The Miracle of the Shoes

The old adage of waiting for the other shoe to drop was one used by a bunch of us in an email support group years ago where, because of difficulties outside of our control, we seemed to get hit with crisis’s all too often without any warning.

In the last year or so I’ve been the beneficiary of quite a number of shoes. You’d think they would have to run out, or at least get to the slipper section over time, however with every shoe that drops, a new pair miraculously appears precariously positioned over my head, just high enough to give a good wallop when it too falls, and we are talking about good solid footwear.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Eye Update

The spot on my eye is malignant according to the eye doctor at UNC. He seems to think it is unrelated to my breast cancer, which would be good news as far a my prognosis goes. Surgical treatment involves removing the tumor and stitching amniotic tissue onto my eye. He said it is major surgery with a painful recovery... He suggested that I return on Tuesday to see his colleague who is an ocular oncologist. He treats eye cancers with a chemotherapy eye drop that can shrink the tumor instead of having to cut it off. The surgeon eye doctor will also be there and we can further discuss which treatment will be best for me. Unfortunately, in looking up information about the eye drop treatment, it was said to also be a painful procedure...... 

So, best case scenario is having to go through some very painful treatments for a simple, unrelated cancer, worst case scenario is, well, the worst case scenario.........


Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)