Well, this is a bit of a departure from my normal e-mail newsletters.

 

I am writing from the hospital.  I checked in last Wednesday and had surgery tp remove a cancerous tumor in my colon. It was found during a routine colonoscopy.  Now it is gone.

 

And now the healing begins.

 

Right now I am very, very sore having had three incisions.  I have gotten up to walk around the hallways - a major accomplishment for me. 

 

I am not sure when I will get to leave.  My digestive system must work before i can leave and it is not there quite yet.

 

I am doing a good lot of sleeping, a small amount of reading, an even smaller amount of visiting.  My sisters were both here last week.  One, fortunately, lives here so she's been camping out with me a lot.  Even though I am mostly sleeping,it is nice to wake up and have her here.

 

Anyway - this whole thing has been a huge, scary thing.  I still don't have the followup report so I'm not sure what is going to happen next.  I praying that this surgery will be all that I need.