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[cornerofmadness]

Thinking on mean things to do characters. One of them is give them two bad choices and let them angst on it. Like me do I look at the pathology report or do I not? If it's bad then what? The doc isn't calling me until the 28th. But not knowing was literally tearing me up. What would a character do?

I broke and looked at the report. It was there. The bad news was the cancer chewed almost 50% thru the myometrium (the muscle of the uterus) the good news is it's not in the tubes, the ovaries, the cervix, the omentum or the nodes. So if I'm reading the report right, it was contained but it was a near thing. I won't know officially for another week but now I can rest easier. But what if I hadn't looked? This isn't a 100% of all my links but I had to rerecord two lectures for my classes and I am exhausted so this is what you're getting.

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Comments

[cmk418]

I'm glad that what was in the report eased some of your fears. Not knowing and having to wait to find out is hell. (When mine was done, I didn't even know there was a pathology report to worry about until it was shoved in my face after the fact.)

I've been doing mean things to my characters all through NaNo and I'm not sure I can resolve it pleasantly by the end, but maybe the whole thing is just about characters continuing to persevere in the face of crisis and that might give a little bit of hope that the rest of us can too.

[cornerofmadness]

thanks, yeah that is the nice thing about the online hospital portals. You can get in there and muck about to see reports

oh dear, your poor characters (and mine) You might have a point

[under_the_silk_tree]

I would have looked too. I am glad to hear that it looks like it was caught in time that is such great news.

[cornerofmadness]

It was better to know. Thanks, here's hoping

[shipperslist]

*sending you peace of mind, tea, chocolate, whiskey, hugs, or anything else that might make you feel better at this moment*

[cornerofmadness]

THanks so much

[the_siobhan]

I would have done the same thing. I can deal with bad news a lot better than I can deal with the unknown.

[cornerofmadness]

Yeah that's what I ended up deciding for myself. The Unknown can be scary

[sylvanwitch]

That sounds like a good reason to be optimistic! YAY! I hope that everything tracks at your appt. next week and that in the meantime your healing is swift and as painless as possible.

[cornerofmadness]

I'm hoping so. thank you very much