by Sirona 28 Replies latest jw friends
Hi Sirona,
I'm sending the best anti-cancer vibes that I can! My brother just got out of the hospital after prostate surgery. The doctors said; "The cancer has left the building!" I hope that is the case for you too.
TR
I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way.
--Robert Frost, 1935
Sometimes it takes a while to notice someone hasn't been around in a while.
There are so many posters here it's easy not to notice.....don't feel bad.
Just a little bit ago I was wondering what happened to SixofNine and then his name came up in a post.
Sometimes some of us can only show up here breifly so it's easy to lose track of who's where.
WE STILL LOVES YA SIRONA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its a very strange thing to be told you have cancer. However, I think that its harder for those around me than it is for me. I'd rather it be me than someone like my mother, or my boyfriend, or sister. They've cried about it more than I have.
I suppose I'm getting very deep here, eh?
Thanks for your kind words, Undine and Mr Ben and everyone.
Sirona,
Welcome back, I hope your treatment is successful.
Please, Please be careful....my paternal grandfather died of skin cancer and my father, who just died of a heart attack, had numerous skin cancer lesions removed.
Get well and please let us know the prognosis and how you are doing.
Hugs and my thoughts are with you,
Tina AKA puffs
Hi Sirona,
Actually, I never got over your being accepted as a Mensa member and being pretty too. I'm the jealous type - with a long memory
Sorry about the cancer crap. My sister, Patio, went through the surgery, chemo, yuck, double yuck, then recovery about two years ago. She gets checked regularily, and is doing fine - cancer speaking, that is. She posts here - and is just such a perky person to talk to. It seems so strange that we're sisters and like each other!
Hope everything goes well for you - the growth of knowledge about medicine is staggering. Take care - and our best wishes for you to come back and spread your intelligence around!
waiting
ps: hope my long memory was accurate about your background. If not - at least you know I think highly of you, eh?
Hey sweetie
Wow! No wonder you put the keyboard up, you have been through much! I so understand what you are saying about your family's pain. I can take anything, but if my family or loved ones are hurting I come undone. I am sending some healing vibes your way now, and you will recover! Just make it so The skin cancer you have is very serious, and I hope you wil keep us informed on how you are. Come here if you want to vent about the many emotions you are going through if you want. Or you can email and vent there. Please don't try to make it through this all alone in your thoughts. I perceive that you do not want to share all of your fears with your family, I would be the same way. Yet it does help to have a 3rd party to bounce some stuff off. Contact me if you wish.
((((((hugs)))))
wendy
Hi Sirona,
Glad you're posting again. I'm so sorry about your diagnosis. Please keep us posted about what you're going through and what treatments you're having. We care about you.
As my sister, Waiting, mentioned i had stage-3 (that means the lymph nodes were involved) rectal cancer 3 years ago and if you want to talk, please e-mail me. I had the same reaction you did when i first found out and everything went so fast before you have time to even adjust to the idea of having such an illness.
I'm fine now with the exception of pretty severe dietary restrictions sometimes.
I wish i had magic words to make you feel better, but i never found any. It just takes time to absorb such news. I did read a lot about the illness in general. It's hard for me to say the 'C' word. Reading helped me come to grips with it.
Take care.
Pat
Hi
Waiting: you were right, I am the one in Mensa, etc. 
Patio: thanks for the kind words, sometimes it does help to speak to someone who has also been diagnosed with something very serious (the c word). My melanoma is stage 2, and they're not sure if the lymph nodes have been infected or not. They can do a biopsy, but they also check every 3 months for development of lumps under my arms.
I'm going this afternoon to see the consultant and find out if I do need skin grafts, or if they'll be able to remove the extra skin and stitch it up again somehow. I'm glad you are now in recovery and things are clear,
Geordie thanks, I will pick up your email later.
Tina - its strange but even though you said your grandfather died, I appreciate that you understand the seriousness of it. Im getting really fed up with people trying to make me feel better by minimising it (sort of "oh it'll be fine, suchabody down the street had it and is OK now"). Anyhow, every case is different and I really believe I will be OK.
Mommy,((hugs)) thanks.
Simon...I keep meaning to meet up with you and your wife like you said, its just that I have a hectic schedule most of the time (full-time work, part-time degree, etc.) When my surgery etc is out of the way we should meet up somewhere one day, I will bring Richard. He is into going to the beach at the moment, so maybe something like that.
Sirona