Tuesday, December 4, 2012

A Little Good News

I went for my one-week follow-up appointment with Dr. M. today. I love Dr. M., in case I have not mentioned that. He's confident, competent, and compassionate, the sort of guy you feel you could trust with your life. Which is excellent, as that's exactly what I have to do.

The appointment went as well as it possibly could. The doctor says the eye is "healing beautifully," and he's also very pleased with my vision. I'm cleared to drive whenever I feel like it, and I'm cleared to return to my normal activities like housework at the end of the week in April, 2036.

We are still waiting on the genetic analysis of the tumor, which will tell us more about how aggressive it is, and thus how likely it is that it would show up somewhere else. That would be very, very bad. So, while rejoicing with me about today's good news, please continue to pray with me that the tumor is lazy and not terribly interested in making anything of itself. Perhaps its mother is calling it from some petri dish somewhere, comparing my tumor unfavorably to the cousin who graduated at the top of  his class and made all the medical journals. I'm hoping my tumor is too lazy to even pick up the phone, and lets its sniping mother fill its answering machine tape. Maybe my tumor is too baked to even care. I hope so.

8 comments:

  1. Praying for the laziest tumor ever in the history of tumor testing!
    Also, I think refraining from housework until 2036 is a wise idea. I mean, you wouldn't want to push it or anything.
    xoxoB

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    1. I might do a load of laundry around 2035, if I really feel like pushing things.

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  2. Okay, true story, the captcha I had to type for the comment above was "healeast" so, see, even blogger is rooting for you to heal and be the healest person around ;-)

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    1. Awesome. That makes me sad about my plan to disable captcha, which ordinarily annoys me.

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  3. Very good news, Rebecca. I will continue to pray.

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    1. Thank you, Julie! I really do appreciate it.

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  4. I didnt know about this but yes Great news. I will keep you in my prayers and dont you dare lift a finger!!! Your turn to be pampered right now. Keep updates ; )

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  5. I didnt know about this but yes Great news. I will keep you in my prayers and dont you dare lift a finger!!! Your turn to be pampered right now. Keep updates ; )

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