'Harm's Way'
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If I could request some health- and job-ma for my sister M. She got laid off last month, and then just got diagnosed with lupus.
She was all ironical about it in that she was worried the diagnosis was going to be cancer but, as she said, "But, nooo, I have to get something weirder." If she watched House I would have shared another irony with her, but since she doesn't, it would take too much explaining.
My dear friend Donna Burley passed away last night. She fought a brave battle with breast cancer for three years. I'm sad for myself that I did not get to say my good-byes in person as I had planned to this week, but I am also relieved that she is no longer suffering.
A small glimmer of yay in all this sad news: I was made permanent staff at my job, with health insurance and everything. One step closer to being a for-real adult...
ND and I will be dark gray until next Saturday, the 4th. We are on a ship with his family. Wish us smooth sailing and a whole lot of patience! We won't have phone access but will check our email once a day. See ya on the other side.
So, yeah. In keeping with the Angel of Happiness persona that I seem to have adopted recently (this phrase to be heard dripping with sarcasm), I am asking for some ~~ma. Three significant growths were found on my thyroid via ultrasound, as well as two enlarged lymph nodes. Being as my sister just went through treatment for thyroid cancer, the doctors are being wonderfully dilligent and I am having biopsies done tomorrow at around 8:30am EST (5:30am board time).
Any thoughts, prayers, candle-lighting, vibes, ~~ma, or boy band sacrifices would be extremely appreciated.
Twenty needle sticks later, I am home. Thank you all so much for the ~~ma. Results on Friday or Monday.
Any ~ma you can spare bent our way around 1:00 Pacific would be greatly appreciated.
Man, that's some powerful stuff, and highly efficacious! Thank you, and we release it to the benefit of whoever may need it next.
I'm on my way to the first physical exam in longer than I can remember, to try and figure out what has been plaguing me for the last few years. Please, could I have both 'manage that needle phobia well' ma and 'whatever it is, let it be easily and inexpensively dealt with' ma?
And before I even get there, I want to thank the doctor for being an angel. He's charging me a fraction of what the insurance I don't have would have paid. Bless him.