Connie's Corner

Moving along...

On the 20th I drove a good friend to get a colonoscopy and stayed with her so she would have a driver to take her home. I didn't realize but they asked me to be with her in recovery. She was fine after and in very good spirits...as you can imagine. But the doctor had bad news. She has a polyp that was too large to remove during the procedure so they only did a biopsy, and it turned out cancerous. He explained she would need surgery (a resection of her colon) and probably follow-up chemo and radiation. She took the news well, at least in my presence, better than I would have. She said there are colon problems all through her family but still.... Her first appointment with the surgeon is on January 3rd. It had been 3 years since her last colonoscopy. She's 66.

All that put a damper on Christmas this year. My daughter and granddaughter came down from Jax for an early Christmas Day lunch and gift exchange but the tone was much muted from earlier years with my friend's news ever present. I was actually relieved when Christmas was over this year and took down my tree yesterday, a first since I always wait until New Year's Day for that event.

Mopsy continues to be well which certainly cheers me some. Her belly fur is very slowly growing back and her "wrist" where the i.v. was now looks normal. She played havoc with the gifts under the tree, ripping off the bows and gift tags and sliding the boxes and bags around. I was happy to see her playing again.

until next time...c