First off, I'd like to apologize for the way I'm communicating this to everyone, but I felt that it was the easiest for me and my circumstances. Some people already know and they have been a great support to me over the past month or so. Now, everyone will know.
Christmas Eve, I noticed some things that weren't right, so we ended up going into Emergency Kaiser in Northern California for what looked like a suspected kidney stone. Tests indicated negative for kidney stones, however a mass was discovered in my bladder.
I had my first urology appointment on Friday the 13th. More tests including a camera inserted into my bladder confirmed several tumors in there. Yesterday, I went into surgery to remove those tumors and I'm now resting rather uncomfortably at home recuperating. I have my post op appointment next Wednesday, February 1st. Hopefully, pathology will be completed and my doctor and I will be able to chart the next course of action in my recovery. As far as I'm concerned, this is a detour in my wanderings and a temporary setback.
Physically I feel fine for someone who just went under a surgical procedure yesterday. Mentally and emotionally, I've been all over the place. The people who I've been able to talk with personally about this have shown such love and support for me and I can't thank them enough.
Throughout this, my wife Marsha has been my rock helping me through all of this over the last month. I can't imagine a more luckier guy than me to have married her 35 years ago.
If I don't comment specifically to a comment that I'm sure will come after this posts, please don't take offense. I promise that I will read every one of them and will respond in kind when I can. Right now, your love and support is all that matters.
