by Charity Singleton Craig | Aug 25, 2011 | Archived Blog Posts
I’m not at work today. I wasn’t at work the day before that, or the day before that, either. In fact, the last time I showed my face at the office was last Wednesday, the day before my surgery. I’ve been gone for more than a week now. And the way...
by Charity Singleton Craig | Aug 12, 2011 | Archived Blog Posts
Wednesday, I showed up at the hospital for my 6:30 a.m. appointment praying they would be on time. I was coming for my pre-surgery screening, and the scheduler had warned me that the appointment would take about two hours. But everyone knows that a two-hour...
by Charity Singleton Craig | Jul 7, 2008 | Archived Blog Posts
Last Monday’s surgery went really well. The doctor found exactly what he expected: observable cancer in only the one lymph node. As a precaution, he removed the nodes on either side of the malignant one, and will send all three, along with abdominal fluid, to...
by Charity Singleton Craig | Jun 30, 2008 | Archived Blog Posts
This past week has been one of preparation. At home, at work, in relationships, with family, I have been preparing to be out of commission for a brief time following tomorrow’s surgery.Today was a culmination of that preparation as I worked to get the last...
by Charity Singleton Craig | Jun 19, 2008 | Archived Blog Posts
Yesterday, I met with the oncologist who will be performing my surgery on June 30. I learned that he will be making as small of an incision as possible, from his hand signals probably 4-6 inches, and part of that will be over my scar from last fall. Hopefully the...
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