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Hey guys.
I know it's been a long time since I've actually posted a "Hey hello how are ya I'm alive!" kind of post. I'm trying to get back into it more, since writing is a rather therapeutic thing for me. In particular, since I can't always get around to everyone or remember to tell people everything, the biggest update in my life currently has to do with my family.
I found out Thursday (the day I left for Ohayocon, go figure) that the mass we found in my grandfather's neck is cancer. He's at the doctor's right now, and I'm at work, just praying. We don't know what kind, how bad it's going to get, or what the treatment method is going to me. Just lots and lots of tests.
The system for health care in the elderly today is kind of a crappy system. I'm scared because I don't want someone I love so much to be lost in the system. I am trying to be optimistic, but it's hard to be that way when you haven't heard ANYTHING from the doctors at all. At least when my Dad had his cancer(s) we knew pretty quickly what we were dealing with.
So I'm asking for prayers. Maybe even just a "hello, how are you?" phone call. I'm scared, and I'm upset, and all of my thoughts and feelings will probably just come pouring out here. It's comforting -- knowing that someone is reading what you're feeling and can think about you. So, I'm laying it all out.
The post from yesterday was me trying to eloquently put my feelings in written form. There might be more of those, or might just be more of me rambling like this, I don't know. At any rate, that's what's going on with me. If you think about it too, for those of you in Grand Rapids, give my sister a hug for me. It really drives me crazy that I can't be there to do it myself right now.
Much love,
Kristy
I know it's been a long time since I've actually posted a "Hey hello how are ya I'm alive!" kind of post. I'm trying to get back into it more, since writing is a rather therapeutic thing for me. In particular, since I can't always get around to everyone or remember to tell people everything, the biggest update in my life currently has to do with my family.
I found out Thursday (the day I left for Ohayocon, go figure) that the mass we found in my grandfather's neck is cancer. He's at the doctor's right now, and I'm at work, just praying. We don't know what kind, how bad it's going to get, or what the treatment method is going to me. Just lots and lots of tests.
The system for health care in the elderly today is kind of a crappy system. I'm scared because I don't want someone I love so much to be lost in the system. I am trying to be optimistic, but it's hard to be that way when you haven't heard ANYTHING from the doctors at all. At least when my Dad had his cancer(s) we knew pretty quickly what we were dealing with.
So I'm asking for prayers. Maybe even just a "hello, how are you?" phone call. I'm scared, and I'm upset, and all of my thoughts and feelings will probably just come pouring out here. It's comforting -- knowing that someone is reading what you're feeling and can think about you. So, I'm laying it all out.
The post from yesterday was me trying to eloquently put my feelings in written form. There might be more of those, or might just be more of me rambling like this, I don't know. At any rate, that's what's going on with me. If you think about it too, for those of you in Grand Rapids, give my sister a hug for me. It really drives me crazy that I can't be there to do it myself right now.
Much love,
Kristy