Category: My Life Stories
Sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking, but always real, here are stories of my life, including my journey with tongue cancer.
One Week Post-Op
When a patient goes for a one week post-op follow up visit and there isn’t a lot to report, I suspect that is a very good thing. In this case, a lack of news is what we got. Everything “looks good” and is healing as it should. I’m still miserable, on liquids only, frustratingly weak,…
Pajama Pants
Four pairs of pajama pantsMy daughter gave to me.People wear them everywhere,But that is them, not me. And then just six short days agoI tried those flannels on.Oh, the comfort! Oh, the joy!My fashion sense was gone. I wore them for the car ride homeFrom surgery. Then since,The only time they’re not on meIs during…
August 23, 2022
August 23 was just 59 days ago. Just a blink of the eye in the scheme of things, really. I had taken John to a routine dental cleaning, and always trying to make good use of my time, decided I would go ahead and get my never-have-had-a-cavity teeth cleaned, too. It seemed like a sensible…