Uh oh Trouble

Written on Thursday October 28, 2011
The phone call no one ever wants to get, 'You've got cancer" Turns out I was right about things not being right in my tummy. The mass the doctor felt on Monday may be lymphoma. I had a CT scan yesterday. My doc and the radiologist had a long talk and have concluded that is what it is. Now that I know it is there, I can feel it. In fact it is 6-8 inches long. Shaped like a cigar.  Lymphoma is basically cancer of the lymph nodes. The lymph nodes are a circulatory system similar to blood circulatory system. So the cancer can travel around the body pretty easily.  Tomorrow I'm having a biopsy to find out what kind of lymphomas it is if it is. Turns out there are all sorts of lymphomas.
So.. how am I taking this? So far so good. I must be still in shock. Because Im doing ok. I went out to the Wild Animal Park after I found out. It is still my place of healing and peace, no matter what storms are raging around me.
Ive asked my sister Susan to tell the family. I called Bruce my daughter Katie's husband and asked him to be with Katie when I tell her. (Remember that Katie is pregnant) Bruce suggested we wait until the weekend when he can tell her more gently. And I agree.
I told Frank when he got home from golf. And I told my friends Carmen, and Cris. Naturally everyone is shocked.
So I may be entering a whole new world. The world of people who have cancer. This should be interesting.
Today when I went in the WAP the guy who takes people's pictures asked me if i wanted one. At first I said, no. But then I thought. Lets take one when Im looking my best and hold it up as the person I really am. I scanned it into my computer and here it is.
So that's it for now, folks. Tomorrow is another day.