happy Birthday, Anne.
and I am sorry Erin, but I really know nothing to tell you
I can beat up demons until the cows come home, and then I can beat up the cows.
Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'
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beth b - Jan 30, 2009 5:12:09 pm PST #9647 of 10000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
JZ - Jan 30, 2009 5:15:11 pm PST #9648 of 10000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oh, crap, Erin! I don't understand at all. I'd think that your girl parts should be constantly high-fiving each other and saying, "WOOT! Check us out, we're in ERIN, how lucky are we?" instead of going all ferwonky.
And {{{Kristin}}}. I'm so, so glad your dad came through it all right, but that was a spectacularly awful decision on his part. Did he ever think about how devastated you'd have been if he'd kept it all from you and the outcome was bad? Yay paternal desire to protect you and shield you from more worry on top of everything else you'd been through in the past year, but FAIL on the actually thinking it through part.
But, oh, I'm glad they got it all.
brenda m - Jan 30, 2009 5:20:05 pm PST #9649 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Eep. Everybody's inside parts need to shape up and start behaving.
Trudy Booth - Jan 30, 2009 5:27:54 pm PST #9650 of 10000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Aw Kristin!
My Father had a double bypass without telling us until several days later. The phrase "could have died on the table" was part of the conversation.
Once the initial CONSIDERABLE shock passed it was easier to deal with his terrified deep-seated denial/appalling attempt at "protecting" us.
Gris - Jan 30, 2009 5:32:28 pm PST #9651 of 10000
Hey. New board.
WTF Kristin's dad?
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jan 30, 2009 5:37:31 pm PST #9652 of 10000
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Yeah, sorry to hear that Kristin. My mum pulled exactly the same trick with me just this last month. Her's was bowel cancer.
I just accepted that I was glad she was still around and moved on. It may be tough, but I suggest you do the same.
Ginger - Jan 30, 2009 6:20:01 pm PST #9653 of 10000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
What Pete said. I didn't tell my family about the breast cancer until right before my surgery, and my mother is still pissed. I understand why, but I simply could not deal with her worry and my own. It's such a hard thing to deal with that each person has to find his own way. Telling someone you love about it is horribly difficult.
Oh, Erin. I'm sorry your girly parts have turned on you so.
Anne W. - Jan 30, 2009 6:30:46 pm PST #9654 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
One day, many years ago, I flat out told my mother that if she ever suspected/found out she was seriously ill, I would want to know immediately or I would be extremely pissed. She then told me that my timing was eerie, because she'd just found a lump and was going to have it biopsied.
She had been planning not to tell me, giving the usual "didn't want you to worry" excuse. I pointed out that I would know that something was up, because I can always tell if she is worried about something, and that my having to imagine or wonder what was up was a million times worse than knowing the truth.
Erin, I'm sorry that you're having to deal with all of this.
P.M. Marc - Jan 30, 2009 6:35:08 pm PST #9655 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Aww, Erin. Those cysts should not have got the greenlight for a sequel!
Bah! Humbug!
JenP - Jan 30, 2009 6:48:17 pm PST #9656 of 10000
It's such a hard thing to deal with that each person has to find his own way. Telling someone you love about it is horribly difficult.
Oh, hell yes to this. I needed to pull inward to deal with my cancer diagnosis/surgery - after surgery I was more able to deal with the rest of the world as it pertained to me - during chemo and radiation and such, but not before. I could post on LJ, but my four closest friends? I couldn't call them until a couple days before surgery. My mother kept the rest of my family up to date. It was weird and hard and I love and appreciate my peeps for being OK with my dealing how I needed to deal.
And on that topic - Erin, I had to have a hysterectomy + ovaries out at 38. I'd be happy to share anything that you'd find useful. I don't do HRT, though - it's contraindicated because of the uterine cancer.