(OOC) Isn't it ironic...
So, I don't know how many of you still read my journal or anything, but I thought I'd put this here because I've enjoyed interacting with a lot of you and I appreciate your friendship.
My (RL) mother came home from the hospital today after having a surgery last Wednesday. She's been feeling really fatigued for the last few months, especially so in the last few weeks. She did some tests, and the doctors found a small mass of cancerous tissue in her colon. She had it removed last Wednesday, but the biopsy report that came back today shows that it spread partially to her surrounding lymph nodes. None of her other key organs have been infected yet, thank God, but it still means she'll be starting chemotherapy and/or radiation within the next few weeks once the wound on her stomach heals.
It seems kind of ironic that I started out Quark's life on XMM with a mother who had recently been diagnosed with a serious form of cancer, and now my own mother has a similar condition. I know it sounds lame, but playing Quark has made me learn that cancer is beatable and there are always friends around you when you need them the most. Don't let this upset you or anything--the prognosis looks relatively good, and at least it got caught before any metastasis occurred. But this just seems like one more reason you might not be seeing me around actively anytime soon. o_O
This summer should give me a lot more time to play. I'll be doing research on campus from June through the beginning of August (!!), and I'm done with work by around 5 pm each night. So, hopefully I'll have a good chance to hang out with you guys then when I get more time. Talk to you all later--hope you're having fun without me. I miss having time to be a part of the MUCK, I really do. :(
My (RL) mother came home from the hospital today after having a surgery last Wednesday. She's been feeling really fatigued for the last few months, especially so in the last few weeks. She did some tests, and the doctors found a small mass of cancerous tissue in her colon. She had it removed last Wednesday, but the biopsy report that came back today shows that it spread partially to her surrounding lymph nodes. None of her other key organs have been infected yet, thank God, but it still means she'll be starting chemotherapy and/or radiation within the next few weeks once the wound on her stomach heals.
It seems kind of ironic that I started out Quark's life on XMM with a mother who had recently been diagnosed with a serious form of cancer, and now my own mother has a similar condition. I know it sounds lame, but playing Quark has made me learn that cancer is beatable and there are always friends around you when you need them the most. Don't let this upset you or anything--the prognosis looks relatively good, and at least it got caught before any metastasis occurred. But this just seems like one more reason you might not be seeing me around actively anytime soon. o_O
This summer should give me a lot more time to play. I'll be doing research on campus from June through the beginning of August (!!), and I'm done with work by around 5 pm each night. So, hopefully I'll have a good chance to hang out with you guys then when I get more time. Talk to you all later--hope you're having fun without me. I miss having time to be a part of the MUCK, I really do. :(