Health update

wildernessguru and I just found out last night his mom has cancer of the uterus.

It was caught in the early stages and she's already scheduled for surgery (I think it's next Thursday, but don't quote me on that, it might be this week). It looks like they'll also have to do some chemotherapy.

He and his mom are close, and he's pretty shaken up because he's just learned now it's stage two, which is more serious. She's rather frightened, but holding onto the reassurance that there's a high cure rate for this particular cancer. Makes me glad she was seeing a doctor so regularly.

Entertainment, advice, and warm wishes for wildernessguru would be warmly received.

Those of you who responded to my health issues - yes. I have the Viactive Isis, and my only worry there is to not eat it like candy. In addition to changing my diet, I'm taking flaxseed oil for the low cholesterol problem (suddenly my skin isn't paper-dry). I'm hiking 1 mile a day - before you call me a wimp, it's uphill! - with a backpack. I put my purse in it, which makes the thing about 900 pounds. I like weight lifting (I used to bench half my weight), but there's no room to lift weights in this tiny apartment. I will drop them. They will crash into the TV. Me and health clubs? Only if I work there.

But frankly, in light of my stepmother's current breast cancer, and WG's mom's uterine cancer... my stuff doesn't seem such a big deal.

ETA: wildernessguru's in tears. He's looked this up -

"Average 5-year survival rates for endometrial cancer are 90% for Stage I, 60% for Stage II, 40% for Stage III, and 5% for Stage IV."

So he's really, really worried.