"You shoot me down but I won't fall, I am titanium."

[nausicaa83]

I just found out there's a fantastic esthetician 30 seconds from my house. She set shop inside an hairdresser's, that's why I had no idea she was there. Today I went for a pedicure (I have 99 problems with my feet, and they're all painful), and we talked a lot, and she's awesome and really, really good at her job. Now my toenails are purple and pretty and my feet are all soft and nothing hurts, it's great.

I should probably write a post about a woman's relationship with her body after breast cancer, and how estethicians help a lot with feeling at ease with one's body, instead of that weird disconnection between "you" and "your body that's trying to kill you", but that would take me a lot of time and right now I just want to wiggle my toes and giggle for a while. I feel pretty, oh so pretty. ♥

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[stardust-made.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I should have been more specific, but was carried away by the feeling. I meant this post, right here. When one writes one ends up spotting the whole 'showing not telling' things a lot and sometimes one finds it on friends blogs, in short personal posts that have nothing to do with fiction.:) I read your words and my first thought at the end was that there was so much in that little ramble of yours and it told me a lot about your relationship with your body post-cancer. I count it as piece of the big picture that fits with other pieces - other thoughts you've shared that were darker or deeper or more elaborate. But to me it was on par with them. It told me about new aspects of said relationship that are equally important.

I don't know if that makes sense, it's hard to articulate some things without resorting to cliches and I don't want to do that.:)

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, now it makes sense! I was thinking I should eat more fish because my memory was getting sloppy! :D

It is one of those recurring themes in therapy, so it makes sense it gets through the cracks here too. Although a proper post on the topic is still on my to-do list. *________*