Things are starting to look up!
I got a call from my sister Friday. Dad's got his second opinion from a doctor in St. Louis, and has decided to go ahead and have surgery to remove the tumor, and has sugery scheduled for May 5th.
This is good news. The type of cancer he's been diagnosed with is actually the slowest acting and slowest growing, and does'nt respond well to radiation and chemotherapy...but has a tremendous recovery rate with surgery!
Dad did'nt originally want to have the surgery, because the doctor's in Quincy told him the surgery was very risky and that he could end up on a respirator for the rest of his life, if he even lived through it.
The doctor in St. Louis on the other hand said it was practically routine, and that he does this kind of surgery al the time. They also said that the cancer may not even be as serious as the doctor in Quincy had diagnosed.
To quote my brother: "Fucking Quincy Doctors!!!"
These are the same medical professionals that diagnosed my brother's migraine headaches as "depression", and put him on antidepressants and recomended therapy!
But anyway, does'nt matter, things are going to be alright now, I think.
The Scottish Festival went well yesterday. Even though they called for thunderstorms all weekend for the festival, we hardly saw a drop. Only now, at 3am in the morning am I even hearing the distant roar of the promised thunder.
Brandy came to the festival, and absolutely had a blast. She got her face painted and bought a flower wreath headband and wore it all round the festival...I told her that I would have her "converted" and in full costume and start taking her regularly to renaissance festivals yet!! And that was only half joking! If I can accomplish it, I'm sure-as-Hell going to do it!
In fact if I can convert the whole world to going to festivals in full costume and just having fun, I personally think it would start a golden era of peace.
Ok, maybe I'm going a little far with that....maybe!
I want to thank all of you who left me comments about my recent woes. I appreciate them much more than you think I do, really.
Later my friends.
I got a call from my sister Friday. Dad's got his second opinion from a doctor in St. Louis, and has decided to go ahead and have surgery to remove the tumor, and has sugery scheduled for May 5th.
This is good news. The type of cancer he's been diagnosed with is actually the slowest acting and slowest growing, and does'nt respond well to radiation and chemotherapy...but has a tremendous recovery rate with surgery!
Dad did'nt originally want to have the surgery, because the doctor's in Quincy told him the surgery was very risky and that he could end up on a respirator for the rest of his life, if he even lived through it.
The doctor in St. Louis on the other hand said it was practically routine, and that he does this kind of surgery al the time. They also said that the cancer may not even be as serious as the doctor in Quincy had diagnosed.
To quote my brother: "Fucking Quincy Doctors!!!"
These are the same medical professionals that diagnosed my brother's migraine headaches as "depression", and put him on antidepressants and recomended therapy!
But anyway, does'nt matter, things are going to be alright now, I think.
The Scottish Festival went well yesterday. Even though they called for thunderstorms all weekend for the festival, we hardly saw a drop. Only now, at 3am in the morning am I even hearing the distant roar of the promised thunder.
Brandy came to the festival, and absolutely had a blast. She got her face painted and bought a flower wreath headband and wore it all round the festival...I told her that I would have her "converted" and in full costume and start taking her regularly to renaissance festivals yet!! And that was only half joking! If I can accomplish it, I'm sure-as-Hell going to do it!
In fact if I can convert the whole world to going to festivals in full costume and just having fun, I personally think it would start a golden era of peace.
Ok, maybe I'm going a little far with that....maybe!
I want to thank all of you who left me comments about my recent woes. I appreciate them much more than you think I do, really.
Later my friends.
APR 20, 2009 09:07 AM
APR 20, 2009 03:32 PM
I got my stuff back from Blizzard.. In a way it was kind of a blessing and nice to not have to log on 4 days a week to raid. Not that I have anything particularly better to do, granted. Took about two weeks altogether, and was a giant PITA. Don't think I'd wish being hacked on anybody. 
Glad to hear about the good news about your dad! I'm sure the surgery will be textbook!
Did you take any pics at the festival?
APR 22, 2009 05:21 PM
Happy Earth Day! 
APR 23, 2009 04:50 AM
_Nobody_
France
April 2007
APR 28, 2009 10:41 AM
APR 28, 2009 11:52 AM
Yeah, it's too short notice. But I'm going to see the HorrorPops that Monday so the week isn't a total loss by any means!
APR 29, 2009 05:19 PM
APR 30, 2009 01:29 PM
_Nobody_
France
April 2007
MAY 01, 2009 04:01 AM
MAY 01, 2009 07:20 PM
MAY 03, 2009 02:43 AM
I hope the surgery goes well.
Thanks for the comment about the dress.
