I seem to have lost my “starch” for the moment. I’d expected something like this, but there’s “kind of tired” and then there’s “completely wilted.” I would have to say I fall into the latter category.
Since I have no desire to be a whiner, vintage or otherwise, I think I’d best keep this pretty basic. So in short form: Something over nine years ago, my dad had a small cancer removed from his tongue. Before anyone asks, he’s a lifelong non-smoker and non-drinker, so for him to develop such a thing was just sheer bad luck (and rotten genetics.) Now, long after his docs quit monitoring for such a thing, it’s recurred. Same thing, same spot, rather larger and uglier. He had his appointment with the surgeon yesterday, and I went in for it. That turned out to be an all-day project, but all pre-admission tests and examinations are done. So he has surgery scheduled for October 11th. We won’t know what if anything else he’ll need until that’s done and they figure out if it’s gotten into his lymph nodes.
I would have liked to be with my friend K. when she got her tests, but I still haven’t figured out how to be in northwest Illinois and central Indiana at precisely the same time on the same day. So we called each-the-other as soon as we were done, that being the best we could do. She has been told that the tests for the real big-bad, M.S., did not indicate any such thing, but the docs there still don’t know why she’s having the problems she is. So there will be more appointments, and more testing, and hopefully next round I can get there.
So since all of that has had me pretty wound up, now that it’s waiting time I’m unwinding. Overall, that’s a good thing. But I really could stand to have a little more starch in me. “Puddle” has never been my best look.
*hugs* Take care of yourself, my dear. I’ll be saying prayers for K and your dad. I think I’ll go to the store and get the giant economy size box of starch for both of us. Love ya.
Oh hell, I don’t know what to say but you are in my thoughts. If there is anything I can do including just being an ear let me know.