I totally forgot how many of you there are. Thanks for being so wonderful with your comments on the last post - I've read them all and appreciated them wholeheartedly in between (slowly but surely) visiting everyone on my blogrolls, and surfing for pics for my new layout. Actually, I've found a couple of gorgeous images, after surfing 9 sites and probably over 250 pics. Thanks to Cherry for being so gawddamn patient with me sending her multitudes of jpgs as a form of talking to myself about which one I wanted.
Oh yes, I forgot to mention - Web Divas (also staffed by the bitchalicious rachel) are doing some fab design work for me (along with blogmoxie). What a bunch of talented chicks I know...
It's been a funny ole day. Our dear lil cat Josie had what one might call a mild dose of the trots last night, resulting in some lovely skid marks all over our slate and carpets and a wonderful perfume pervading the entire house. Charming.
And today was also my sister's first day of radiotherapy treatment for her tumour. I went along for moral support as did my other sister Lauren, and my mum of course. Things haven't been all easy with this. We found out last week that the radiotherapy may not be side-effect-free when administered to the brain area, as it may be on other parts of the body. CY may be in for anything from blindness to losing her ability to have children. Not to mention losing some intelligence. And any hair loss may either be permanent, or grow back completely different from what it is now. IE, one woman had brown wavy hair and ended up with jet black straight hair. Spooky n weird.
I also saw her CT scans for the first time ever today. I have deliberately avoided them cos I've always been queasy of inside-body parts, but she made me look. That bloody tumour took up almost a quarter of her brain area in it's thickest part before they took it out in une (thank god they got it all). I could see where her cerebrum had been squashed over by it. Fuck me.
The main problem is with CY thinking she's going to be an utter freak, and that no one in the future will want to be her friend, let alone love her romantically. That coupled with some lil issues around 'control' and 'independence' between her, Lauren and my Mum isn't making things easy (and believe me, I'm caught in the middle cos I can see both sides of the story... not that my mum has really done anything wrong in my eyes. Seriously ill people have so many things to deal with, and losing their independence is certainly one of them for my dear sis). But she coped amazingly well considering. My Dad has also come for a visit from Hong Kong. Which is surreal. I haven't seen him for ages, you see.
Having Aunty Flow (painters and decorators) round to visit this morning hasn't helped either *sigh*.
So now that I've been so focused on my new design and a whole heap o' other 'day-to-day' stuff, it's suddenly got to 11.30 and I won't be continuing my story from yesterday just yet. Thanks again to all for your encouraging words and thoughts. They mean the absolute world to me!
Many thoughts and prayers go out to your sis today, along with the rest of the fam. But you know that.
AF along with all the rest of this crap...good God, I'm surprised you have the energy to blog. Though, it's these exact scenarios that make blogging such a cathartic experience sometimes.
Here's hoping for a more gentle tomorrow. :)
XXO
It sounds like she should have a good chance since they were able to remove the tumor surgically. My sister had to go thru radiation to the head and luckily it just made her a little dizzy afterwards. So I'll be hoping for side effect treatments for your sister too.
I'm here for a cuppa and half a dozen Tim Tams :)
Whoa, lotsa stuff's been happening huh...crossing all my crossable body parts for your sis's recovery - and big bummmers about your job.
Let's hope the all new Mu Drama Queen helps you get your head round all these major dramas, babe.
Now lets open those bloody biccies!
Do me a favor. Tell your sister to focus all that energy she's spending on the unknowns on the fight, instead. Tell her to envision the chemo attacking the renegade cells. Tell her that she has to think that way to win the battle AND the war. And tell her I'm praying for her.
You've been so busy I'm surprised you find time to blog at all! We're sending good thoughts & wishes your way - and your sister's way, of course.
Many many wellwishes for you, and your sister, and I can sympathize with everything you're going through. Looking at CT's is scary (I've been looking at CT's recently of my mom's lung tumor, though it's benign) and facing the unknown in a medical situation is something I wouldn't wish on anyone.
You're in my thoughts.