Some of you know I was offline for a bit this week for surgery. What you didn’t know (and what I didn’t know until about 2 hours ago) is that the surgery has uncovered cancer.

I’m intentionally using “c” cancer and not “C” Cancer because 6 months ago the biopsies I had done were pre-cancerous with no sign of cancer proper.

So, whatever it is, it developed in the last 6 months and I take that as a good sign.

From here I need to focus on doing what the docs tell me to do starting with blood tests tomorrow, then we’re doing genetic stuff and a CT scan, that will tell us the official “stage” of the cancer.

My plan is to come back, but it won’t be immediate and I don’t (yet) have any sort of timeline. My ideas are probably more aggressive than the doctors and insurance will allow. 😉

So I’m planning on the worst, doing paperwork, advanced directives, all the stuff you don’t usually have to think about. Then we’ll see where it goes.

I wish Lemmy all the luck in the world!

  • acargitz@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    Hope you beat this thing as quickly and smoothly as possible, so I can be annoyed at your modding style again! Jokes aside, take care, all the best wishes for a successful recovery that is very boring and predictable.

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      6 days ago

      I had to call THREE hospitals to get a CT scan in a reasonable amount of time. First one said “April” and I was like “No.”

      2nd one said 2/18 which is better, but still 29 days out and I don’t want to sit and ruminate on the diagnosis that long.

      3rd one? 1 week. 1/27! I think that’s about as good as I can get.

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    10 days ago

    Best of luck, godspeed, hope to hear from you again sometime with good news.

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    10 days ago

    Tnx for your Post, and imo it’s courageous to lay it all out in the open. Didn’t know you had been hospitalised earlier, though I suspected something. Wishing you a speedy recovery, Courage, strength and all the best.

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    10 days ago

    Sending hexes and curses to every cancer cell in your body.

    Leave our mod alone, you nasty things, nobody wants you here! You fucking useless deformed parasites! Shrivel up and die! And don’t take any of the good cells with you, you don’t deserve them!