I am safely home from the hospital. I am probably scheduled for follow-up vascular surgery to correct a carotid artery blockage the week of BayCon, my home convention; we'll see what that does to my ability to attend. Thinking of all y'all with love and solidarity in any case.

MRI showed what they called a "mini-stroke": left forearm and hand are affected but my right arm and both legs are ok.

Hello all. I have not been feeling well since my mother passed away, but they were vague symptoms I attributed to stress. Wednesday I experience severe leg swelling and went to the ED. While I was there, they discovered a gigantic (probably cancerous) mass in my lower abdomen that was causing the leg swelling and subsequent deep vein thrombosis. No biopsy yet, that will be Monday. I am on heparin to this my blood to break up the clots, but basically the blood is just stuck in my leg until they remove the thing sitting on the veins, but I still have a good pulse in my foot. This is going to be approximately ten million dollars! I will be here for at least seven days, probably more. At least I will reach my deductible. Go probable stage III ovarian cancer!