Update on Dad

Dad had a variety of tests this week, including a CT scan and a bone marrow biopsy. The result of these tests is that he does not have multiple myeloma but another cancer altogether.

From my mother's email: ( Details )

So, Dad probably won't even lose his hair or have terrible nausea from the chemo. I am really positive and optimistic about this diagnosis and treatment plan, and Mom and Dad both sound really positive, too.

Thank you all for your well wishes, prayers, and good thoughts. They are appreciated.

Josh's mom goes to the doctor next week to find out about her acute coronary syndrome, so hopefully that will also be something more manageable and less scary than it sounds.

Time flies + Challenge

I am slowly going through my journal and cleaning up tags; I mostly didn't use them the first few years I had a journal, and I want my journal to be usable. I've done 2005, 2006, and most of 2007. Have some observations:

1. Wow, I used to post a lot. And write a lot of fic. And host ficathons. And mod communities. And post a lot of meta. And make a metric fuckton of rec posts. I mean, 2005-2008 are the halcyon years of posting for me. It was my most productive fannish era. But, sheesh. I'm jealous of myself. LOL

2. I'm amazed at what got left out of my journal. Over the years, I've gradually done more and more personal life posting, but these first years are almost exclusively fannish, and I'm surprised at what I don't mention. Like, for instance, in 2006 I lost fifty pounds and only mention losing weight in a very general way like one time.

3. Oh, man. The memes. I did lots of memes, the fun ones like "Give me a fake fic title and I'll write you a drabble" or "five things I X." I miss doing those.

4. DVD commentaries! Also really fun. I haven't seen any of those in quite some time.

5. I also found one or two places where I had given too much identifying info and deleted that info.


In other news, would anyone be interested in participating in some of kind of paper goods challenge? Like maybe sending snail mail letters or cards to each other?