This month I reached my 65 birthday. I always said that I didn't want to live more than 50 years because I thought that more than that I was going to be to old to do things by my own means. Now I can see that I have lived 15 years more than I expected, and that I have been able to do things by myself. I have 3 years publishing in Steemit and now in Hive. I have been honest and creative in all my publications, and apart from that I have been grateful for what I have received no matter if it had been little or more than expected.
My birthday was on the 4th of this month. I am publishing it today because I have been visiting the doctors due to my health problem which is taking me a lot of time and energy. I want to publish as much as I can because I need the money. I am a patient of high risk because I am diabetic and the cancer has become a metastasis, but I have the posibility of healing though I need to be operated in a clinic with a good intensive care unit in case I will need it. The budgets I obtained were between 7000 to 9000 dollars in 2 clinics. That is a big quantity to obtain, but I am doing my best and my family too. It will take a long time to get that amount and I need it as soon as possible.
I need to go through a treatment of some chemotherapy before the surgery to reduce the tumors, and that will help in the operation. I didn't have any idea how difficult was for people with cancer in this country, I feel pity for all those that have to go through this illness. Yesterday I obtained my power down which helped me to buy some medicines and some food for my diet. I am grateful because it was enough for all I need it today. Though I publish many kind of recipes I don't eat them because my diet is based only on fruits, vegetables, chicken and fish.
On my birthday my darling invited me to eat venezuelan pies to forget the stress we had with the medical exams. He always go with me to every place. I feel well because I am not going through this alone, which it is so important. That day everyone at home was making noise because it was mon and grandma birthday. I heard them deliberating on the food they wanted to cook and they chose to prepare my favorite cake. They decided to prepare a barbecue and to cook a roasted chicken on the oven because of my diet.
My children prepared the barbecue and the chicken, my daughter in law prepared some salads to respect my diet because they all are conscious of my condition.
One of my children is preparing my cake. This cake is named Bienmesabe, it is a cake filled with coconut cream,. My son made a post teaching how ro make this cake which it was really delicious. On my birthday I had to use an extra dose of insulin to eat just a piece of this cake.
We gather as a family and shared this meal and I know my family is worried because may be they think it will be the last birthday they shared with me. I know that when people have cancer we are more near death than ever. There are many things we can do to live longer and I hope to have that blessing.
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