Cancer Selfies

Wednesday October 05, 2022

Tomorrow I visit Mt. Sinai

Cycle 2, Day 7

Tomorrow I meet the second oncology team. I cannot possibly express how anxious I am. If I am accepted for surgery (which i won't find out tomorrow) and if it goes exceedingly well, I could be free and have an almost normal life. But that's a lot of ifs. And I'm terrified that I'm not going to be a good candidate. And everything that entails. But I'm trying to stay hopeful, and if absolutely nothing else I'll know a lot more tomorrow by this time.

(What I don't need or want is any false assurances right now. I don't need to be told to stay positive, my moods are stable and toxic positivity is as dangerous as negativity. The best way to show support for me over the next day is with photos of adorable or delightful things and creatures. Please respect my wishes in this, but also please don't come down on anyone who doesn't see all this right away or interprets it differently. I'm an adult and I'll engage as I feel the need to. I love you all)

A man with long green gives a black standard poodle a hug, holding her in place to take the photo

Bessie didn't care for my new selfie stick

A man with green hair wearing a swetter sits on the sand in front of a dune with some birth trees on it, everything is golden coloured from the light of the sun

Autumn is the dunes of Wasaga is something else

A man with green hair wearing a swetter stands in front of a sand dune with trees on it, the sun shines on him and half the dune

More dunes

A man with green hair wearing a swetter sits on the soft white sand in front of a shrub which has lost most of its leaves

I found a quiet spot for a quick sit down

A man with green hair wearing a swetter sits on the soft white sand, in the background Lake Huron and the Blue Mountains, the sky is bright with the colours of sunset

From the comments

James Petrosky: I edited the one photo I said I wasn't going to and now I really like it so I'll just shove it here A man with green hair wearing a swetter sits on the soft white sand, in the background Lake Huron and the Blue Mountains, the sky is bright with the colours of sunset