Man, March is over!?! Happy April!
First of all, I got a new cat! This is Auggie.
I was contacted by our local cat rescue last week when an elderly woman in our town passed away. She left behind this sweet cat with no one to take him. They remembered how much I loved my @CrosseyeTheCat and asked if I'd be interested in this one.
Absolutely. I'm missing my Crosseye, he's missing his mom.
It works out.
He's getting along well with the other cats.
I hatched out a bunch of chickens with the kids at school. They loved learning about the incubation process and watching them hatch. We raised the chicks at school for 3 weeks but then they started flying out of the brooder and running around the classroom so now they've gone to live on a farm.....but I've started a new batch of eggs in the incubator. 🙃
I went to a popup traveling comic book store that showed up at a local hotel. I was kinda expecting to be murdered, but I snagged a few books and escaped unharmed.
We had ANOTHER tornado and lost power all night. That was fun.
A student brought a turtle to school.
I ate grits WITHOUT sugar in them TWICE to make @FUNKbrs happy
I went down to the Tabasco Plant at Avery Island, one of my favorite places to go. The Jungle Gardens are beautiful, if you're ever in Louisiana.
I was the Easter Bunny at school on Friday, before we got out for spring break.
.......And I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
Like a month ago I went to my gynecologist for my regular old checkup and told him I was having some stomach pain that my other docs were sort of blowing off. He did routine blood work on me and noticed my actual blood count was very low. As in I was losing blood. Blood doesn't just vanish sooooo where the hell was it?
He ordered a full abdominal CT with nasty disgusting barium swallow.
That showed a large mass on my right ovary.
He called me in the next day for an ultrasound and confirmed it's not a cyst, it's some sort of tumor IN my Communist ovary.
He ordered a blood test for me to check for ovarian cancer specifically. I had no idea that was even a thing.
A day or two ago the office called and said while the test was positive, the numbers weren't very high, so maybe the tumor isn't malignant. Maybe it's just a tumor. He also said there is a specific type of ovarian cancer that does not spread and stays confined to the ovary. We'll watch it over the next few months and regroup in June.
That makes me super uneasy.
Like, isn't ANY tumor/cancer bad? Shouldn't we remove that ovary?
I guess I'm just worried that we caught this early, but now we're going to dick around until it spreads.
If I could have a hysterectomy and be done and not have to do chemo and radiation that'd be super.
So I'll be redoing all these tests again over the next few months. Please keep me in your thoughts and/or prayers.
I'm not really changing anything based on this news, because I don't plan on dying until I actually die.
I'm going glamping in Texas this week and I'm going to Disney World in June.
My college kid is aching to go to Boston and I miss my little sister who moved to New York. Might be buying a few plane tickets soon.
I'm not going to let the future ruin my present.
I don't have much family left. Those of you who know me know alllll about how crazy they are and all the drama they bring.
My circle may be small but it's got good people in it who love me and who I love and I plan to focus all of my time and energy on my people. Many of you are in my circle. Thank you for being in my circle.
Anyway, if you have any sort of experience with ovarian cancer, like through your mom or an aunt etc, feel free to PM me! I'd like to hear any advice you might have. I hope all of you are happy and healthy though. ❤️.
Happy Easter to you my peeps! 🐥
Love yall!
Royal-Harmonica
Cancer... inoperable, huh?
Welp, I guess it's time to reconnect to an old dropout student of yours and get cooking.
(jokes aside, I hope you're not in constant pain as you read this)