My LMS adventure

In 2014, I had surgery on December 23rd. I was discharged from the hospital on Christmas Day. The following Monday I got a call from my surgeon. She kept apologizing, and told me the pathology report showed Uterine Leiomyosarcoma. I had a flashback to medical terminology... Leio- smooth, Myo- muscle, sarcoma - Cancer. Later after some Internet research I realized why she was apologizing. "Rare and aggressive" were the two terms used to describe this. I dug until I found statistics... how long will I live? I reached out to others with this disease. ---Even found a few who were diagnosed at the same month I was. My surgeon had done a residency with a gynecology oncologist, Dr. Chon. She had made phone calls to Dr. Chon, and gave me the phone number to make an appointment with Moffit Cancer's Women's Center. And that's how this adventure began a year ago. What a wild ride it has been. Everything changed... Where I live, where I work (ummm, I don'...

My three good things: Packing dishes to give to a friend. I know they'll have a good home. Finished a scarf and blocked it (knitting for making the scarf just right). Found a new author /series of cozy murders that I like. (Dead Guys Stuff, a Jane Wheel mystery by Sharon Fiffer.) Quiet day yesterday. When my roommate got home I apologized for the day before. (I was not feeling good, and he was waffling about visiting friends vs. staying at home. I had been hiding that I was very emotional (hormones?? why am I crying?) and basically told him to come home the next day. Emotions. I don't deal well with emotions... I grew up admiring Spock on Star Trek. I've stuffed my emotions about this cancer for long enough... they are bubbling out as I watch cat videos...Did a tiny bit of walking yesterday. Will try to do more today. Sitting around the house all the time is bad for me. Other side effects include a urinary tract infection, and mouth sores. So I've be...