I'm in a strange space mentally...

I am incredibly fortunate that my cancer was detected and removed so early. I hope that my willingness to meet life head on and accept all challenges has precipitated my good fortune. I am more determined than ever to write the book of my life in hopes that it will inspire others to meet their challenges head on. I have always said that my friends are my family, and my friends have been so incredibly supportive throughout my ordeal. There are no words for how grateful I am, and there have been many tears shed privately in thanks because there are times I do not feel worthy of such love. I have to believe that all of the positive thought and prayer put forth by those who care about me helped turn my condition around. There is one individual who has been especially supportive throughout the last few weeks. I never expected R to be there. But he has ferried me to doctor's appts., gone into the examining room with me, held my hand, watched movies, and has just generally been a rock upon which I could stand throughout this whole ordeal. While S may have told me that he cares about me, R's actions have proved to me that he wants to be far more than just my friend. Between R & S, I feel very loved, and they gave me the will to fight this thing when I had all but given up. I'm glad that neither one of them feels that at this point they need to force me to make a choice between them, because I need them both in my life. I'm sure I'll write more later.

Ciao for now.

Here is what happened on Monday...

From the WebMD website:

Surgery for ovarian cancer usually includes:

A hysterectomy, which removes your uterus, and a salpingo-oophorectomy, which removes your ovaries and fallopian tubes.
Taking a sample of peritoneal fluid (peritoneal washings) from the abdominal cavity to find cancer cells.
Removing and checking the pelvic and aortic lymph nodes to see if the cancer has spread.
Checking the abdominal organs and tissues for cancer cells. Biopsies may be done.
Removing and checking the fatty tissue (omentum) attached to the stomach and large intestine to see if the cancer has spread.
An appendectomy, which removes your appendix.

Ciao for now.

Well, this just sucks...

My AC has decided to go belly up. Luckily, it's not going to be *that* hot this weekend. I am sure as heck not going to call a repairman on Memorial Day weekend. I'll just be opening windows, etc., overnight to cool things down. Have the ceiling fans running as well. Hopefully Chris will be able to come by and check on things for me and see if he can get it running again.

Ciao for now.