Good News/Bad News
I just received this wonderful thought from an old friend, someone who knew me back when I first discovered the camera. In fact, he had a pretty big role in helping me get started in photography. Here's what he wrote:
I chanced upon this quote from Emerson the other day, and I thought it described you (and, by extension, your blog articles) very nicely:
"To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty; and in the same field, it beholds every hour a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again."
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Shine on!
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A wonderful and touching tribute, sweeter still because it arrived as I was hanging up the phone from a call informing me that the mammogram I had last week in Burlington showed "something new." It's probably nothing to worry about, but tomorrow I'll make the 3 1/2 hour drive back to Vermont to find out.
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I hope I don't have to rush my shining on.
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13 comments:
What a beautiful sentiment! I'm going to copy that. It's worth framing and hanging.
I got the same news on a mammogram a while back. It turned out to be just more fibroid disease which darn near all of us have. Sounds like you go for your exam regularly and that's the main thing. My friend went for her yearly mammogram last year and they found cancer. Happily they removed it, she took her treatments and is now 100% back to life with no greater odds of cancer than anyone else has.
So get those yearly check ups people, if you aren't already. It DOES make a difference. completely curable.
Hope it's an innocent fibrous cyst that they found. My mom has had a lot of them, and they go away eventually, it seems. And from what she's said about them, they're fairly common. I it's similarly annoying, but non-harmful for you, as well. P&PT coming your way.
That is an excellent quote and fits your blog perfectly.
{{{hugs}}}
I hope what showed up on the mammogram is benign or better yet just a spot on the film. I'll be thinking of you tomorrow.
There are so very many reasons why a mammogram might be abnormal .. poor picture quality, fibroadenomas, or some other benign little thing that might not have been in the right position to get caught on film in prior mammograms. They'll probably just want you to undergo a repeat test .. a biopsy isn't likely unless they are seriously concerned about it.
Bring a lotta great music for the trip .. and fear not.
It looks like there are lots of good vibes comin' your way .. I'll add mine to the mix.
Warm regards,
Karan
Fantastic quote!! Fits you and your blog perfectly!!
Crabby is right, it is suitable for framing.
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
You are a great bunch. Thanks for all the encouragement and well-wishes.
Hey, once I got excited because a mammogram FOUND some actual tissue in my breast area!! Wouldn't it just be the pits to discover that my meager endowment was rotten? I don't think I have cause for concern at the moment, but that was the kind of phone call that just sort of gets the day off to a bad start...
I'll be thinking of you, lady....
P.S. The tribute is perfect.
Wizard, my dear Wizard. You are in my heart.
The tribute to you was so great, and it fits you to a T.
Wizened, I wish you the very, very best with these tests. My thoughts and prayers and positive energy are with you.
And that is a wonderful quote. Thank you for sharing. I will save that one for my collection of inspirational and spiritual quotes.
now, now...
lovely sentiment from your friend..
let me tell you, oh wizened one...
i went through a very similar scare last year. foam, they said, your mammogram shows something new.
they needed me to come back.
my heart dropped. i was scared.
it was checked a new...
somethings there, very, very small...nothing they felt needed to be taken out after several more mammograms. they did want me to come back in 6 months for a follow up which has already happened. it was fine..it's still there but has not grown. i go back again in a few months which will put me back on my regular mammogram check up again.
may your followup mammogram go as well as mine.
that is my deepest wish for you.
ps: if you are too stressed..by all means have somebody else drive you.
i wish i had done that...my husband barely knew that i was going for a follow up.
Many thoughts of health and hope coming your way...
I hope that it is not cancer. I hope that you are okay. Great quote aswell
I was all ready to be bummed about "something new" when you hit me with "my meager endowment"..You're gonna be fine.. :)
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