My apologies for not responding sooner. When I talked with midnite on the phone, she said she would update this thread, but somehow I missed that. Then, the last two-and-a-half weeks have seen my return to work full time, with catching up to do and back to the same challenging work load. Time has flown and I hadn't gotten back to the forum except for one brief post.
I so much appreciate the goodwill and support of my DS cousins here. It would have been much harder going through something like this without such wonderful friends.
While the ordeal is fading into the background, I'm not quite where I was before in terms of breathing capacity and am still taking over-the-counter pain relievers 24 hours a day. I will be monitored with CAT scans three times a year. The cause of the cancer is unknown since I have never been a smoker. There is every reason to hope that there will be no recurrence.
During my time at home, I was able to watch a bit of DS. The episodes I selected were those leading up to the murder of Dr. Woodard. The moral dilemma and Julia's unwilling complicity still make for intense drama after all these years and viewings.
Thanks again to all, and I'll be back to occasional posting as before. This forum has been almost like a "home" to return to again and again over many years and it would be wonderful, though not always possible, to spend more time here.
