**Special Update**; Pathlogy Report

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. ~Thich Nhat Hanh

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SPECIAL UPDATE:

There are a few pieces of today’s visit that need to be shared. The first and most important joy is that the doctor thinks she’s gotten rid of all the cancer! YAY!

This is tempered with caution however as the cancer had indeed spread to my cervix and uterus. HOWEVER, she thinks she removed it all by performing the hysterectomy so no chemo or radiation! Just three month checkups to make sure all is well for some time.

My joy is tempered only slightly by the worry of a return, but it is joy nonetheless that no cancer is swimming in my body (or so we think).

I have some surgical issues to deal with stemming from the procedure itself. Namely the staples, my skin’s health and other things that I just won’t share. But these things while they keep me fairly locked in my house still are nonetheless minor compared to the whole picture.

And now for the EXCEPTIONALLY good news and the news that truthfully has me grinning.

Since September 19th, I have lost FIFTY FIVE pounds! Yup 55! The doctor when asked if the removal of my organs contributed to this, said that maybe 5-10 pounds, but the rest was all me. She then said, “So whatever you’re doing, keep doing it”. YAY!!! FIFTY FIVE pounds! WOW. I’m ecstatic over this.

For now this is all this post will contain, but it is such a power packed post of joy for such a small smattering of info!

For now, I will allow myself to bask in joy a feeling I haven’t felt without the shadow of darkness looming over me for some time. Not today… Today is all joy.

XO

Muse