I see it’s been awhile since I updated and felt like I should at least let ya’ll know I am back. Well, not completely back, more at half-speed, but better than nothing. ::smile::
My surgery was successful, in that I didn’t incur any complications. However, my road has not ended. You see, the surgery was for removal of a very large tumor in my thyroid. Two weeks later, I received the results of the post-surgery biopsy and the news wasn’t what I’d hoped for. Folks, no easy way to say it, but I have cancer.
The good news is that they think they got it all, but I will have to undergo more tests and a special radiation treatment (called RAI 131), followed by a total body scan to determine if the cancer has metastasized.
If you Google the RAI 131 treatment for thyroid cancer, you’ll note I have to be in isolation for a period of time, since I will be radioactive. Yep. That’s me, Radioactive Girl. I joke that now I will glow in the dark, but in reality, I probably won’t.
Not sure if I will attain any superpowers with my radioactivity, but should you read of a woman in a glowing cape shooting arcs of light beams from her fingertips… well, I’m just sayin’. LOL.
Gosh, the writer in me is really itching to pen a story about a woman with cancer who becomes a superhero. Who knows, I just might jot down story notes between radiation treatments. :)
Anyway, this is nothing more than a side path of my journey before I get back on the main road. I plan to rest, read, and write when I can, and when feel like it. I am even doing edits on some of my upcoming books, taking my time to make the stories the best they can be and enjoying the process.
Hey, I might actually learn something! LOL.
To those that have emailed me with notes of encouragement or get well wishes, I want to say how much I appreciate that.
I want to give a shout out to my moonmaid sisters, Cora Zane and Tempest Knight! Cora’s latest story came out yesterday as part of the Freya’s Bower faery anthology, In The Gloaming. Stop by the Midnight Moon Cafe this week, and win some cool stuff from her.
In light, in love, and most especially––in laughter,
Cass
