Ok, I got back from my walk (and my doctor appointment and Arlina's doctor appointment and a chinese food lunch) to find all these beautiful comments to my last post. It made me cry (in a good way), because you guys are so there for us. I can't tell you how much that means.
The other day, someone wrote in
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cancersupport about how a lot of her friends had kind of dropped off the map after she had been dealing with a family member's cancer for a while. It happens. There are a lot of people in my three-dimensional world who have disappeared in the past year, even some that I didn't expect. But then there are other people, some who I really wouldn't have counted as close friends, who have just stepped right up and been there for us every step of the way.
And then there are you--my lj friends. I have had the wonderful experience of meeting some of you in person, but many of you I know just in the cyberworld. But even if we have never met in person, you have touched me in very real ways. I am humbled and awed by your generosity of spirit, your willingness to listen, and your words of support. You help me through this. I wish I had better words to say "thank you".
We saw the surgeon this afternoon to go over things before tomorrow. He is so cool--he just radiates "everything will be ok". He thinks the MRI will be fine--that the pain is caused by how Arlina has had to adjust her posture to the hip pain. It makes sense.
Oh, here's a picture from this afternoon at the chinese restaurant. How could anyone look at this face and not feel better?
