punkinhead

Hello SG friends and neighbors,

I hope this finds you all well and good.

So I'm not on much any more. Hardly ever. Life gets more and more complicated and I have less and less time to enjoy the site, the girls, and all of my friends here.

Just now I was sitting here fretting, torn between reaching out to my friends and not wanting to burden anyone, and I thought Wow, Self, go post on SG and you will probably feel a whole lot better.

So my wife has cancer. Long story short they did an ultrasound, found a growth, did a biopsy, and it was cancer. They have done one surgery, she has one to go and radioactive iodine therapy for afters.

And I was handling it really well. I had my initial freak out, took a breath, and decided that the logical and loving and practical thing to do was just to be as strong as I could, be as supportive as I could, and as helpful as I could. My stress helps nobody least of all my wife.

And it was all going well. But just about an hour ago I started talking to a loved one who lost a pet this morning. And they were so sad. And suddenly I was sad, terribly sad, and all I wanted to do was sit and cry. And I hardly knew the pet in question! But I had a moment where I just felt crippled by it all.

A few deep breaths later and I realized that it was all about wife. Obviously.

So here I am wishing you well, hoping your life is good. I reach out to you, each and every one, and say love and be kind.

be well,

ph

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