Hi,
I could use some good thoughts. I am having surgery on Monday. It is hard in so many ways. Nobody likes having surgery, I know. I don't either! But the way things have turned out, this is doubly hard, because when I planned this, I didn't know my counselor would be leaving June 1st. I don't know if I will be well enough to meet with him again after I have the surgery. I will be allowed to have some phone meetings if it turns out I can't go to see him, but it's turned out to be a much more difficult situation as I contemplate possibly having to say goodbye (at least in person) with my counselor in the next couple of days.

The surgery is also hard. This is embarassing, but I had what I thought was a hemorrhoid for many years, and other doctors told me it was a hemorrhoid as well. It got to where it was causing a lot of trouble and inconvenience. My regular doctor told me to see a surgeon about it, and I found out it was a strangely-located polyp in the rectum - not a hemorrhoid - and possibly cancerous. It's not going to be so easy to have it removed. And in the back of my mind, I'm hoping, hoping, hoping it is a benign thing.

There are just a lot of stressful things here. I am trying to take them one step at a time. I could sure use good thoughts and prayers if any folks feel up to sending them in my direction. Many thanks.

Take care,
ErinBear