妙。从海边的餐馆遥望大风车又别有一番风味。转身处处都是赏心悦目的景观和让人留连忘返的沙滩。不过我更喜欢 Santoroni。 Travel with rich uncle （俩娃的总结） 三天后坐船回雅典，美女和帅哥又在码头迎接。我一天后回洛杉矶，俩闺女继续她们的环球游飞罗马，老弟一家回杭，希腊游圆满画上了句号。敢保证的是，为美景，美食，美女帅哥，我还会回来的。

Me and Cancer (19 - Summer Travels) After my oldest daughter graduated, she wanted to travel the world before she entered medical school, and we obliged, considering it her graduation gift. I rushed to the doctor as soon as I could, to ask about the possibility of me traveling.  When he told me it would be no problem, it dispelled the fog of uncertainty surrounding my heart. In the past I was at the mercy of my chemotherapy, but this summer I would take the initiative and travel. In early June 2013, just after the two girls started their summer break, LG flew with them to Beijing, went to Xinjiang, and summitted the “youngest sister” peak (5355 m) in the Siguniang “Four Girls” mountains in the Ngawa Prefecture in Sichuan. The following are photos taken by LG: Xinjiang, Battle of Heaven and Earth [photo] Sichuan, getting ready to go [photo] Successful ascent [photo] Sisters [photo] The three of them left home on Wednesday. Of course I wanted to go with them, but my physical condition wouldn’t allow it. Ultimately I could entertain myself, having the freedom to do whatever I wanted, and would recuperate in preparation to meet my friends and family in Greece. After dinner on Thursday, I felt a dull pain in my abdomen. Why was I starting to have problems as soon as they left? I immediately asked my friend XW who was a doctor whether I needed to go to the hospital (once you’re bitten by a snake, you’re afraid of ropes for ten years). She recommended taking Tylenol, and after I took it the pain decreased. When I got in bed at 9, the pain reared its head again, so I decided to take the stronger painkillers prescribed to me, hoping to ease the pain and fall asleep. Unfortunately, I started to vomit, and I was completely helpless. It was all over, the tour of Greece was now perhaps out of the question as well. That night I struggled until 2 in the morning. I clearly remember asking God to help me, and then passed out. When I woke up it was 7 AM on Friday and the pain was gone, leaving only a slight tenderness.  Isn’t that wonderful?! The most important thing was that I had learned this way to stop bowel obstructions in their tracks in the early stages. On Friday I went to practice the Forty-Eight Forms with my qigong friend as usual, and for lunch I only dared eat watery congee. On June 12, I finished my third cycle of Avastin and Abraxane, and a week later on June 18 I began my travels with N59 face masks, flying through London to Athens, Greece where I would meet my daughters and my brother’s family of three. All of our travel plans were taken care of by my brother and his Greek business partner of ten years, and I’m deeply thankful to them. What particularly moved me was that it wasn’t just my daughters that picked me up at the airport, but my brother’s family of three and the beautiful Greek M and handsome S were there as well. I was very flattered. (LG had to make money and support our family, so he returned home on his own). The second day under the leadership of M and S, we toured the Acropolis in the morning. The sun and wind were fierce, but it didn’t keep me from being giddy with excitement. In the afternoon we went to the Acropolis Museum, and I took many breaks. After visiting the National Archaeology museum and the Monastiraki Flea Market, I was exhausted, too tired even to speak, and my eyelids were too heavy to keep them apart. Fortunately M noticed and suggested that we retire immediately. Back at the hotel, I vomited a little bit, took Tylenol, and fell asleep. I thought, tomorrow I won’t go anywhere; I’ll rest. It turned out that everyone else was exhausted as well, and had therefore decided on the third day to visit the Mediterranean Sea and lay on the beach. The fourth day we flew to Santorini. Through the cooperative efforts of my brother and my older daughter, we rented a manual car to tour the island, and we liked its simple beauty and atmosphere. We then boarded a ship to visit a active volcanic island (I didn’t change groups!). While sailing we watched the sunset, and I captured a picture of a happy old couple under the sunset. I thought it was a good picture, so I approached them and asked them whether they wanted me to mail them a copy, and they said yes. At the time, a saxophone solo gently floated in the breeze. Without any warning, the old man gently lifted up my hand and asked me to dance. I hesitated, thinking “I can’t bring disgrace to Chinese people”, but I smiled and began to slowly dance to the music. After the music ended, applause erupted from all sides, because we were the only two people dancing.  At that moment, I deeply felt that human compassion is everywhere on earth, one just has to discover it. Sweethearts at sunset [photo] On the sixth day we departed Santorini on schedule and flew to Mykonos. It was then that I truly appreciated the beauty of white buildings reflected off the blue sea. I saw more nice scenery in the distant windmills from our seaside restaurant. No matter where you looked, there were pleasant sights and alluring beaches. But I still prefer Santorini. Travel with rich uncle (the conclusion of my daughters) [photo] Three days later we took a boat back to Athens, and M and S greeted us again at the pier. I returned the next day to Los Angeles, my daughters flew to Rome to continue their world travels, my brother’s family flew back to Hangzhou, and the Greece trip thus came to a successful close. I’m sure that, for the beautiful scenery, for the delicious food, and for M and S, I will be back.