Zach, I read your blog. You write very well. You took me through a range of emotions and insight as I read of your chemo journey. I also appreciated your thoughts of always thinking of someone who has it worse than you. I have tried to keep that in my mind as I go through this treatment for the gastroparesis. There are so many people who have it worse than I. I have great empathy for them.
One really neat thing is that you brought back a memory from my childhood. Not a real pleasant memory, but one I and my older siblings have chuckled over for forty-five years.
One night many years ago my two older brothers and old sister were babysitting when my parents went out. They turned the tv on and we watched Twilight Zone! Rather, they watched while I cowered behind a chair in the dark! When my parents came home they found me terrified to go to bed. Of course my siblings never fessed up to making me watch a scary program so mom and dad weren't sure what to think. My brothers and sister teased me insesantly for months and even years after becuase I was terrified! That was the only episode I ever watched!
Now I can't wait to talk to them becuase after following your link to the wickapedia site I know the exact date of the episode and the details of the story, (which parts of the episode were not in my memory since I was covering my eyes through much of the program). Anyway, I am planning to give them much grief over it, all these years later. If my parents were alive I would consider tattling on them but maybe it's better than I didn't then and can't now becuase they would make me pay dearly! They love to raze me to this day! I was 5 and a half years old when that episode aired! I'm emailing the link to them! My brother, Rick, will especially love this!! Thank you for your story and thank you for bringing back a dear memory for me! elaine
