No, not just TGIF, I want to give a follow up post to my announcement of a few weeks ago for my loyal readers because many of you had invested yourselves in my personal challenges.
As many of you know, my family had a huge medical challenge recently. It was all about this familiar symbol.
Back on the week of October 18th, my lovely wife went through a double mastectomy, which seemed to be the best option given the situation. The surgery was succesfull, with no complications, but we had to wait for final lab results and follow up scans. It’s been a rough couple of weeks, and to top it off we lost a beloved family pet of 15 years Monday. Minners is finally drinking clean water somewhere.
So dear readers, please forgive me if I’ve been dour and a little snippy here. I know I have been a bit rough around the edges. I’ve been so frazzled I forgot to do our weekly Sea Ice News last Sunday. I forgot to take out the garbage Wednesday, and at coffee yesterday morning I couldn’t remember the name of a person I’d known for years. Stress is a weird thing.
Late last night, after two days of follow up at Stanford Medical Center. We got the news. No metastasis, they got it all. Now it’s just the long but certain road physical therapy.
I gotta tell you it was like somebody cutting the guy lines to the giant lead balloon I’ve been tied to for the last three months. It took off into the stratosphere, never to be seen again.
I want to thank you all for the kind words, prayers, and most especially for the support of WUWT with ideas and guest articles. I want to give a special thanks to Willis Eschenbach, Tom Fuller, and Steve Mosher for guest posts. Special thanks go to Evan Jones and D.B. Stealey for their support and the kind letters they sent me, and to Charles the Moderator for keeping the chaos managed.
If I’ve missed anyone, please don’t feel left out, I’m just a bit scrambled mentally. Everybody gets gold stars.
In a day or two, I’ll be back to chasing errant weather stations and missing “M”‘s in METAR reports.
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Good to hear that everything went well. Wishing you the best.
Great news for my fave blogger!
Thank you for the update and all the best to you and your wife.
My blessing for the day is this good news for your familys health and i am saddend for you loss of faithful friend and companion. I to lost 2 of mine this year to old age.
Fantastic news. Great to hear it. :-))
Great news. In 2002 we attended the funeral of a 102-year old family friend who had had the same operation in the early 1950s when medicine was not so advanced.
Our best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.
Thanks for sharing, Anthony, and best wishes for a continued speedy recovery for your wife.
Well done Anthony, for your perseverance, and thanks for keeping us informed. All the best for your wife’s recovery.
Good news Anthony, just leave it to your fellow contributors & mods to keep things ticking over here.
Family first, then your real job.
This little hobby can wait.
Congratulations on the great news, thank God for his mercy, thank you for the excellent web site, get another cat.
All the best to your wife and yourself!
May you have amnt more happy, healthy, years together.
And I hope you find a pet that eventually will be an adequate replacement for Minners.
Great news! I wish you both a long and happy life.
Very best wishes to your family and you.
Perry
Cathy said it right, I’m one of the many with a tear in my eye. Great news for you both, am happy for you!
Ant, those of us who know, know that this changes everything.
Welcome to the next , exciting, fascinating, rewarding and wonderful part of your lives.
Makorokoto, you have received a gift that not many get. Make the absolute most of it.
Brilliant news – I am truly happy for your lovely wife, for yourself and your family, and congratulations on your fortitude which saw you all through.
It is sad about your pet – but if a door had to close, it was better it was that one.
Great news about your wife. All the best for a continued recovery.
All the best to both of you . Don’t worry about the garbage – I forget to take it out too . Sometimes the days get blurred .
with a loyal following of web folks like us, the results had to work in your favor.
glad to hear all is well.
Great news on you wife – but losing a pet of 15 years is a big time downer; you have my sympathy.
Congratulations, Anthony! All the best to your wife, LM
GREAT NEWS!! Best wishes you deserve for things to be looking up.
Very welcome news Anthony. Best wishes to you, your wife, and family during her time of recovery from surgery. My father beat cancer and the Mrs. can too.
Very best wishes to your wife and family. I hope the recovery goes well and speedily.
Rob
Very glad to hear the good news. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.