1 result for (book:tps7 AND heading:"delet session novemb 30 1983" AND stemmed:but)
7/24 (29%)
Saul
torso
Cathy
arms
spine
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(Jane was doing well. She said she had something to show me after lunch. While she ate I read Saul’s letter, and began to laugh. It concerned his low opinion of Steve Blumenthal—to which he’s entitled, I suppose—but Saul himself made a number of inaccurate statements, so the situation appeared to me to be a standoff. After lunch Jane tried to read Saul’s letter, but couldn’t manage it.
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(3:00. Jane started to read the session for yesterday, but had trouble with this one also, though not as much. Still, I ended up reading the last couple of pages to her. We finished at 3:23.
(Jane said that until her arms started softening up, she hadn’t realized “how wooden they felt before. I’m sorry those changes aren’t as noticeable to you as they are to me. I can feel them inside.” But, I said, they were noticeable to me, if in a different way than her own awareness dictated.)
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The entire body had been held within that kind of armor, and it is now being chipped away. The joints are becoming not only more flexible, but the fluid within the joints, which was “frozen” —
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—which was “frozen” is being released, and in a manner of speaking, “melted.” I may or may not return, again, according to those rhythms of which I speak—but know that I am present, and approachable.
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(4:33. Jane started some motions with her left foot, then her torso and head, back and forth against the pillow. The motions were mild, but her breathing grew heavier.
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(4:35. I turned Jane on her left side, then massaged her with Oil of Olay as usual. The supper tray hadn’t come. It still wasn’t there after my nap was over at 5:30, so I asked Cathy’s help in tracking it down. It still didn’t show up until 6:15, when Sharon Poley brought it in. This balled up our schedule, and made me late leaving Jane—at 7:30—but I see I managed to get the session done after a late supper anyhow. It’s 9:45 as I finish typing this. I said the prayer with Jane before leaving her for the night. She promised to call later if she could.)