Cancer update

Three weeks ago I posted about my diagnosis of uterine cancer and my experience with the local doctor and the infamous PA. I just want to catch you up with what has happened since then.

The Big Guy and I trekked down to Tampa to the Moffitt Cancer Center and met with the oncologist/surgeon and we immediately liked him. He was the polar opposite of my local Dr. He was on time, knew everything about me and exuded confidence. We both felt I would be in good hands and get the best of care. We set the date for surgery and I was on my way.

The day of surgery went like clockwork; those people are the models of efficiency and caring. Every one who would be involved in the surgery in any way came in to introduce themselves and assured me they would take excellent care of me. And I felt that they did. The nurses were fantastic!

Upshot: the doctor said it went very well and I would need no additional treatment. Yay! Okay, so  I am not exactly the dancing penguin yet but I'm getting there slowly. I actually felt like I had been hit by a very big truck. The only kind of sucky thing is that cancer can recur and I need to go for followups every three months for the first two years and then every six months for the next two years. As my brother said, "that's a small price to pay", and I agree with him.

This past week I celebrated my birthday. One year ago I would never have envisioned saying this year that I am a cancer survivor. I guess we just never know what life has in store for us.  Hmmmmn . . .probably a good thing!

Once again, I want to thank all of you for your wonderful thoughts, prayers, hugs, virtual flowers and e mails. It helped me tremendously and I feel so blessed to be among such caring bloggers.

As for the blog, I am still tossed up as to what to do but I  hope to start catching up with your blogs. It may take a while but at least now I feel I can sit at the computer for a bit without so much discomfort.

See y'all at chez vous!