someone lovely (and very clever and correct) from england said:
I’ve looked at your blog but I don’t quite see chapter and verse on the beginning or the diagnosis
and so we thought – good point (actually we thought “oh god, we haven’t even thought about navigation”) – so here’s the story from the beginning and a simple click-to-search for all the rest about our tumours/tumor/horrid illness (so far):
http://teamgloria.com/?s=tobias
this is the first post about tobias: in which we name our tumour/tumor/thingy.
and here are a few highlights along the way.
1. pre-biopsy #1: mitford sisters and moleskine journals
2. post-biopsy #1: somewhere else
3. what not to say when someone is waiting for biopsy results
4. getting a surgery date: september 9th
5. sleepless in madrid: oh it’s you, jet lag
6. what not to say #2 (in milan)
7. panicking in beijing: hello, 3 AM
9. santa monica sunsets: and post-surgery houseguests
10. pre-surgery shopping lists: one stop NYC
11. bureaucracy and paperwork:
13. the gift of bubble baths and yogic breathing
14. surrendering to the pharmacist
15: care packages arriving from all over the world
16: day one: medical leave: surgery tomorrow
17: it’s going to be a long night
18: we went to Hell. and made it back
19: home, sleeping
20: chet baker, a light supper of scrambled eggs and another handful of calcium pills
21. medical leave: day 6: team gloria becomes an archipelago
22. medical leave: day 7: afraid of the wound beneath
23. Frankenstein’s monstre/monster/creature
24: we just reached the angry stage
25. medical leave day 11: entering our blue period: waiting for cancer results
26. medical leave day 12: a day of small simple tasks
28. BENIGN!
29: medical leave day 14: because nothing else will be the same, Dorothy
30: time to read: “my year off” by Robert McCrumb
32: final day of medical leave: lots of feelings, no more time.
have you been through a similar experience? do say something in the comments and we promise to respond. it’s helped us ENORMOUSLY when people say “this is what i thought/did/freaked out over and this is what helped”
you are loved. remember that.
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Gosh, I haven’t thought about this in a while but yes, I’ve been there and done that, in a way:
http://litlove.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/why-ive-been-away/
http://litlove.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/away-part-two/
http://litlove.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/away-part-three/
It’s not what constitutes fun, is it? But thank goodness, and every possible deity, that it wasn’t worse.
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I just discovered this and am starting to read. I don’t know whether you followed my cancer journey three years ago. If talking to a survivor can help, you know how to get in touch
Dearest Howard. Despite all the prognosis and the surgery it was found the pesky tumors were of a Benign nature but you are So Kind to drop by! The conversation we had in your lovely magical garden while.eating fruit off the trees was divine.
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Fight the good fight against Tobias and his sisters – your spirit will help you be victorious against this evil invader! Sending you the best wishes for success!
JM
Hello!
And may we say how radiant you looked at Book Soup :)
Your comment has vastly enriched our day. bless you for that. and we shall do exactly as you suggest. As we know the experience was hard won behind it.
Tickled pink you stopped by!
tg x
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