Sometimes The News Isn't As Good As You'd Hoped-Sometimes, It's Better
So I had my follow-up appointment with my surgeon yesterday. A lovely man, he did a double-take when I walked in.
"You don't look like you've had surgery," he said.
"I don't feel like it," I replied.
It went uphill from there. The biopsy results showed that, contrary to the MRI results, the cancer was completely contained and did not penetrate to the outer uterine wall. There will be no chemo, no radiation, and no problem with my going to the San Antonio worldcon.
When he examined me, he discovered that the incision marks have completely disappeared. I guess those supplements I've been taking for hair and skin are really doing the trick (Dove Strength From Within and Seven Seas Illuminate, for those who may be interested). I also power up every day on B vitamins and fish oils and I don't think I'm just getting expensive urine for it, as some experts seem to believe. I don't load up on supplements-I can't afford that-and I'd rather get as many of my nutrients as possible through food. Food works better than pills. But pills work better with food. And everything works better if you take care of yourself.
Not that there are any guarantees. But if you take care of yourself, you'll have a better chance of fighting it off, whatever it is.
"You don't look like you've had surgery," he said.
"I don't feel like it," I replied.
It went uphill from there. The biopsy results showed that, contrary to the MRI results, the cancer was completely contained and did not penetrate to the outer uterine wall. There will be no chemo, no radiation, and no problem with my going to the San Antonio worldcon.
When he examined me, he discovered that the incision marks have completely disappeared. I guess those supplements I've been taking for hair and skin are really doing the trick (Dove Strength From Within and Seven Seas Illuminate, for those who may be interested). I also power up every day on B vitamins and fish oils and I don't think I'm just getting expensive urine for it, as some experts seem to believe. I don't load up on supplements-I can't afford that-and I'd rather get as many of my nutrients as possible through food. Food works better than pills. But pills work better with food. And everything works better if you take care of yourself.
Not that there are any guarantees. But if you take care of yourself, you'll have a better chance of fighting it off, whatever it is.