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dr.chan's
assistant brenda finally calls with a surgery date
after two
weeks of waiting, having no luck getting thru to brenda on the
fone, leaving messages, i had an appointment with my GP dr.copeland
to talk over with her everything that's been going on, hadn't
seen her since it all started back at beginning of september.
she was very unhappy about how long this has been taking, so
she called on 25 november & got rite thru! initially brenda
assigned me a date of 22 december, another month of waiting,
but dr.copeland said that wasn't good enuf, so brenda came back
the next day with a date of monday 8 december. omigosh, that's
just around the corner. & i have to be there the friday before
for pre-op stuff, so that means i'm leaving on thursday 4 december
(it's already day after thanksgiving as i write this)...
now all
of a sudden, it's time to get ready! get the house cleanedup,
stock the pantry, lay in plenty of animal food, make arrangements
to board the dogs, find rides down there & back home when
i'm ready. all while not knowing when i'll be up to the 6 or
7 hour drive back. whether surgery is laproscopic or open will
make the huge difference of course, & brenda says everyone
recovers at their own rate, so it's hard to plan.
feeling
so lucky to have diane there in sausalito, i'll spend the weekend
before surgery with her, & probly a little while after, hoping
i won't be too much trouble.
feels sortof
like my life as i know it is over, however this goes, from now
on, i'm living in cancerworld. thanksgiving has been so much
about recognizing my blessings, & being so grateful i'm not
facing this alone, so many people are making me feel so loved. |
