How many times have I said none of us are guaranteed tomorrow? Too many to count! This time though it was not about me, but Sarah. It has been a very stressful 6 weeks. Sarah started having pain and pressure in her pelvis, and long story short, after scans and evaluations, we found out she had a 12 cm mass on her uterus. She was going to have to have surgery for this, and it was too big to have done here, so we were set up to go to SF. We did not know if it was benign or malignant, but we were playing the odds. By far and away the majority of masses on the uterus are fibroids, and they are benign. We were told we would not know for sure until it was removed. She had surgery Wednesday March 4. The mass was now 15 cm in size, and it was not on her uterus, but it was on her left ovary! I am glad I did not know this ahead of time. The odds are much higher that a mass on the ovary is malignant more than it is benign. It was all able to be removed. It came back benign!!! I can’t tell you what a relief this has become. Same thing for her…we try to be active and improve our health, but we cannot control all things. She is recovering and doing well. We went for a 2 mile walk yesterday and she did great! We have built back up from starting at 1/2 mile, now up to 2 miles. She is making great progress!
We have a lot more things we want to do yet in this lifetime. When she retires, we plan of doing more traveling. We will do more hiking, and exploring, and traveling to other states so that we can keep building on the number of states that we have run in. The goal is to hit all 50 states! Time is precious, and short. Do not take anything for granted. I never have to buy a lottery ticket in the future…we just won the lottery with this news!
I want a lot more years together with my best friend. We have a lot of things to do yet…places to see…time to spend with the kids and grandkids…I have not really had a chance to figure out what retirement is really like yet with all of this going on. But one thing is for sure, we will be doing things together later! I thank God every day for this news! Don’t ever take anything for granted. Because, again, we are not guaranteed tomorrow! Keep moving everybody!
Dr. Dan
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